The Women's Six Nations Championship is an international rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 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 a the Five/Six Nations championship.

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.

Six Nations Championship

The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....

Champions, Grand Slams, and Triple Crowns

• Champions:   England 12;   France 3;   Scotland 1
• Grand Slams:   England 11;   France 3;   Scotland 1
• Triple Crowns:   England 14;   Scotland 1;   Wales 1

Home International Championship

• 1996
  Women's home nations 1996
  The 1996 Women's Home Nations Championship was the first Women's Home Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Triple Crown. England also gained the Grand Slam by beating France outside of the championship.-Final table:-Results:...
  
   -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 1997
  Women's home nations 1997
  The 1997 Women's Home Nations Championship was the second women's rugby union Home Championship.It was won by England.The tournament was again held between the four British Isles home nations, Wales, England, Ireland and Scotland.-Final table:-Results:...
  
   -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 1998
  Women's home nations 1998
  The 1998 Women's Home Nations Championship was the third and final Women's Home Nations Championship and was won by Scotland, who achieved the Triple Crown. In addition Scotland also beat France outside the championship to claim a Grand Slam.-Final table:...
  
   -   Scotland (triple crown & grand slam)

Five Nations

• 1999
  Women's five nations 1999
  The 1999 Women's Five Nations Championship was the first Women's Five Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam.-Final table:-Results:-----------------External links:*...
  
   -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 2000
  Women's five nations 2000
  The 2000 Women's Five Nations Championship was the second Women's Five Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Grand Slam. Spain took part for the first time, replacing Ireland.-Final table:-Results:----------------...
  
   -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 2001
  Women's five nations 2001
  The 2001 Women's Five Nations Championship was the third and final series of the rugby union Women's Five Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam. It should have been a six nations championship, but for the second year running Ireland withdrew from some fixtures.-Final...
  
   -   England (triple crown & grand slam)

Six Nations

• 2002
  Women's six nations 2002
  The 2002 Women's Six Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam.-Table:-Results:-----------------External links:*...
  
   -   France (grand slam);   England (triple crown)
• 2003
  Women's six nations 2003
  The 2003 Women's Six Nations Championship was the second series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam.-Table:-Results:-----------------External links:*...
  
   -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 2004
  Women's six nations 2004
  The 2004 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2004 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the third series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand...
  
   -   France (grand slam);   England (triple crown)
• 2005
  Women's six nations 2005
  The 2005 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2005 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the fourth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved their second successive Grand...
  
   -   France (grand slam);   England (triple crown)
• 2006
  Women's six nations 2006
  The 2006 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2006 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the fifth series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship and was won by , who achieved the Grand Slam...
  
   -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 2007 -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 2008 -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 2009 -   England (champions);   Wales (triple crown)
• 2010 -   England (triple crown & grand slam)
• 2011 -   England (triple crown & grand slam)

Final positions

Home Nations

Five Nations

Six Nations

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

England

1st

1st

2nd

1st

1st

1st

2nd

1st

2nd

2nd

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

1st

France

-

-

-

2nd

2nd

2nd

1st

3rd

1st

1st

3rd

2nd

3rd

4th

2nd

2nd

Ireland

3rd

4th

4th

5th

-

-

6th

5th

5th

5th

5th

4th

4th

3rd

3rd

3rd

Italy

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6th

5th

6th

5th

5th

Scotland

2nd

2nd

1st

3rd

4th

4th

3rd

2nd

4th

3rd

4th

5th

6th

5th

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

Matches won

	Home Nations			Five Nations			Six Nations
	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	P	W	L	Percent
England	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	71	66	5	92.7
France	-	-	-	3	3	2	5	3	5	5	3	4	3	3	3	4	62	46	16	74.2
Scotland	1	2	3	2	1	2	3	3	2	3	2	1	0	1	1	0	71	27	43	38.0
Wales	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	4	4	1	2	71	25	46	35.2
Spain	-	-	-		2	2	2	0	3	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	33	10	23	30.3
Ireland	1	0	0	0	-	-	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	63	17	45	27.0
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	1	0	1	2	25	4	17	16.0

 

Highest team scores

89	v Scotland (89-0) at Twickenham 08/03/2011 [523]
86	v Spain (86-3) at Madrid 11/02/2006 [523]
83	v Wales (83-11) at Swansea 10/04/1999 [239]
81	v Wales (81-0) at Cardiff Arms Park 04/02/2005 [474]:
79	v Ireland (79-0) at Worcester 17/02/2002 [346]
76	v Spain (76-0) at Imber Court 12/03/2005 [483]: v Italy (76-6) at Rome 09/02/2008 [657]
72	v Scotland (72-3) at London Welsh 21/3/2009 [733]
71	v Spain (71-3) at Zaragoza 15/2/2004 [427]

Other nations:

48	v Scotland (48-18) at Melun 9/4/1999 [238]
35	v Italy (35-17) at Colleferro 14/2/2009 [724]
31	v Scotland (31-10) at Mira 16/3/2008 [124]
48	v Spain (48-7) at Edinburgh 29/3/2004 [408]
20	v Wales (20-0) at Madrid 2/3/2002 [348]
44	v Spain (44-0) at Cardiff 15/2/2003 [395]

External links

• 2007 Championship from RBS6Nations.com