Women's Six Nations Championship

The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes,[1] 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, with four teams: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

This article is about the women's rugby union tournament. For the men's tournament, see Six Nations Championship.
Women's Six Nations Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Women's Six Nations Championship
SportRugby union
Founded1996
No. of teams6 (from 2002)
5 (1999–2001)
4 (1996–1998)
Country England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Most recent
champion(s)		 England (2024)
Most titles England (20)

In the 1998–99 season it became the Five Nations, with France joining the original four. 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.[2]

In 2007, the Six Nations committee formally adopted Italy as the sixth national team member in the championship, replacing Spain. This aligned the women's competition with the men's competition.

England have been the dominant team in the competition, winning 20 of 29 editions.

Results

Overall
 England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Spain  Wales
Tournaments 29 26 27 18 29 7 29
Outright Wins 18 6 2 0 1 0 0
Grand Slams 16 5 1 0 1 0 0
Triple Crowns 22 — 2 — 1 — 1
Wooden Spoons 0 0 5 3 9 2 8

Home Nations (1996–1998)
Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Wooden Spoon
1996  England  England  England  Wales
1997  England  England  England  Ireland
1998  Scotland  Scotland  Scotland  Ireland

Five Nations (1999–2001)
Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Wooden Spoon
1999  England  England  England  Ireland
2000  England  England  England  Wales
2001  England  England  England  Wales

Six Nations (2002–present)
Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Wooden Spoon
2002  France  France  England  Ireland
2003  England  England  England  Spain
2004  France  France  England  Ireland
2005  France  France  England  Wales
2006  England  England  England  Spain
2007  England  England  England  Italy
2008  England  England  England  Scotland
2009  England –  Wales  Italy
2010  England  England  England  Wales
2011  England  England  England  Scotland
2012  England  England  England  Scotland
2013  Ireland  Ireland  Ireland  Scotland
2014  France  France  England  Scotland
2015  Ireland –  Ireland  Scotland
2016  France –  England  Scotland
2017  England  England  England  Italy
2018  France  France  England  Wales
2019  England  England  England  Scotland
2020  England  England  England Not completed[lower-alpha 1]
2021  England Not contested[lower-alpha 2]  Wales
2022  England  England  England  Scotland
2023  England  England  England  Ireland
2024  England  England  England  Wales

Final positions

Summary
Home Nations 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 2021 2022 2023
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 1st 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 2nd 2nd 2nd
Ireland 3rd 4th 4th 5th — — 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 4th  4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd 4th 6th
Italy — — — — — — — — — — — 6th  5th 6th 5th 5th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 5th 6th 4th 2nd 4th 4th 5th 5th
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 5th 5th 6th 4th
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 6th 6th 3rd 3rd

Home Nations (1996–1998)
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Table
points		 Awards
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff TW GS TC WS
1 England 3 9801 25572+183 16 2220
2 Scotland 3 9603 12166+55 12 1110
3 Wales 3 9306 125184–59 6 0001
4 Ireland 3 9108 56235–179 2 0002

Five Nations (1999–2001)
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Table
points		 Awards
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff TW GS TC WS
1 England 3 121200 49168+423 24 3330
2 France 3 12804 240141+99 16 00N/A0
3 Scotland 3 12507 172246–74 10 0000
4 Spain 2 8404 74135–61 8 00N/A0
5 Wales 3 121011 77341–264 2 0002
6 Ireland 1 4004 5128–123 0 0001

Six Nations without bonus point scoring (2002–2016)
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Table
points		 Awards
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff TW GS TC WS
1 England 15 7564011 2810335+2475 128 87120
2 France 15 7550025 1726701+1025 100 54N/A0
3 Ireland 15 7535040 10551097–42 70 2122
4 Wales 15 7530144 8611042–181 61 0013
5 Scotland 15 7515159 5972065–1468 31 0007
6 Italy 10 5014135 5791216–637 29 00N/A3
7 Spain 5 256118 156764–604 13 00N/A2

Six Nations with bonus point scoring (2017–)
Position Nation Tournaments Matches Points Tries Bonus
points		 Table
points		 Awards
P W D L PF PA PD TF TA T BP L BP GS BP TW GS TC WS
1 England 7 333201 1582233+1349 25233 28115 168 6460
2 France 7 322417 1076370+706 16248 2333 123 11N/A0
3 Ireland 7 3214018 486788–302 74121 820 62 0001
4 Italy 7 3210121 498941–443 56127 610 49 00N/A1
5 Wales 7 329122 408993–585 59154 640 49 0002
6 Scotland 7 316124 373999–626 53157 270 31 0002

Total
Pos Nation Tourn­aments Matches Points Bonus
points		 Table
points		 Awards
P W D L PF PA PD T BP L BP GS BP TW GS TC WS
1 England 27 124111013 4867649+4218 23112 312 1816220
2 France 24 11477136 28431145+1698 1933 219 65N/A0
3 Ireland 25 11550065 15772055–478 1020 139 2125
4 Wales 27 12340281 13992512–1113 360 104 0017
5 Scotland 27 12230290 11793228–2049 070 78 1119
6 Italy 16 7723252 9001995–1095 510 70 00N/A4
7 Spain 7 3310122 250899-645 000 21 00N/A2

Records

Highest team scores

Wins by 80 points or more:

Awards

Player of the Championship
Year Team Nominee Winner Ref
2020 N/A England Emily Scarratt [5]
2021  England Zoe Aldcroft England Poppy Cleall [6]
 France Caroline Boujard
 England Poppy Cleall
2022  England Sarah Bern France Laure Sansus [7]
 France Madoussou Fall
 England Marlie Packer
 France Laure Sansus
2023  England Holly Aitchison France Gabrielle Vernier [8]
 England Marlie Packer (2)
 Wales Sisilia Tuipulotu
 France Gabrielle Vernier
2024  Italy Alyssa D'Incà — [9]
 England Ellie Kildunne
 France Romane Ménager
 Ireland Aoife Wafer

See also

Notes
  1. Three fixtures in the 2020 tournament were cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
  2. The 2021 tournament followed a one-off format, which consisted of two pools with three teams each. The teams all played one home and one away match, before the top ranked teams in each pool contested the final.[4]

References
  1. Six Nations Rugby and Guinness agree groundbreaking partnership spanning the women’s and men’s Championships
  2. Rugby Trophies - Rugby Football History
  3. "Remaining 2020 Women's Six Nations matches cancelled". Six Nations Rugby. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  4. "Women's Six Nations: How the 2021 Championship will work". Six Nations Rugby. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. "Emily Scarratt crowned the inaugural 2020 Women's Six Nations Player of the Championship". sixnationsrugby.com. Six Nations Rugby. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  6. "Poppy Cleall crowned 2021 Women's Six Nations Player of the Championship". sixnationsrugby.com. Six Nations Rugby. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  7. "Laure Sansus named 2022 TikTok Women's Player of the Championship". sixnationsrugby.com. Women's Six Nations. 10 May 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  8. "Women's Six Nations: Gabrielle Vernier named player of the championship". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  9. "Guinness Player of the Championship - Vote Now". sixnationsrugby.com. Women's Six Nations. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
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