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Six Nations Championship

The official RBS 6 Nations logo
Sports League information
Current season2011 Six Nations Championship
SportRugby union
Founded1883
No. of teams6
CountryEngland
France
IRE
Italy
SCO
WAL
Most recent championFrance

Six Nations Championship

Rugby Team
Team nameFive Nations 
UnionsInternational Rugby Board
Statistics
First matchOverseas Unions 32 - 13 Five Nations XV
Largest winNone
Worst defeatOverseas Unions 32 - 13 Five Nations XV

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The Six Nations Championship (referred to as RBS 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

The Six Nations Championship is the successor to the Five Nations and the Home Nations Championship, which was the first international rugby union tournament in the Northern Hemisphere. The event is currently sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland. The winners of the Six Nations Championship are also known as the European Champions.

France are the current Grand Slam title holders, unseating Ireland, who won a Grand Slam and a Triple crown in 2009. France won the 2010 title on 20 March, completing their Grand Slam before their home fans at Stade de France against England.

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Gatland down after Fiji late show - Stan James Betting News Tweet this news
Stan James Betting News--Wales can be backed at 5/1 for the 2011 -Six Nations- and coach Warren Gatland admits they need to sharpen up in the backs after being held by Fiji on Friday ... - Date : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:18:15 GMT+00:00
Parra out to prove a point to Pumas - Daily Dispatch Online Tweet this news
Daily Dispatch Online--The 22-year-old - capped 20 times - said that he was keen to show his proper form which saw him stand out for France as they claimed their first -Six Nations- ... - Date : Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:38:13 GMT+00:00
French look for redemption against nemesis Pumas - AFP Tweet this news
AFP--French scrum-half Morgan Parra, who was outstanding in the -Six Nations- finishing the tournament as the top points scorer, said that he and a lot of the ... - Date : Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:36:51 GMT+00:00
End of Year Tours (EOYT) since 1906 - SPORT24 (blog) Tweet this news
SPORT24 (blog)--The Grand Slam is a relatively modern term coined to either represent a full house of wins by one -Six Nations- country over the other five paricipating ... - Date : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 03:37:34 GMT+00:00
Toby Flood is now the future for England, say Leicester Tigers legends - Leicester Mercury Tweet this news
Leicester Mercury--Austin Healey and Will Greenwood reckon the Leicester Tigers No.10 is the future with Wilkinson destined for a supporting role in next year's -Six Nations- ... - Date : Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:31:39 GMT+00:00
Flying winger Lauren wins Scots place and looks to six nations - Aberdeen Press and Journal Tweet this news
Aberdeen Press and Journal--RARE TURN OF PACE: Robert Gordon student Lauren Harris hopes to get her Scotland chance in next year's women's -six nations- event. ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:32:37 GMT+00:00
Former England ace Vickery upbeat about Welsh chances - WalesOnline Tweet this news
WalesOnline--Vickery, who was forced to retire last week, is adamant Warren Gatland remains the right man to transform Welsh results and turn them into -Six Nations- and ... - Date : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 07:10:36 GMT+00:00
World Cup dress rehearsal opens in Europe - Reuters Africa Tweet this news
Reuters Africa--A dazzling Bledisloe Cup match in Hong Kong last Saturday between Australia and New Zealand outlined the challenge facing the -Six Nations-' teams over the ... - Date : Fri, 05 Nov 2010 08:16:36 GMT+00:00
Six Nations Rugby: England v New Zealand All Blacks Preview and Team News - FreeBets.com (press release) (blog) Tweet this news
FreeBets.com (press release) (blog)---...- thrown in at the deep end, while prop Andrew Sheridan dons England colours against the new Tri--Nations- champions after a 20-month injury nightmare. ... - Date : Sat, 06 Nov 2010 10:13:06 GMT+00:00
'Frustrated' Monye aims for Six Nations - Yahoo! Eurosport UK Tweet this news
Yahoo! Eurosport UK--Injured Harlequins wing Ugo Monye has vowed to be back in time for England's -Six Nations- campaign. Monye underwent a toe operation last month that will rule ... - Date : Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:40:55 GMT+00:00

Other trophies :
Team Stadium Capacity
England Twickenham 82,000
France Stade de France 81,338
Wales Millennium Stadium 74,500
Scotland Murrayfield 67,130
Ireland Aviva Stadium 50,000
Italy Stadio Flaminio 32,000, Expanding to 41,000

