2000 Six Nations Championship
| 2000 Six Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 5 February 2000 - 2 April 2000 | ||
| Countries |  England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales |
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| Champions | England (23rd title) |
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| Calcutta Cup | Scotland |
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| Millennium Trophy | England |
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| Centenary Quaich | Ireland |
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| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Tries scored | 75 (5 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Jonny Wilkinson (78) |
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| Top try scorer(s) | Ben Cohen (5) Austin Healey (5) Brian O'Driscoll (5) |
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The 2000 Six Nations Championship was the first series of the Six Nations Championship, following the inclusion of Italy into the Five Nations championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship.
The championship was won by England. England had appeared ready to be the first nation in the expanded Championship to win all its games and complete a 'Grand Slam' - the English side had won its first 4 games and met winless Scotland for its final match. Scotland earned a surprising victory and denied England the Grand Slam. (France, the last winner of a Five Nations slam in 1998, would win the first Six Nations slam in 2002).
Italy won their first game in the championship with a surprising 34-20 win over Scotland, winners of the previous edition, but weren't able to win more games, finishing in last.
Participants
The teams involved were:
Squads
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Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Tries | |||
| 1 | England |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 70 | +113 | 20 | 8 |
| 2 | France |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 92 | +48 | 12 | 6 |
| 3 | Ireland |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 133 | +35 | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | Wales |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 135 | −24 | 8 | 6 |
| 5 | Scotland |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 95 | 145 | −50 | 9 | 2 |
| 6 | Italy |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 228 | −122 | 9 | 2 |
Results
| 5 February 2000 |
| Italy |
34–20 | Scotland |
| Try: De Carli Con: Dominguez Pen: Dominguez (6) Drop: Dominguez (3) |
Report | Try: Bulloch, M. Leslie Con: Logan, Townsend Pen: Townsend Drop: Townsend |
| Stadio Flaminio, Rome |
| 5 February 2000 |
| England |
50–18 | Ireland |
| Try: Cohen (2), Tindall, Healey (2), Back Con: Wilkinson (4) Pen: Wilkinson (4) |
Report | Try: Maggs, Galwey Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys (2) |
| Twickenham, London |
| 5 February 2000 |
| Wales |
3–36 | France |
| Pen: Jenkins | Report | Try: Castaignède, Magne, Ntamack Con: Lamaison (3) Pen: Lamaison (4) Drop: Lamaison |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 19 February 2000 |
| France |
9–15 | England |
| Pen: Dourthe (3) | Report | Pen: Wilkinson (5) |
| Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
| 19 February 2000 |
| Wales |
47–16 | Italy |
| Try: S. Quinnell, S. Williams, Bateman, Howarth Con: Jenkins (3) Pen: Jenkins (7) |
Report | Try: Visser Con: Dominguez Pen: Dominguez (2) Drop: Dominguez |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 19 February 2000 |
| Ireland |
44–22 | Scotland |
| Try: O'Driscoll, Humphreys, Wood, Horgan, O'Kelly Con: O'Gara (2), Humphreys (3) Pen: O'Gara (2), Humphreys |
Report | Try: Logan, Metcalfe, Graham Con: Logan (2) Pen: Logan |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin |
| 4 March 2000 |
| Scotland |
16–28 | France |
| Try: Nicol Con: Paterson Pen: Logan, Paterson (2) |
Report | Try: Magne (2), Castaignède Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron (3) |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
| 4 March 2000 |
| England |
46–12 | Wales |
| Try: Cohen, Greening, Hill, Back, Dallaglio Con: Wilkinson (3) Pen: Wilkinson (5) |
Report | Pen: Jenkins (3) Drop: Jenkins |
| Twickenham, London |
| 4 March 2000 |
| Ireland |
60–13 | Italy |
| Try: Wood, Dawson, Dempsey, O'Driscoll, Horgan (2) Con: O'Gara (6) Pen: O'Gara (6) |
Report | Try: De Rossi Con: Dominguez Pen: Dominguez (2) |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin |
| 18 March 2000 |
| Italy |
12–59 | England |
| Try: Martin, Stoica Con: Dominguez |
Report | Try: Healey (3), Cohen (2), Dawson (2), Penalty try Con: Wilkinson (5) Pen: Wilkinson (2) Drop: Back |
| Stadio Flaminio, Rome |
| 18 March 2000 |
| Wales |
26–18 | Scotland |
| Try: S. Williams (2) Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones (4) |
Report | Try: Townsend, M. Leslie Con: Hodge Pen: Hodge (2) |
| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff |
| 19 March 2000 |
| France |
25–27 | Ireland |
| Try: Laussucq Con: Merceron Pen: Merceron (6) |
Report | Try: O'Driscoll (3) Con: O'Gara (3) Pen: Humphreys (2) |
| Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
| 1 April 2000 |
| France |
42–31 | Italy |
| Try: Penaud (2), Castaignède, Pelous, Benazzi Con: Dourthe (4) Pen: Dourthe (3) |
Report | Try: Martin, Troncon (2), Mazzucato Con: Dominguez (4) Drop: Dominguez |
| Stade de France, Saint-Denis |
| 1 April 2000 |
| Ireland |
19–23 | Wales |
| Try: Horgan Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (4) |
Report | Try: S. Jones, Budgett Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: S. Jones, Jenkins (2) |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin |
| 2 April 2000 |
| Scotland |
19–13 | England |
| Try: Hodge Con: Hodge Pen: Hodge (4) |
Report | Try: Dallaglio Con: Wilkinson Pen: Wilkinson (2) |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
References
External links
- 2000 Six Nations Championship at ESPN
- 2000 Six Nations Championship Coverage at RTÉ (Archived)
