2017 Women's Six Nations Championship

2017 Women's Six Nations Championship
Countries  England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  England
Grand Slam  England
Triple Crown  England
Matches played 15
Tries scored 90 (6 per match)
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The 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2017 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, is the 16th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches are being held in February and March 2017, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.

For the first time, the 2017 tournament is using the rugby union bonus points system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments.[1] As well as the standard four points for a win or two for a draw, a team scoring four or more tries during a match will receive an additional league table point, as will a team losing by 7 or fewer points.[1] Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) will also win the Championship, three bonus points will be awarded for this achievement.[1][2]

Table

Position Nation Games Points Tries Bonus
points
Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff
1 England 550021635+18136427
2 Ireland 54018169+1212218
3 France 530214563+8221416
4 Scotland 520344167-123619
5 Wales 510460137-77826
6 Italy 500543118-75711
Source:

* England were awarded an extra 3 table points for achieving the Grand Slam.

Fixtures

Week 1

3 February 2017
18:35 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland  15–22  Ireland

4 February 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+1)
Italy  8–20  Wales
Stadio Pacifico Carotti, Iesi
Referee: Canada Rose LaBrèche

4 February 2017
19:35 GMT (UTC+0)
England  26–13  France
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: Australia Amy Perrett

Week 2

11 February 2017
11:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Wales  0–63  England
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: France Marie Lematte

11 February 2017
21:00 CET (UTC+1)
France  55–0  Scotland

12 February 2017
14:00 GMT (UTC+1)
Italy  3-27  Ireland
Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila
Referee: Australia Rachel Horton

Week 3

24 February 2017
18:30 GMT (UTC+0)
Scotland  15–14  Wales
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Referee: South Africa Cwengile Jadezweni

25 February 2017
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)
England  29-15  Italy
Twickenham Stoop, London
Referee: Australia Graham Cooper

26 February 2017
12:45 GMT (UTC+0)
Ireland  13-10  France
Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin
Referee: England Sara Cox

Week 4

11 March 2017
Wales  7–12  Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Referee: England Claire Hodnett

11 March 2017
England  64–0  Scotland
Twickenham Stoop, London
Referee: Ireland Sean Gallagher

12 March 2017
Italy  5-28  France
Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
Referee: Ireland Helen O'Reilly

Week 5

17 March 2017
Scotland  14–12  Italy
Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld
Referee: England Ian Tempest

17 March 2017
Ireland  7–34  England

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Six Nations to Trial Bonus Points in 2017 : RBS 6 Nations". rbs6nations.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. "Six Nations: Bonus-point system introduced for 2017 tournament". BBC Sport. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
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