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Six Nations Championship
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- Formerly (before 2000):
- Five Nations Championship
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News •
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• Mar. 13, 2025, 12:22 AM ET (BBC)
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• Mar. 10, 2025, 9:54 AM ET (BBC)
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• Mar. 10, 2025, 8:38 AM ET (BBC)
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• Mar. 10, 2025, 5:21 AM ET (BBC)
England hammer Italy 47-24 to stay in Six Nations title hunt
• Mar. 9, 2025, 7:41 AM ET (Straits Times)
Six Nations Championship, annual rugby competition between the national teams of the six most prominent European rugby-playing countries (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales). It is the most significant international rugby competition that takes place solely in the Northern Hemisphere. The event was known as the Five Nations Championship until Italy joined the five original countries in 2000.
Winners of the Six Nations Championship are provided in the table.
year | result |
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1Five Nations until 2000. | |
2Tied. | |
3Grand Slam winner (defeats all other competitors). | |
4Triple Crown winner (Home Nation [England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales] that defeats all three other Home Nations). | |
5Triple Crown won by Wales. | |
1947 | England, Wales2 |
1948 | Ireland3 |
1949 | Ireland4 |
1950 | Wales3 |
1951 | Ireland |
1952 | Wales3 |
1953 | England |
1954 | England4, France, Wales2 |
1955 | France, Wales2 |
1956 | Wales |
1957 | England3 |
1958 | England |
1959 | France |
1960 | England4, France2 |
1961 | France |
1962 | France |
1963 | England |
1964 | Scotland, Wales2 |
1965 | Wales4 |
1966 | Wales |
1967 | France |
1968 | France3 |
1969 | Wales4 |
1970 | France, Wales2 |
1971 | Wales3 |
1972 | not completed |
1973 | quintuple tie |
1974 | Ireland |
1975 | Wales |
1976 | Wales3 |
1977 | France3, 5 |
1978 | Wales3 |
1979 | Wales4 |
1980 | England3 |
1981 | France3 |
1982 | Ireland4 |
1983 | France, Ireland2 |
1984 | Scotland3 |
1985 | Ireland3 |
1986 | France, Scotland2 |
1987 | France3 |
1988 | Wales3 |
1989 | France |
1990 | Scotland3 |
1991 | England3 |
1992 | England3 |
1993 | France |
1994 | Wales |
1995 | England3 |
1996 | England |
1997 | France3 |
1998 | France3 |
1999 | Scotland |
2000 | England |
2001 | England |
2002 | France3 |
2003 | England3 |
2004 | France3 |
2005 | Wales3 |
2006 | France |
2007 | France |
2008 | Wales3 |
2009 | Ireland3 |
2010 | France3 |
2011 | England |
2012 | Wales3 |
2013 | Wales |
2014 | Ireland |
2015 | Ireland |
2016 | England3 |
2017 | England |
2018 | Ireland3 |
2019 | Wales3 |
2020 | England4 |
2021 | Wales4 |
2022 | France3 |
2023 | Ireland3 |
2024 | Ireland |