Sporting Life presents a full guide, fixture list, TV schedule and history for the 2019 Six Nations Championship, which took place between February 1 and March 6.
Six Nations Championship 2019: Fixtures, TV Schedule & results
Round One (February 1-2)
- France 19-24 Wales
Click here for match report - Scotland 33-20 Italy
Click here for match report - Ireland 20-32 England
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Round Two (February 9-10)
- Scotland 13-22 Ireland
Click here for match report - Italy 15-26 Wales
Click here for match report - England 44-8 France
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Round Three (February 23-24)
- France 27-10 Scotland
Click here for match report - Wales 21-13 England
Click here for match report - Italy 16-26 Ireland
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Round Four (March 9-10)
- Scotland 11-18 Wales
Click here for match report - England 57-14 Italy
Click here for match report - Ireland 26-14 France
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Round Five (March 16)
- Italy 14-25 France
Click here for match report - Wales 25-7 Ireland
Click here for match report - England 38-38 Scotland
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Six Nations 2019: Table
- Wales P: 5 W: 5 D: 0 L: 0 PF: 114 PA: 65 PD: +49 BONUS: 3 PTS: 23
- England P: 5 W: 3 D: 1 L: 1 PF: 184 PA: 101 PD: +83 BONUS: 4 PTS: 18
- Ireland P: 5 W: 3 D: 0 L: 2 PF: 101 PA: 100 PD: +1 BONUS: 2 PTS: 14
- France P: 5 W: 2 D: 0 L: 3 PF: 93 PA: 118 PD: -25 BONUS: 2 PTS: 10
- Scotland P: 5 W: 1 D: 1 L: 3 PF: 105 PA: 125 PD: -20 BONUS: 2 PTS: 9
- Italy P: 5 W: 0 D: 0 L: 5 PF: 79 PA: 167 PD: -88 BONUS: 0 PTS: 0
Scoring System
- Win: 4 points
- Draw: 2 points
- Loss (by more than 7 points): 0 points
- Loss by 7 points or less: 1 bonus point
- Score four tries or more in a match (regardless of result): 1 bonus point.
* So the maximum a team can earn from a single match is five points - four points for the win, and one for scoring four tries or more in the process. In a defeat, a county could earn to to two points - for losing by seven points or less, and also scoring four tries.
Six Nations Championship: History
The competition has been known as the Six Nations since 2000, when Italy were added to the competition.
Previous to this, the Tournament was known as the Five Nations, with England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and France competing between 1940 and 1999.
The original competition actually began in 1883 as the Home Nations, with England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland involved.
Here we look back at all the various trophy winners from previous Six Nations campaigns while we also go through each country's titles overall, including the Five Nations era.
Six Nations History: Past Winners & Trophies
(The Grand Slam is awarded if any nation can win ALL their matches. The Triple Crown is awarded if either England, Wales, Ireland or Scotland can beat ALL the other Home Nations. The Calcutta Cup is awarded for the winner between Scotland and England, the Millennium Trophy for England v Ireland, the Centenary Quaich for Ireland v Scotland, the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy for France v Italy (since 2007) and the Auld Alliance Trophy (since 2018) for France v Scotland. Finally, the illustrious Wooden Spoon is for the team that props up the table.
2000
- Six Nations Champions: England
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: No
- Calcutta Cup: Scotland
- Millennium Trophy: England
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Not contested
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2001
- Six Nations Champions: England
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: No
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Scotland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Not contested
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2002
- Six Nations Champions: France
- Grand Slam: France
- Triple Crown: England
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: England
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Not contested
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2003
- Six Nations Champions: England
- Grand Slam: England
- Triple Crown: England
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: England
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Not contested
- Wooden Spoon: Wales
2004
- Six Nations Champions: France
- Grand Slam: France
- Triple Crown: Ireland
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Not contested
- Wooden Spoon: Scotland
2005
- Six Nations Champions: Wales
- Grand Slam: Wales
- Triple Crown: Wales
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Not contested
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2006
- Six Nations Champions: France
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: Ireland
- Calcutta Cup: Scotland
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Not contested
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2007
- Six Nations Champions: France
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: Ireland
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Scotland
2008
- Six Nations Champions: Wales
- Grand Slam: Wales
- Triple Crown: Wales
- Calcutta Cup: Scotland
- Millennium Trophy: England
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2009
- Six Nations Champions: Ireland
- Grand Slam: Ireland
- Triple Crown: Ireland
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2010
- Six Nations Champions: France
- Grand Slam: France
- Triple Crown: No
- Calcutta Cup: Shared
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Scotland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2011
- Six Nations Champions: England
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: No
