Six Nations Championship - wikipedia Six Nations Championship Six Nations Championship Current season or competition : : 2018 Six Nations Championship The NatWest 6 Nations logo used in 2018 Sport Rugby union Instituted 1883 ( as Home Nations Championship ) 1910 ( as Five Nations Championship ) 2000 ( as Six Nations Championship ) Number of teams 6 Country England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales Holders Ireland ( 2018 ) Most titles England ( 38 : 28 outright titles, 10 shared titles ) Website www.sixnationsrugby.com The Six Nations Championship ( recently known as the NatWest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons ) is an annual international rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions are Ireland, having won the 2018 tournament. The Six Nations is the successor to the Home Nations Championship ( 1883 -- 1909 and 1932 -- 39 ), played between teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which was the first international rugby union tournament. With the addition of France, this became the Five Nations Championship ( 1910 -- 31 and 1947 -- 99 ), which in turn became the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy. England hold the record for outright wins of the Home Nations, Five Nations and Six Nations tournaments, with 28 titles, although Wales follow closely with 26 outright wins with the addition of 12 shared victories to England 's 10. Since the Six Nations era started in 2000, only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title, although Scotland were the last winners of the Five Nations. Contents 1 History and expansion 2 Format 3 Trophies 3.1 Championship Trophy 3.2 Grand Slam and Triple Crown 3.3 Rivalry trophies 4 Current venues 5 Results 5.1 Overall 5.2 Home Nations ( 1883 -- 1909 ) 5.3 Five Nations ( 1910 -- 1931 ) 5.4 Home Nations ( 1932 -- 1939 ) 5.5 Five Nations ( 1940 -- 1999 ) 5.6 Six Nations ( 2000 -- present ) 5.7 Six Nations all - time table ( 2000 -- present ) 6 Titles and awards 7 Records 8 Administration and television contracts 9 Sponsorship 10 See also 11 Sources 12 References 13 External links History and expansion The tournament was first played in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship among the four Home Nations -- England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The tournament then became the Five Nations Championship in 1910 with the addition of France. The tournament was expanded in 2000 to become the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy. Following the relative success of the Tier 2 nations in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there were calls by Octavian Morariu, the president of Rugby Union 's governing body for promotion and development, to let Georgia and Romania join the Six Nations due to their consistent success in the European Nations Cup and ability to compete in the Rugby World Cup. Format The locations of the Six Nations participants Played annually, the format of the Championship is simple : each team plays every other team once ( making a total of 15 matches ), with home ground advantage alternating from one year to the next. Prior to the 2017 tournament, two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. Unlike many other rugby union competitions the bonus point system has not previously been used. On 30 November 2016, the 6 Nations Committee announced that the bonus point system will be trialled for the 2017 Championship. The system is similar to the one used in most rugby championships ( 0 points for a loss, 2 for a draw, 4 for a win, 1 for scoring four or more tries in match, and 1 for losing by 7 points or fewer ), with the only difference being that a Grand Slam winner will be given 3 extra points to ensure they finish top of the table. Prior to 1994, teams equal on match points shared the championship. Since then, ties have been broken by considering the points difference of the teams. The rules of the championship further provide that if teams tie on both match points and points difference, the team that scored the most tries wins the championship. Were this decider to be a tie, the tying teams would share the championship. To date, however, match points and points difference have been sufficient to decide the championship. Also, the team that finishes at the bottom of the league table is said to have `` won '' the Wooden Spoon, although no actual trophy is given to the team. A team that has lost all five matches is said to have been whitewashed. Since the inaugural Six Nations tournament in 2000, only England and Ireland have avoided the Wooden Spoon award. Italy are the holders of the most Wooden Spoon awards in the Six Nations era with eleven, and have been whitewashed six times. However, each of the other five nations has accumulated more than that through competing in previous eras. Trophies