Women's Six Nations Championship

The Women's Six Nations Championship is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. It started in the 1995/96 season as the Five Nations, all four home nations plus France. It remained a Five nations Competition in the 1996/97 season. In the 1997/98 season, which was a World Cup Year, it was simply a 'Home Nations' competition.

This article is about the women's rugby union tournament. For the men's tournament, see Six Nations Championship.
Women's Six Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2020 Women's Six Nations Championship
SportRugby union
Founded1996
No. of teams6 (from 2002)
5 (1999–2001)
4 (1996–1998)
Country England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Most recent
champion(s)		 England
(15th title in 2019)
Most titles England (15 titles)

In the 1998/99 season it was back to the Five Nations, England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

In 2001/02 the women's six nations competition was born with England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Wales playing. Spain, at that time, were higher ranked than Italy and therefore deserved their place in the competition on merit.

In 2006, a championship trophy was commissioned from silversmith Thomas Lyte, to be followed by a second trophy commissioned for the Under 20 Six Nations championship. Designed and created by Thomas Lyte, the trophies are made from sterling silver and feature engraving detail with the logos of the competing countries.[1]

In 2007, the Six Nations committee formally adopted for Italy to replace Spain as the sixth national team member in the championship, in parallel with the men's competition.

Overall (1996 – 2019)
 England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Spain  Wales
Tournaments 24 21 22 13 24 7 24
Outright Wins 15 6 2 0 1 0 0
Grand Slams 14 5 1 0 1 0 0
Triple Crowns 21 N/A 2 N/A 1 N/A 1
Wooden Spoons 0 0 5 3 8 2 6

Roll of Honour (1996 – 2019)

Home Nations (1996 – 1998)
Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Wooden Spoon
1996  England  England  England  Wales
1997  England  England  England  Ireland
1998  Scotland  Scotland  Scotland  Ireland

Five Nations (1999 – 2001)
Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Wooden Spoon
1999  England  England  England  Ireland
2000  England  England  England  Wales
2001  England  England  England  Wales

Six Nations (2002 – Present)
Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Wooden Spoon
2002  France  France  England  Ireland
2003  England  England  England  Spain
2004  France  France  England  Ireland
2005  France  France  England  Wales
2006  England  England  England  Spain
2007  England  England  England  Italy
2008  England  England  England  Scotland
2009  England –  Wales  Italy
2010  England  England  England  Wales
2011  England  England  England  Scotland
2012  England  England  England  Scotland
2013  Ireland  Ireland  Ireland  Scotland
2014  France  France  England  Scotland
2015  Ireland –  Ireland  Scotland
2016  France –  England  Scotland
2017  England  England  England  Italy
2018  France  France  England  Wales
2019  England  England  England  Scotland
2020  England

Final positions
Home Nations
 Five Nations Six Nations
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
England 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st  1st  1st  1st  1st  3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st
France - - - 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd  3rd 4th  2nd  2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd
Ireland 3rd 4th 4th 5th - - 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 4th  4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 5th
Italy - - - - - - - - - - - 6th  5th 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 5th 6th 4th 2nd
Scotland 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 4th 5th 6th  5th  4th  6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 6th 4th 5th 6th
Spain - - - - 3rd 3rd 4th 6th 3rd 4th 6th - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Wales 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 5th 4th 6th 6th 2nd 3rd  2nd  2nd  6th 4th 4th 4th 5th 5th 4th 5th 6th 4th

Matches won
Home Nations
 Five Nations Six Nations Total
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 P W L %
England 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 4 2 4 5 4 5 111 98 13 88.3
France - - - 3 3 2 5 3 5 5 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 3 5 3 102 77 24 70.6
Ireland 1 0 0 0 - - 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 2 3 5 3 4 3 4 2 1 103 42 61 40.8
Scotland 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 111 30 81 27.0
Wales 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 3 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 111 38 71 34.2
Spain - - -   2 2 2 0 3 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 10 23 30.3
Italy - - - - - - - - - - - 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 0 2 3 65 19 45 29.2

Tables

Home Nations (1996-1998)
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Table
points		 Awards
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff TW GS TC WS
1 England 3 9801 25572+183 16 2220
2 Scotland 3 9603 12166+55 12 1110
3 Wales 3 9306 125184-59 6 0001
4 Ireland 3 9108 56235-179 2 0002

Five Nations (1999-2001)
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Table
points		 Awards
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff TW GS TC WS
1 England 3 121200 49168+423 24 3330
2 France 3 12804 240141+99 16 00N/A0
3 Scotland 3 12507 172246-74 10 0000
4 Spain 2 8404 74135-61 8 00N/A0
5 Wales 3 121011 77341-264 2 0002
6 Ireland 1 4004 5128-123 0 0001

Six Nations without bonus point scoring (2002-2016)
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Table
points		 Awards
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff TW GS TC WS
1 England 15 7564011 2810335+2475 128 87120
2 France 15 7550025 1726701+1025 100 54N/A0
3 Ireland 15 7535040 10551097-42 70 2122
4 Wales 15 7530144 8611042-181 61 0013
5 Scotland 15 7515159 5972065-1468 31 0007
6 Italy 10 5014135 5791216-637 29 00N/A3
7 Spain 5 256118 156764-604 13 00N/A2

