Women's Six Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship | |
| Sport | Rugby union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| No. of teams |
6 (from 2002) 5 (1999–2001) 4 (1996–1998) |
| Country |
 England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales |
| Most recent champion(s) |
France (5th title in 2016) |
| Most titles |
England (13 titles) |
The Women's Six Nations Championship is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. The competition began as a "Home International Championship" for the four home nations in 1996.
In 1999 and 2000 France and Spain joined the competition to create the Five/Six Nations championship.
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 decision of the Six Nations committee to formally adopt the tournament saw Italy Women subsitituted for Spain Women and the title sponsorship of RBS included to produce a parallel tournament with the men's competition.
Overall (1996 - 2016)
| England |
France |
Ireland |
Italy |
Scotland |
 Spain |
Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournaments | 21 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 21 |
| Outright Wins | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grand Slams | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Triple Crowns | 16 | N/A | 2 | N/A | 1 | N/A | 1 |
| Wooden Spoons | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
Roll of Honour (1996 – 2016)
Final positions
| |
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 | |
| England | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd |
| France | - | - | - | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st |
| Ireland | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | - | - | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd |
| Italy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th |
| Scotland | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 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 |
Matches won
| |
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 | P | W | L | Percent | |
| England | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 96 | 84 | 12 | 87.50 |
| France | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 87 | 66 | 21 | 75.86 |
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 88 | 35 | 53 | 39.77 |
| Scotland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 27 | 69 | 28.12 |
| Wales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 96 | 34 | 62 | 35.41 |
| Spain | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 33 | 10 | 23 | 30.30 | |
| Italy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 50 | 14 | 36 | 28.00 |
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] |
| 79 | England v Ireland (79-0) at Worcester 17/02/2002 [346] |
| 76 | France v Scotland (76-0) at Dijon 15/3/2013 [980] England v Italy (76-6) at Rome 09/02/2008 [657] |
| 73 | Ireland v Scotland (73-3) at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 22/3/2015 [1107] |
| 59 | Ireland v Scotland (59-0) at Ashbourne 31/1/2014 [1022] |
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] |
See also
- Women's international rugby - includes all women's international match results
References
External links
- 2007 Championship from RBS6Nations.com