2000 Six Nations Championship
Date5 February – 2 April 2000
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions England (23rd title)
Matches played15
Tries scored75 (5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)England Jonny Wilkinson (78)
Top try scorer(s)England Ben Cohen (5)
England Austin Healey (5)
Ireland Brian O'Driscoll (5)
1999 (Previous) (Next) 2001

The 2000 Six Nations Championship was the first series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, following the addition of Italy to the Five Nations. It was the 106th season of the championship overall.

The title was won by England. England won their first four games and met winless Scotland in their final match. Scotland earned a surprising victory and denied England the Grand Slam.

Italy won their first game in the championship with a surprising 34–20 win over Scotland, who had won the previous year's Five Nations. Italy did not win any of their other games and finished in sixth place.[1]

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham London Clive Woodward Matt Dawson
 France Stade de France Saint-Denis Bernard Laporte Fabien Pelous
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Warren Gatland Keith Wood
 Italy Stadio Flaminio Rome Brad Johnstone Alessandro Troncon
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Ian McGeechan John Leslie/Bryan Redpath
 Wales Millennium Stadium Cardiff Graham Henry Dai Young

Squads

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD T Pts
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
Source:

Results

Round 1

5 February 2000
Italy 34–20 Scotland
Try: De Carli
Con: Dominguez
Pen: Dominguez (6)
Drop: Dominguez (3)
ReportTry: Bulloch, M. Leslie
Con: Logan, Townsend
Pen: Townsend
Drop: Townsend
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,000
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

5 February 2000
England 50–18 Ireland
Try: Cohen (2), Tindall, Healey (2), Back
Con: Wilkinson (4)
Pen: Wilkinson (4)
ReportTry: Maggs, Galwey
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys (2)
Twickenham, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

5 February 2000
Wales 3–36 France
Pen: JenkinsReportTry: Castaignède, Magne, Ntamack
Con: Lamaison (3)
Pen: Lamaison (4)
Drop: Lamaison
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,500
Referee: Chris White (England)

Round 2

19 February 2000
Wales 47–16 Italy
Try: S. Quinnell, S. Williams, Bateman, Howarth
Con: Jenkins (3)
Pen: Jenkins (7)
ReportTry: Visser
Con: Dominguez
Pen: Dominguez (2)
Drop: Dominguez
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,500
Referee: Iain Ramage (Scotland)

19 February 2000
France 9–15 England
Pen: Dourthe (3)ReportPen: Wilkinson (5)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,310
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

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
ReportTry: Logan, Metcalfe, Graham
Con: Logan (2)
Pen: Logan
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Joël Dumé (France)

Round 3

4 March 2000
Scotland 16–28 France
Try: Nicol
Con: Paterson
Pen: Logan, Paterson (2)
ReportTry: Magne (2), Castaignède
Con: Merceron (2)
Pen: Merceron (3)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Steve Lander (England)

4 March 2000
England 46–12 Wales
Try: Cohen, Greening, Hill, Back, Dallaglio
Con: Wilkinson (3)
Pen: Wilkinson (5)
ReportPen: Jenkins (3)
Drop: Jenkins
Twickenham, London
Attendance: 73,500
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

4 March 2000
Ireland 60–13 Italy
Try: Wood, Dawson, Dempsey, O'Driscoll, Horgan (2)
Con: O'Gara (6)
Pen: O'Gara (6)
ReportTry: De Rossi
Con: Dominguez
Pen: Dominguez (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

Round 4

18 March 2000
Italy 12–59 England
Try: Martin, Stoica
Con: Dominguez
ReportTry: Healey (3), Cohen (2), Dawson (2), Penalty try
Con: Wilkinson (5)
Pen: Wilkinson (2)
Drop: Back
Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

18 March 2000
Wales 26–18 Scotland
Try: S. Williams (2)
Con: S. Jones (2)
Pen: S. Jones (4)
ReportTry: Townsend, M. Leslie
Con: Hodge
Pen: Hodge (2)
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,500
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

19 March 2000
France 25–27 Ireland
Try: Laussucq
Con: Merceron
Pen: Merceron (6)
ReportTry: O'Driscoll (3)
Con: O'Gara (3)
Pen: Humphreys (2)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,500
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

Round 5

1 April 2000
France 42–31 Italy
Try: Penaud (2), Castaignède, Pelous, Benazzi
Con: Dourthe (4)
Pen: Dourthe (3)
ReportTry: Martin, Troncon (2), Mazzucato
Con: Dominguez (4)
Drop: Dominguez
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,000
Referee: Pablo de Luca (Argentina)

1 April 2000
Ireland 19–23 Wales
Try: Horgan
Con: O'Gara
Pen: O'Gara (4)
ReportTry: S. Jones, Budgett
Con: S. Jones (2)
Pen: S. Jones, Jenkins (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)

2 April 2000
Scotland 19–13 England
Try: Hodge
Con: Hodge
Pen: Hodge (4)
ReportTry: Dallaglio
Con: Wilkinson
Pen: Wilkinson (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

References

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