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 Five Nations, all four home nations plus France. It remained a Five nations Competition in the 1996/97 season. In the 1997/98 season, which was a World Cup Year, it was simply a 'Home Nations' competition.
In the 1998/99 season it was back to the Five Nations, England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
In 2001/02 the women's six nations competition was born with England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Wales playing. 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.
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 – 2019)
Roll of Honour (1996 – 2019)
Home Nations (1996 – 1998)
Five Nations (1999 – 2001)
Six Nations (2002 – Present)
Final positions
Matches won
Tables
Home Nations (1996-1998)
Five Nations (1999-2001)
Six Nations without bonus point scoring (2002-2016)
Six Nations with bonus point scoring (2017-)
Total
Highest Team Scores
Wins by 50 points or more:89 | v Scotland at Twickenham 08/03/2011 |
86 | v Spain at Madrid 11/02/2006 |
83 | v Wales at Swansea 10/04/1999 |
81 | v Wales at Cardiff Arms Park 04/02/2005 |
80 | v Scotland at Twickenham 16/03/2019 |
79 | v Ireland at Worcester 17/02/2002 |
76 | v Spain at Imber Court, London 12/03/2005 v Scotland at Molesey Road, Esher 02/02/2013 v Scotland at Dijon 15/03/2013 v Italy at Rome 09/02/2008 |
73 | v Scotland at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 22/03/2015 |
72 | v Scotland at Old Deer Park, Richmond 21/03/2009 |
71 | v Spain at Zaragoza 15/02/2004 |
69 | v Spain at Twickenham Stoop 21/02/2003 v Wales at Cardiff Arms Park 21/02/2003 v Italy at Old Deer Park, Richmond 07/02/2009 |
68 | v Italy at Molesey Road, Esher 12/02/2011 |
66 | v Wales at Twickenham Stoop 07/03/2020 |
64 | v Scotland at Twickenham Stoop 11/03/2017 v Scotland at Edinburgh 01/04/2000 |
63 | v Scotland at Rubislaw Playing Fields, Aberdeen 09/02/2014 v Wales at Cardiff Arms Park 11/02/2017 |
62 | v Ireland at Worcester 05/04/1998 |
60 | v Scotland at St Albans 03/02/2007 |
59 | v Scotland at Ashbourne 31/01/2014 |
57 | v France at Twickenham 15/02/2003 v Italy at Stade Furiani, Furiani 24/02/2018 |
56 | v Ireland at Dublin 07/03/1999 v Wales at Leicester 04/02/1996 |
55 | v Wales at London Irish 02/02/2008 v Scotland at Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle 11/02/2017 v Italy at Sandy Park, Exeter 09/02/2019 |
53 | v Scotland at Murrayfield 10/02/2020 v Wales at Twickenham Stoop 20/03/2004 v Scotland at Viry-Chatillon 04/02/2011 v Spain at Madrid 07/04/2002 |
52 | v Wales at Twickenham Stoop 10/02/2018 v Wales at Altrad Stadium, Montpellier 02/02/2019 v France at Old Deer Park, Richmond 15/03/2009 |
51 | v Wales at Newbury 15/03/2000 v Scotland at Edinburgh 13/03/2010 v Ireland at Donnybrook 01/02/2019 v Ireland at Twickenham 06/03/2004 v Wales at Cardiff Arms Park 24/02/2019 |
50 | v Wales at Cardiff Arms Park 23/02/2020 v France at Northampton 08/04/2001 |
Other nations:
48 | v Spain at Edinburgh 29/3/2004 |
45 | v Scotland at Rome 23/2/2014 |
44 | v Spain at Cardiff 15/2/2003 |
20 | v Wales at Madrid 2/3/2002 |