Championship Trophy The Original Six Nations Championship Trophy ( 1993 -- 2014 ) and The Triple Crown Trophy The winners of the Six Nations are presented with the Championship Trophy. This was originally conceived by the Earl of Westmorland, and was first presented to the winners of the 1993 championship, France. It is a sterling silver trophy, designed by James Brent - Ward and made by a team of eight silversmiths from the London firm William Comyns. It has 15 side panels representing the 15 members of the team and with three handles to represent the three officials ( referee and two touch judges ). The cup has a capacity of 3.75 litres -- sufficient for five bottles of champagne. Within the mahogany base is a concealed drawer which contains six alternate finials, each a silver replica of one of the team emblems, which can be screwed on the detachable lid. A new trophy was introduced for the 2015 Championship. The new trophy was designed and crafted by Thomas Lyte silversmiths and replaces the 1993 edition, which is being retired as it represented the nations that took part in the Five Nations Championship. Ireland were the last team to win the old trophy, and coincidentally, the first team to win the new one. Grand Slam and Triple Crown A team that wins all its games wins the ' Grand Slam '. Victory by any Home Nation over the other three Home Nations is a ' Triple Crown '. Although this achievement has long been a feature of the tournament, it was not until 2006 that a physical Triple Crown trophy was awarded. The Triple Crown may only be won by England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, when one nation wins all three of their matches against the others, during the Six Nations Championship. The Triple Crown honour has long been a feature of the tournament, dating back to the original Home Nations Championship, but the physical Triple Crown Trophy has been awarded only since 2006. The current holder of the Triple Crown is Ireland, who defeated England, Scotland, and Wales in the 2018 championship. For the 2006 Six Nations, the Royal Bank of Scotland ( the primary sponsor of the competition ) commissioned Hamilton & Inches to design and create a dedicated Triple Crown Trophy. It has since been won three times by Ireland and twice by England and Wales. Rivalry trophies Several individual competitions take place under the umbrella of the tournament. The oldest such regular competition is for the Calcutta Cup, contested annually between England and Scotland since 1879. It is named the Calcutta Cup as it is made from melted - down Indian Rupees donated by the Calcutta Club. Since 1988, the Millennium Trophy has been awarded to the winner of the game between England and Ireland, and since 1989 the Centenary Quaich has been awarded to the winner of the game between Ireland and Scotland. Since 2007, France and Italy have contested the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy ; it was created for the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian hero who helped unify Italy and volunteered in the French Republican Army against Prussia. The following trophies are contested within the main competition, mostly as long - standing fixtures between pairs of teams : Calcutta Cup -- contested annually between England and Scotland since 1879. Millennium Trophy -- contested annually between England and Ireland since 1988, presented to celebrate Dublin 's millennium in 1988. Centenary Quaich -- contested annually between Ireland and Scotland since 1989. Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy -- contested annually between France and Italy since 2007, in memory of Giuseppe Garibaldi, leader in the unification of Italy and volunteer in the French Republican Army against Prussia. Auld Alliance Trophy -- contested annually between France and Scotland since 2018, in memory of the war dead from the rugby communities of Scotland and France. Current venues The Aviva Stadium, Dublin As of the current 2018 competition, Six Nations matches will be held in the following stadia : Team Stadium Capacity England Twickenham Stadium 82,000 France Stade de France 81,338 Stade Vélodrome 67,394 Wales Principality Stadium 74,500 Italy Stadio Olimpico 72,698 Scotland Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Ireland Aviva Stadium 51,700 The opening of the Aviva Stadium in May 2010 ended the arrangement with the Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA ) that allowed the all - Ireland governing body for rugby union, the Irish Rugby Football Union, to use the GAA 's flagship stadium, Croke Park, for its international matches. This arrangement was made necessary by the 2007 closure and subsequent demolition of Ireland 's traditional home at Lansdowne Road ; the Aviva was built on the former Lansdowne Road site. During the construction of the Aviva, Croke Park was the largest of the Six Nations grounds, with a capacity of 82,300. In the late 2000s, the increasing popularity of rugby in Italy meant that the Stadio Flaminio was becoming less viable as a home ground for the country 's team. As the 2010s approached, it had been speculated that Italy 's Six Nations home matches would in future be held at football stadiums such as the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, or in the North where rugby is most popular. Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa ( 42,000 seats ) and Stadio Ennio Tardini in Parma ( almost 28,000 seats ) were suggested as alternative grounds. Improvements to the Flaminio, intended to increase the capacity from 32,000 to 42,000, were announced, apparently increasing the likelihood that rugby would stay at Stadio Flaminio, although it remained the smallest of the Six Nations grounds. However, the city of Rome, owner of the Flaminio, delayed the promised renovations, causing the Italian Rugby Federation ( FIR ) to lose patience with the city. In April 2011, it was reported that the FIR would move its home matches to Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence. The city of Rome then began renovations of the Flaminio, which presumably prompted the FIR to announce in July of that year that it would instead keep its home matches in the city at Stadio Olimpico. The FIR also announced it planned to return to the Flaminio once the project was complete, but never did so, and retained Olimpico for Italy 's home fixtures. In November 2010, the French Rugby Federation ( FFR ) announced that it was planning to build a new stadium of its own within the Paris region. The FFR had grown increasingly frustrated with several aspects of their use of the Stade de France : not only the high rental expense, but also the irritation that it does not receive priority when scheduling matches -- with the possible exception of the Six Nations itself. In June 2012, FFR announced the site for its new ground -- tentatively known as Grand Stade FFR -- in the southern suburbs of Paris. The site was located 25.0 km ( 15.5 mi ) from the centre of Paris. The 82,000 - seat stadium, featuring a retractable roof and slide - out pitch, would have been built on a former horse racing track in Évry. The new stadium, estimated to cost € 600 million, was scheduled to open in 2017. After numerous delays, the project was cancelled in December 2016 after Bernard Laporte was elected president of the FFR. Results Overall England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales Tournaments 122 88 124 19 124 124 Outright Wins ( Shared Wins ) Home Nations 5 ( 4 ) NA 4 ( 4 ) NA 10 ( 3 ) 7 ( 4 ) Five Nations 17 ( 6 ) 12 ( 8 ) 6 ( 5 ) NA 5 ( 6 ) 15 ( 8 ) Six Nations 6 5 0 0 Overall 28 ( 10 ) 17 ( 8 ) 14 ( 9 ) 0 ( 0 ) 15 ( 9 ) 26 ( 12 ) Grand Slams Home Nations 0 NA 0 NA 0 Five Nations 11 6 NA 6 Six Nations 0 0 Overall 13 9 0 11 Triple Crowns Home Nations 5 NA NA 7 6 Five Nations 16 NA NA 11 Six Nations NA 5 NA 0 Overall 25 NA 11 NA 10 20 Wooden Spoons Home Nations 11 NA 15 NA 8 8 Five Nations 14 17 21 NA 21 12 Six Nations 0 0 13 Overall 25 18 36 13 33 21 Home Nations ( 1883 -- 1909 ) Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Calcutta Cup 1883 England Not contested England England 1884 England England England 1885 Not completed Not completed 1886 England and Scotland -- -- 1887 Scotland -- -- 1888 Ireland, Scotland and Wales England did n't participate 1889 Scotland England did n't participate 1890 England and Scotland -- England 1891 Scotland Scotland Scotland 1892 England England England 1893 Wales Wales Scotland 1894 Ireland Ireland Scotland 1895 Scotland Scotland Scotland 1896 Ireland -- Scotland 1897 Not completed Not completed England 1898 Not completed Not completed -- 1899 Ireland Ireland Scotland 1900 Wales Wales -- 1901 Scotland Scotland Scotland 1902 Wales Wales England 1903 Scotland Scotland Scotland 1904 Scotland -- Scotland 1905 Wales Wales Scotland 1906 Ireland and Wales -- England 1907 Scotland Scotland Scotland 1908 Wales Wales Wales Scotland 1909 Wales Wales Wales Scotland Five Nations ( 1910 -- 1931 ) Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Calcutta Cup 1910 England -- -- England 1911 Wales Wales Wales England 1912 Ireland and England -- -- Scotland 1913 England England England England 1914 England England England England 1915 -- 19 Not held due to World War I 1920 Scotland, Wales and England -- -- England 1921 England England England England 1922 Wales -- -- England 1923 England England England England 1924 England England England England 1925 Scotland Scotland Scotland Scotland 1926 Ireland and Scotland -- -- Scotland 1927 Ireland and Scotland -- -- Scotland 1928 England England England England 1929 Scotland -- -- Scotland 1930 England -- -- -- 1931 Wales -- -- Scotland Home Nations ( 1932 -- 1939 ) Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Calcutta Cup 1932 England, Ireland and Wales -- -- England 1933 Scotland -- Scotland Scotland 1934 England -- England England 1935 Ireland -- -- Scotland 1936 Wales -- -- England 1937 England -- England England 1938 Scotland -- Scotland Scotland 1939 England, Ireland, Wales -- -- England Five Nations ( 1940 -- 1999 ) Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Calcutta Cup Millennium Trophy Centenary Quaich 1940 -- 46 Not held due to World War II Not contested 1947 England and Wales -- -- England 1948 Ireland Ireland Ireland Scotland 1949 Ireland -- Ireland England 1950 Wales Wales Wales Scotland 1951 Ireland -- -- England 1952 Wales Wales Wales England 1953 England -- -- England 1954 England, France and Wales England England 1955 France and Wales -- -- England 1956 Wales -- -- England 1957 England England England England 1958 England -- -- -- 1959 France -- -- -- 1960 England and France -- England England 1961 France -- -- England 1962 France -- -- -- 1963 England -- -- England 1964 Scotland and Wales -- -- Scotland 1965 Wales -- Wales -- 1966 Wales -- -- Scotland 1967 France -- -- England 1968 France France -- England 1969 Wales -- Wales England 1970 France and Wales -- -- Scotland 1971 Wales Wales Wales Scotland 1972 Not completed Scotland 1973 England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales -- -- England Ireland -- -- Scotland Wales -- -- England 1976 Wales Wales Wales Scotland 1977 France France Wales England 1978 Wales Wales Wales England 1979 Wales -- Wales -- 1980 England England England England 1981 France France -- England 1982 Ireland -- Ireland -- France and Ireland -- -- Scotland 1984 Scotland Scotland Scotland Scotland 1985 Ireland -- Ireland England 1986 France and Scotland -- -- Scotland France France -- England 1988 France and Wales -- Wales England 1989 France -- -- -- England Scotland 1990 Scotland Scotland Scotland Scotland England Scotland 1991 England England England England England Scotland 1992 England England England England England Scotland 1993 France -- -- England Ireland Scotland 1994 Wales -- -- England Ireland -- 1995 England England England England England Scotland England -- England England England Scotland 1997 France France England England England Scotland 1998 France France England England England Scotland 1999 Scotland -- -- England England Scotland Six Nations ( 2000 -- present ) Year Champions Grand Slam Triple Crown Calcutta Cup Millennium Trophy Centenary Quaich Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy Auld Alliance Trophy Wooden Spoon 2000 England -- -- Scotland England Ireland Not contested Not contested Italy 2001 England -- -- England Ireland Scotland Italy 2002 France France England England England Ireland Italy 2003 England England England England England Ireland Wales France France Ireland England Ireland Ireland Scotland 2005 Wales Wales Wales England Ireland Ireland Italy 2006 France -- Ireland Scotland Ireland Ireland Italy 2007 France -- Ireland England Ireland Ireland France Scotland 2008 Wales Wales Wales Scotland England Ireland France Italy 2009 Ireland Ireland Ireland England Ireland Ireland France Italy France France -- -- Ireland Scotland France Italy 2011 England -- -- England Ireland Ireland Italy Italy 2012 Wales Wales Wales England England Ireland France Scotland 2013 Wales -- -- England England Scotland Italy France 2014 Ireland -- England England England Ireland France Italy 2015 Ireland -- -- England Ireland Ireland France Scotland 2016 England England England England England Ireland France Italy 2017 England -- -- England Ireland Scotland France Italy 2018 Ireland Ireland Ireland Scotland Ireland Ireland France Scotland Italy Six Nations all - time table ( 2000 -- present ) Ctry Pld PF PA PD TB LB Pts Champ GS TC WS England 95 66 28 2598 1500 + 1098 275 150 6 0 Ireland 95 63 29 2366 1695 + 671 245 153 5 0 France 95 59 34 2299 1718 + 581 216 135 5 N / A Wales 95 52 40 2205 1980 + 225 204 122 Scotland 95 27 66 1601 2361 - 760 127 71 0 0 0 Italy 95 12 82 1381 3196 − 1815 123 0 26 0 0 N / A 13 From 2000 to 2016, wins were worth 2 table points and draws 1 table point. From 2017 onwards, wins were worth 4 table points and draws 2 table points. Bonus points were added from the 2017 tournament onwards. From 2017 onwards, Grand Slams would give 3 extra table points. Titles and awards Grand Slams and Triple Crowns Nation Grand Slams Last Grand Slam Triple Crowns Last Triple Crown England 13 2016 25 2016 Wales 11 2012 20 2012 France 9 N / A N / A Ireland 2018 11 2018 Scotland 1990 10 1990 Italy 0 Never N / A N / A Longest wait without a championship win Team Tournaments Years Seasons France 24 44 1910 -- 1953 Ireland 23 23 1986 -- 2008 Scotland 19 19 2000 -- Italy 19 19 2000 -- England 15 17 1893 -- 1909 Wales 10 10 1995 -- 2004 Wooden Spoon winners ( last place ) Team Wooden