2000 Six Nations Championship

Date

5 February 2000 - 2 April 2000

Countries

England

France

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Wales

Tournament statistics

England (23rd title)

England

Ireland

Matches played

Tries scored

75 (5 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Jonny Wilkinson (78)

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 four 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:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach
England	Twickenham	London	Clive Woodward
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Bernard Laporte
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Warren Gatland
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Brad Johnstone
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Ian McGeechan
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Graham Henry

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 2000 Six Nations Championship, see 2000 Six Nations Championship squads.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries	Table points
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)

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Honours

Championship records • Hat-tricks • Under 20s Championship • Women's Championship

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