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 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.
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Sport | Rugby union |
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Founded | 1996 |
No. of teams | 6 (from 2002) 5 (1999–2001) 4 (1996–1998) |
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Most recent champion(s) | ![]() (16th title in 2020) |
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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.
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 – 2020)
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Tournaments | 25 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 7 | 25 |
Outright Wins | 16 | 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 |
Home Nations (1996 – 1998)
Year | Champions | Grand Slam | Triple Crown | Wooden Spoon |
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Five Nations (1999 – 2001)
Year | Champions | Grand Slam | Triple Crown | Wooden Spoon |
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Six Nations (2002 – Present)
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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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 | 1st |
France | - | - | - | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd-3rd |
Ireland | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | - | - | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd-3rd |
Italy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 4th-6th |
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 | 4th-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 | 4th-6th |
Matches won
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 | 2020 | 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 | 5 (5) | 116 | 103 | 13 | 88.8 |
France | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 (4) | 106 | 79 | 24 | 74.5 |
Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 (4) | 107 | 45 | 61 | 42.1 |
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 | 0 (3) | 114 | 30 | 81 | 26.3 |
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 | 0 (4) | 115 | 38 | 71 | 33.0 |
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 | 1 (4) | 69 | 20 | 45 | 29.0 |
Home Nations (1996–1998)
Position | Nation | Tournaments | Matches | Points | Table points |
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TW | GS | TC | WS | ||||
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3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 255 | 72 | +183 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 66 | +55 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 125 | 184 | –59 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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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 | ||||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TW | GS | TC | WS | ||||
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3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 491 | 68 | +423 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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3 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 240 | 141 | +99 | 16 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
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3 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 172 | 246 | –74 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 74 | 135 | –61 | 8 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
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3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 77 | 341 | –264 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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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 | ||||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | TW | GS | TC | WS | ||||
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15 | 75 | 64 | 0 | 11 | 2810 | 335 | +2475 | 128 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
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15 | 75 | 50 | 0 | 25 | 1726 | 701 | +1025 | 100 | 5 | 4 | N/A | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
15 | 75 | 35 | 0 | 40 | 1055 | 1097 | –42 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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15 | 75 | 30 | 1 | 44 | 861 | 1042 | –181 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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15 | 75 | 15 | 1 | 59 | 597 | 2065 | –1468 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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10 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 35 | 579 | 1216 | –637 | 29 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 3 |
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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 | ||||||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | T BP | L BP | GS BP | TW | GS | TC | WS | |||||
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4 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 900 | 144 | +756 | 144 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 103 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
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4 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 607 | 230 | +378 | 79 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 1 | N/A | 0 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 308 | 377 | –69 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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4 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 233 | 504 | –269 | 34 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 1 |
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4 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 201 | 573 | –392 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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4 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 163 | 499 | –401 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Total
Position | Nation | Tournaments | Matches | Points | Bonus points |
Table points |
Awards | ||||||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | T BP | L BP | GS BP | TW | GS | TC | WS | ||||
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25 | 116 | 103 | 0 | 13 | 4456 | 608 | +3848 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 271 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 0 |
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22 | 106 | 71 | 1 | 34 | 2576 | 1072 | +1504 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 188 | 6 | 5 | N/A | 0 |
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23 | 107 | 46 | 0 | 61 | 1424 | 1836 | –412 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 120 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
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25 | 115 | 38 | 2 | 75 | 1310 | 2248 | –938 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
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25 | 114 | 29 | 2 | 83 | 1063 | 2971 | –1908 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 71 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
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14 | 69 | 20 | 2 | 47 | 807 | 1720 | –913 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 4 |
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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:
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Other nations:
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See also
- Women's international rugby - includes all women's international match results