Spoons Years awarded Italy 13 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 Scotland 2004, 2007, 2012, 2015 Wales 2003 France 2013 England 0 Ireland 0 Bold indicates that the team did not win any matches. Player of the tournament winners Year Winner Gordon D'Arcy 2005 Martyn Williams 2006 Brian O'Driscoll 2007 Brian O'Driscoll 2008 Shane Williams 2009 Brian O'Driscoll Tommy Bowe 2011 Andrea Masi 2012 Dan Lydiate 2013 Leigh Halfpenny 2014 Mike Brown 2015 Paul O'Connell 2016 Stuart Hogg 2017 Stuart Hogg 2018 Jacob Stockdale Records Main article : List of Six Nations Championship records England 's Jonny Wilkinson currently holds the records for individual points in one match ( 35 points against Italy in 2001 ) and one season with 89 ( scored in 2001 ). Ronan O'Gara of Ireland holds the career scoring record with 557 points to Wilkinson 's 546, having surpassed Wilkinson in Round 3 of the 2011 championship. The record for tries in a match is held by Scotsman George Lindsay who scored five tries against Wales in 1887. England 's Cyril Lowe and Scotland 's Ian Smith jointly hold the record for tries in one season with 8 ( Lowe in 1914, Smith in 1925 ). Ireland 's Brian O'Driscoll has the Championship record for tries with 26. The record for appearances is held by O'Gara, with 63 Six Nations appearances from the start of the Six Nations era in 2000 to his retirement in 2013. He surpassed countryman Mike Gibson in the first round of the 2012 tournament against Wales. Gibson played in 56 Five Nations matches ( Italy had not become part of the Championship yet ) between 1964 and 1979. The most points scored by a team in one match was 80 points, scored by England against Italy in 2001. England also scored the most ever points in a season in 2001 with 229, and most tries in a season with 29. Wales hold the record for fewest tries conceded during a season in the Six Nations era, conceding only 2 in 5 games in 2008, but the 1977 Grand Slam - winning France team did not concede a try in their four matches. Wales hold the record for the longest time without conceding a try, at 358 minutes in the 2013 tournament. Administration and television contracts The Championship is run from headquarters in Dublin, Ireland by Six Nations Rugby Ltd., which also takes responsibility for the British and Irish Lions tours. CEO of the Championship is John Feehan, a former Leinster player. Television contracts, sponsorship, match venues and other logistical problems are addressed. The BBC have covered the tournament since the start, covering all matches apart from England home matches which were live on Sky Sports with highlights on BBC between 1997 and 2002. Between 2003 and 2015, the BBC covered every match live on BBC Sport either on BBC One or BBC Two with highlights also on the BBC Sport website and either on the BBC Red Button or late at night on BBC Two. In 2011, it was announced that the BBC 's coverage of the tournament on TV, radio and online would be extended to 2017. However, on 9 July 2015, in reaction to satellite pay - TV bids from Sky Sports and BT Sport for coverage from 2017, BBC agreed to lose exclusive rights to the tournament two years early. But from 2016, BBC and ITV would jointly broadcast the tournament in the UK, with BBC showing all France, Scotland and Wales home matches live, and ITV showing all England, Ireland and Italy home matches live. This means that the Six Nations will remain on free - to - air television in the UK until 2021. In Ireland, RTÉ have broadcast the championship since RTÉ 's inception and continued to do so until 2017, while TG4 televised highlights. However in late 2015 it was announced that free to air rival TV3 would take over the rights for every game from the Six Nations on Irish Television from 2018 -- 2021, so that after the 2017 championship RTÉ lost the rights. France Télévisions covered the competition in France ; this lasted until 2017. In Italy, from 2014 to 2017 DMAX of Discovery Communications broadcast all matches, and will do so until 2021. In the United States, NBC Sports broadcasts matches in English and TV5 Monde airs matches in French. In Wales, S4C also broadcasts matches featuring the Welsh team shown by the BBC in Welsh. Sponsorship Until 1998, the Championship had no title sponsor. Sponsorship rights were sold to Lloyds TSB for the 1999 tournament and the competition was titled the Lloyds TSB 5 Nations and Lloyds TSB 6 Nations until 2003. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group took over sponsorship from 2004 until 2017, with the competition being branded the RBS 6 Nations. A new title sponsor was sought for the 2018 tournament and beyond. However, after struggling to find a new sponsor, organisers agreed a one - year extension with the Royal Bank of Scotland Group at a reduced rate. 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