Home Nations 1883 - 1909 :
1883 England (Triple Crown)
1884 England (Triple Crown)
1885 Not completed
1886 England and SCO
1887 SCO
1888 Not completed
1889 Not completed
1890 England and SCO
1891 SCO (Triple Crown)
1892 England (Triple Crown)
1893 WAL (Triple Crown)
1894 IRE (Triple Crown)
1895 SCO (Triple Crown)
1896 IRE
1897 Not completed
1898 Not completed
1899 IRE (Triple Crown)
1900 WAL (Triple Crown)
1901 SCO (Triple Crown)
1902 WAL (Triple Crown)
1903 SCO (Triple Crown)
1904 SCO
1905 WAL (Triple Crown)
1906 WAL and IRE
1907 SCO (Triple Crown)
1908 WAL (Grand Slam)
1909 WAL (Grand Slam)
Source: BBC

Five Nations 1910 - 1931 :
1910 England
1911 WAL (Grand Slam)
1912 England and IRE
1913 England (Grand Slam)
1914 England (Grand Slam)
1915 - 19 Not held due to World War I
1920 England, SCO and WAL
1921 England (Grand Slam)
1922 WAL
1923 England (Grand Slam)
1924 England (Grand Slam)
1925 SCO (Grand Slam)
1926 IRE and SCO
1927 IRE and SCO
1928 England (Grand Slam)
1929 SCO
1930 England
1931 WAL
Source: BBC

Home Nations 1932 - 1939 :
1933 SCO (Triple Crown)
1934 England (Triple Crown)
1935 IRE
1936 WAL
1937 England (Triple Crown)
1938 SCO (Triple Crown)
1939 England, IRE and WAL
Source: BBC

Five Nations 1940 - 1999 :
1947 England and WAL
1948 IRE (Grand Slam)
1949 IRE (Triple Crown)
1950 WAL (Grand Slam)
1951 IRE
1952 WAL (Grand Slam)
1953 England
1954 England (Triple Crown), France and WAL
1955 France and WAL
1956 WAL
1957 England (Grand Slam)
1958 England
1959 France
1960 England (Triple Crown) and France
1961 France
1962 France
1963 England
1964 SCO and WAL
1965 WAL (Triple Crown)
1966 WAL
1967 France
1968 France (Grand Slam)
1969 WAL (Triple Crown)
1970 France and WAL
1971 WAL (Grand Slam)
1972 Not completed
1973 England, France, IRE, SCO and WAL
1974 IRE
1975 WAL
1976 WAL (Grand Slam)
1977 France (Grand Slam) with the same fifteen players, the only time in a rugby championship
1978 WAL (Grand Slam)
1979 WAL (Triple Crown)
1980 England (Grand Slam)
1981 France (Grand Slam)
1982 IRE (Triple Crown)
1983 France and IRE
1984 SCO (Grand Slam)
1985 IRE (Triple Crown)
1986 SCO and France
1987 France (Grand Slam)
1988 France and WAL (Triple Crown)
1989 France
1990 SCO (Grand Slam)
1991 England (Grand Slam)
1992 England (Grand Slam)
1993 France
1994 WAL
1995 England (Grand Slam)
1996 England (Triple Crown)
1997 France (Grand Slam)
1998 France (Grand Slam)
1999 SCO
Source: BBC

Six Nations 2000 - present :
2000 England
2001 England
2002 France (Grand Slam)
2003 England (Grand Slam)
2004 France (Grand Slam)
2005 WAL (Grand Slam)
2006 France
2007 France
2008 WAL (Grand Slam)
2009 IRE (Grand Slam)
2010 France (Grand Slam)
Source: BBC

Six Nations All-Time Table (2000 - 2010) :
                         
France 55 41 0 14 1507 956 551 151 82 5 3 N/A 0
IRE 55 39 0 16 1415 1088 327 144 78 1 1 4 0
England 55 35 1 19 1599 862 737 175 71 3 1 2 0
WAL 55 25 2 28 1353 1455 −102 128 52 2 2 2 1
SCO 55 15 2 38 900 1410 −510 64 32 0 0 0 2
Italy 55 7 1 47 837 1840 −1003 67 15 0 0 N/A 8

Longest wait without a championship win :
Team Tournaments Years Season
France 24 43 1910 � 1953
IRE 24 24 1985 - 2009
SCO 19 26 1938 - 1964
England 16 18 1892 - 1910
Italy 11+ 11+ 2000 - present
WAL 11 11 1994 - 2005

Last Grand Slam Win :
Nation Grand Slams Won Last Grand Slam Season
France 9 2010
IRE 2 2009
WAL 10 2008
England 12 2003
SCO 3 1990
Italy 0 Never Achieved



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