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Italy
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2012
- Six Nations Champions: Wales
- Grand Slam: Wales
- Triple Crown: Wales
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: England
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Scotland
2013
- Six Nations Champions: Wales
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: No
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: England
- Centenary Quaich: Scotland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: Italy
- Wooden Spoon: France
2014
- Six Nations Champions: Ireland
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: England
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: England
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2015
- Six Nations Champions: Ireland
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: No
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Scotland
2016
- Six Nations Champions: England
- Grand Slam: England
- Triple Crown: England
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: England
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2017
- Six Nations Champions: England
- Grand Slam: No
- Triple Crown: No
- Calcutta Cup: England
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Scotland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
2018
- Six Nations Champions: Ireland
- Grand Slam: Ireland
- Triple Crown: Ireland
- Calcutta Cup: Scotland
- Millennium Trophy: Ireland
- Centenary Quaich: Ireland
- Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: France
- Auld Alliance Trophy: Scotland
- Wooden Spoon: Italy
Six Nations Team-By-Team Titles
Overall records since Five Nations began in 1910
Six Nations began in 2000
Shared Five Nations titles in brackets
ENGLAND
- Six Nations Titles: 6
- Six Nations Grand Slams: 2
- Six Nations Triple Crowns: 4
- Six Nations Wooden Spoons: 0
- Five Nations Titles: 17 (6)
- Five Nations Grand Slams: 11
- Five Nations Triple Crowns: 16
- Five Nations Wooden Spoons: 14
FRANCE
- Six Nations Titles: 5
- Six Nations Grand Slams: 3
- Six Nations Triple Crowns: N/A
- Six Nations Wooden Spoons: 1
- Five Nations Titles: 12 (8)
- Five Nations Grand Slams: 6
- Five Nations Triple Crowns: N/A
- Five Nations Wooden Spoons: 17
IRELAND
- Six Nations Titles: 4
- Six Nations Grand Slams: 2
- Six Nations Triple Crowns: 5
- Six Nations Wooden Spoons: 0
- Five Nations Titles: 6 (5)
- Five Nations Grand Slams: 1
- Five Nations Triple Crowns: 4
- Five Nations Wooden Spoons: 21
ITALY
- Six Nations Titles: 0
- Six Nations Grand Slams: 0
- Six Nations Triple Crowns: N/A
- Six Nations Wooden Spoons: 13
- ive Nations Titles: N/A
- Five Nations Grand Slams: N/A
- Five Nations Triple Crowns: N/A
- Five Nations Wooden Spoons: N/A
SCOTLAND
- Six Nations Titles: 0
- Six Nations Grand Slams: 0
- Six Nations Triple Crowns: 0
- Six Nations Wooden Spoons: 4
- Five Nations Titles: 5 (6)
- Five Nations Grand Slams: 3
- Five Nations Triple Crowns: 3
- Five Nations Wooden Spoons: 21
WALES
- Six Nations Titles: 4
- Six Nations Grand Slams: 3
- Six Nations Triple Crowns: 3
- Six Nations Wooden Spoons: 1
- Five Nations Titles: 15 (8)
- Five Nations Grand Slams: 6
- Five Nations Triple Crowns: 11
- Five Nations Wooden Spoons: 12
Five Nations Winners
- 1940-46 Not held due to World War II
- 1947 England & Wales
- 1948 Ireland
- 1949 Ireland
- 1950 Wales
- 1951 Ireland
- 1952 Wales
- 1953 England
- 1954 England, France & Wales
- 1955 France & Wales
- 1956 Wales
- 1957 England
- 1958 England
- 1959 France
- 1960 England & France
- 1961 France
- 1962 France
- 1963 England
- 1964 Scotland & Wales
- 1965 Wales
- 1966 Wales
- 1967 France
- 1968 France
- 1969 Wales
- 1970 France & Wales
- 1971 Wales
- 1972 Not Completed
- 1973 England, France, Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- 1974 Ireland
- 1975 Wales
- 1976 Wales
- 1977 France
- 1978 Wales
- 1979 Wales
- 1980 England
- 1981 France
- 1982 Ireland
- 1983 France & Ireland
- 1984 Scotland
- 1985 Ireland
- 1986 France & Scotland
- 1987 France
- 1988 France & Wales
- 1989 France
- 1990 Scotland
- 1991 England
- 1992 England
- 1993 France
- 1994 Wales
- 1995 England
- 1996 England
- 1997 France
- 1998 France
- 1999 Scotland
Six Nations Championship: Records
- Most appearances: 65 - Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) & Sergio Parisse (Italy)
- Most overall points: 557 - Ronan O'Gara (Ireland)
- Most points in a season: 89 - Jonny Wilkinson (England)
- Most points in one match: 35 Jonny Wilkinson (England v Italy, 2001)
- Most Overall tries: 26 - Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland)
- Most tries in one season: 8 - C.N. Lowe (England) & I.S. Smith (Scotland)
- Most Overall penalties: 109 - Ronan O'Gara (Ireland)
- Most Overall Conversions: 89 - Jonny Wilkinson (England)
Six Nations Championship: Player of the Championship
The Guinness Six Nations Player of the Championship is one of rugby’s greatest individual accolades, and has been won by a host of the game’s top players.
Each year, a shortlist of players are chosen by an expert panel for the Guinness Player of the Championship award. This list then goes to a public vote, with the winning player announced in the week after Super Saturday, the final weekend.
Ireland have provided the winner of seven of 15 editions so far, with the great Brian O’Driscoll (2006, 2007, 2009) claiming three. The Scottish full-back Stuart Hogg is the only other man to win more than once (2016, 2017).
Ireland’s Tommy Bowe (2010), Paul O’Connell (2015) and Jacob Stockdale (2018) have also won the award.
Four Welshmen have won the accolade with Martyn Williams (2005), Shane Williams (2008), Dan Lydiate (2012) and Leigh Halfpenny (2013) all having been chosen.
England’s Mike Brown (2014) and Italy’s Andrea Masi (2011) have also had the honour of being named the Championship’s best player.
