Six Nations Championship
rugby
Six Nations Championship, formerly (before 2000) Five 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
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
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