Six Nations with bonus point scoring (2017-)
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Tries Bonus
points		 Table
points		 Awards
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff T BP L BP GS BP TW GS TC WS
1 England 4 191801 846144+702 136 1616 95 2240
2 France 4 181305 594217+378 77 1323 70 11N/A0
3 Ireland 4 18909 287370-83 44 620 44 0000
4 Italy 4 17719 226429-203 33 510 32 00N/A1
5 Wales 4 194114 201573-392 28 140 23 0001
6 Scotland 4 173014 150486-401 23 040 16 0001

Total
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Bonus
points		 Table
points		 Awards
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff T BP L BP GS BP TW GS TC WS
1 England 25 115102013 4402608+3794 1616 263 1514210
2 France 22 10571034 25631059+1504 1323 186 65N/A0
3 Ireland 23 10645061 14031829-426 620 116 2125
4 Wales 25 11538275 13102248-938 140 92 0017
5 Scotland 25 11329183 10502958-1908 040 69 1118
6 Italy 14 6720245 8001645-845 510 57 00N/A4
7 Spain 7 3310122 250899-645 000 21 00N/A2

Highest Team Scores

Wins by 50 points or more:

89  England v Scotland (89-0) at Twickenham 08/03/2011 [523]
86  England v Spain (86-3) at Madrid 11/02/2006 [523]
83  England v Wales (83-11) at Swansea 10/04/1999 [239]
81  England v Wales (81-0) at Cardiff Arms Park 04/02/2005 [476]
80  England v Scotland (80-0) at Twickenham 16/03/2019 [1308]
79  England v Ireland (79-0) at Worcester 17/02/2002 [346]
76  England v Spain (76-0) at Imber Court, London 12/03/2005 [485]
 England v Scotland (76-0) at Molesey Road, Esher 02/02/2013 [969]
 France v Scotland (76-0) at Dijon 15/03/2013 [980]
 England v Italy (76-6) at Rome 09/02/2008 [657]
73  Ireland v Scotland (73-3) at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 22/03/2015 [1107]
72  England v Scotland (73-3) at Old Deer Park, Richmond 21/03/2009 [736]
71  England v Spain (71-3) at Zaragoza 15/02/2004 [429]
69  England v Spain (69-0) at Twickenham Stoop 21/02/2003 [403]
 England v Wales (69-7) at Cardiff Arms Park 21/02/2003 [399]
 England v Italy (69-13) at Old Deer Park, Richmond 07/02/2009 [724]
68  England v Italy (68-5) at Molesey Road, Esher 12/02/2011 [871]
66  England v Wales (66-7) at Twickenham Stoop 07/03/2020 []
64  England v Scotland (64-0) at Twickenham Stoop 11/03/2017 [1186]
 England v Scotland (64-9) at Edinburgh 01/04/2000 [270]
63  England v Scotland (63-0) at Rubislaw Playing Fields, Aberdeen 09/02/2014 [1027]
 England v Wales (63-0) at Cardiff Arms Park 11/02/2017 [1179]
62  England v Ireland (62-8) at Worcester 05/04/1998 [199]
60  England v Scotland (60-0) at St Albans 03/02/2007 [598]
59  Ireland v Scotland (59-0) at Ashbourne 31/01/2014 [1022]
57  England v France (57-0) at Twickenham 15/02/2003 [396]
 France v Italy (57-0) at Stade Furiani, Furiani 24/02/2018 [1248]
56  England v Ireland (56-0) at Dublin 07/03/1999 [237]
 England v Wales (56-3) at Leicester 04/02/1996 [138]
55  England v Wales (55-0) at London Irish 02/02/2008 [657]
 France v Scotland (55-0) at Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle 11/02/2017 [1180]
 England v Italy (55-0) at Sandy Park, Exeter 09/02/2019 [1302]
53  England v Scotland (53-0) at Murrayfield 10/02/2020 []
 England v Wales (53-3) at Twickenham Stoop 20/03/2004 [437]
 France v Scotland (53-3) at Viry-Chatillon 04/02/2011 [867]
 England v Spain (53-14) at Madrid 07/04/2002 [359]
52  England v Wales (52-0) at Twickenham Stoop 10/02/2018 [1244]
 France v Wales (52-3) at Altrad Stadium, Montpellier 02/02/2019 [1295]
 England v France (52-7) at Old Deer Park, Richmond 15/03/2009 [733]
51  England v Wales (51-0) at Newbury 15/03/2000 [266]
 England v Scotland (51-0) at Edinburgh 13/03/2010 [803]
 England v Ireland (51-7) at Donnybrook 01/02/2019 [1293]
 England v Ireland (51-10) at Twickenham 06/03/2004 [434]
 England v Wales (51-12) at Cardiff Arms Park 24/02/2019 [1302]
50  France v Wales (50-0) at Cardiff Arms Park 23/02/2020 []
 England v France (50-6) at Northampton 08/04/2001 [308]

Other nations:

48  Scotland v Spain (48-7) at Edinburgh 29/3/2004 [408]
45  Italy v Scotland (45-5) at Rome 23/2/2014 [1029]
44  Wales v Spain (44-0) at Cardiff 15/2/2003 [395]
20  Spain v Wales (20-0) at Madrid 2/3/2002 [348]
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See also
  • Women's international rugby - includes all women's international match results

References
  1. Rugby Trophies - Rugby Football History
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