Women's Six Nations Championship

Women's Six Nations Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2021 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)	England (17th title in 2021)
Most titles	England (17 titles)

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 Home Nations, just all four home nations. It remained a Home Nations competition in the 1996/97 and the 1997/98 seasons, which was a World Cup Year.

In the 1998/99 season it became the Five nations with England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales playing. The following season, Spain replaced Ireland for two seasons.

England have been the dominant team, having won 17 of the 26 competitions to date.

In 2001/02 the women's Six Nations competition was born with England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Wales playing, after Ireland rejoined the competition. 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 – 2021)[]

	England	France	Ireland	Italy	Scotland	Spain	Wales
Tournaments	26	23	24	15	26	8	26
Outright Wins	17	6	2	0	1	0	0
Grand Slams	15	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 – 2021)[]

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	England	England	Not completed
2021	England	Not contested		Wales

Final positions[]

Matches won[]

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	9	8	0	1	255	72	+183	16	2	2	2	0
2	Scotland	3	9	6	0	3	121	66	+55	12	1	1	1	0
3	Wales	3	9	3	0	6	125	184	–59	6	0	0	0	1
4	Ireland	3	9	1	0	8	56	235	–179	2	0	0	0	2

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	12	12	0	0	491	68	+423	24	3	3	3	0
2	France	3	12	8	0	4	240	141	+99	16	0	0	N/A	0
3	Scotland	3	12	5	0	7	172	246	–74	10	0	0	0	0
4	Spain	2	8	4	0	4	74	135	–61	8	0	0	N/A	0
5	Wales	3	12	1	0	11	77	341	–264	2	0	0	0	2
6	Ireland	1	4	0	0	4	5	128	–123	0	0	0	0	1

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	75	64	0	11	2810	335	+2475	128	8	7	12	0
2	France	15	75	50	0	25	1726	701	+1025	100	5	4	N/A	0
3	Ireland	15	75	35	0	40	1055	1097	–42	70	2	1	2	2
4	Wales	15	75	30	1	44	861	1042	–181	61	0	0	1	3
5	Scotland	15	75	15	1	59	597	2065	–1468	31	0	0	0	7
6	Italy	10	50	14	1	35	579	1216	–637	29	0	0	N/A	3
7	Spain	5	25	6	1	18	156	764	–604	13	0	0	N/A	2

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	5	23	22	0	1	1029	163	+869	172	19	1	9	117	4	3	4	0
2	France	5	22	15	1	6	720	255	+468	94	15	3	3	79	1	1	N/A	0
3	Ireland	5	22	12	0	10	393	438	–45	60	8	2	0	58	0	0	0	0
4	Italy	5	22	8	1	13	282	616	–292	42	6	1	0	37	0	0	N/A	1
5	Wales	5	22	4	1	17	221	698	–497	30	1	5	0	24	0	0	0	2
6	Scotland	5	21	4	1	16	220	612	–457	31	1	4	0	22	0	0	0	1

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	26	119	105	0	13	4585	627	+3958	19	1	9	285	17	15	21	0
2	France	25	109	73	1	35	2691	1097	+1594	15	3	3	199	6	5	N/A	0
3	Ireland	25	110	48	0	62	1509	1897	–388	9	2	0	130	2	1	2	5
4	Wales	26	118	38	2	78	1330	2373	–1043	1	5	0	93	0	0	1	7
5	Scotland	26	117	30	2	85	1120	3084	–1964	0	4	0	75	1	1	1	8
6	Italy	15	72	21	2	49	856	1832	–976	5	1	0	62	0	0	N/A	4
7	Spain	7	33	10	1	22	250	899	-645	0	0	0	21	0	0	N/A	2

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]
67	England v Italy (67-3) at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma 10/04/2021 [1392]
66	England v Wales (66-7) at Twickenham Stoop 07/03/2020 [1378]
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]  France v Ireland (56-15) at Donnybrook 17/04/2021 [1394]
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]
54	England v Italy (54-0) at Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma 01/11/2020 [1381]
53	England v Scotland (53-0) at Murrayfield 10/02/2020 [1374]  France v Wales (53-0) at Stade de la Rabine, Vannes 03/04/2021 [1391]  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]  England v Scotland (52-10) at Castle Park, Doncaster 03/04/2021 [1390]
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 [1375]  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]

See also[]

• Women's international rugby - includes all women's international match results
• Rugby Europe Women's Championship, competition for other European nations

References[]

External links[]

• Official Women's Six Nations site