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, was 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 were held in February and March 2017, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.
| 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Countries |  England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | England (14th title) | ||
| Grand Slam | England (13th title) | ||
| Triple Crown | England (18th title) | ||
| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Tries scored | 90 (6 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Emily Scarratt (49) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Kay Wilson (8) | ||
| Official website | Official website | ||
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For the first time, the 2017 tournament used 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 received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by 7 or fewer points.[1] Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were awarded for this achievement.[1][2]
Table
edit| Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Tries | Bonus points |
Table points | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | T BP | L BP | GS BP | |||
| 1 | England
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 216 | 35 | +181 | 35 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| 2 | Ireland
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5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 69 | +12 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | France
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5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 145 | 63 | +82 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| 4 | Scotland
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 167 | −123 | 6 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 5 | Wales
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 60 | 137 | −77 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Italy
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 43 | 118 | −75 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Source: sixnationsrugby.com | ||||||||||||||
Fixtures
editWeek 1
edit| Test: 1187 | 3 February 2017 | (1 BP) Scotland
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15–22 | Ireland (1 BP)
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Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld | |
| 18:35 GMT (UTC+0) | Try: Konkel (2) 6' c, 30' m Con: Law 6' Pen: Law 37' |
Try: Naoupu 11' m Miller 23' m Peat 52' m Murphy 80' +2 c Con: Stapleton 80' +3 |
Referee:  Aimee Barrett-Theron
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| Test: 1188 | 4 February 2017 | Italy
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8–20 | Wales
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Stadio Pacifico Carotti, Iesi | |
| 15:00 CET (UTC+1) | Try: Furlan 36' m Pen: Sillari 32' |
Try: Thomas 16' c Hywel 46' m Phillips 66' m Con: Snowsill 17' Pen: Snowsill 9' |
Referee:  Rose LaBrèche
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| Test: 1189 | 4 February 2017 | England
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26–13 | France
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Twickenham Stadium, London | |
| 19:35 GMT (UTC+0) | Try: Waterman 50' c Wilson-Hardy 77' c Con: Scarratt (2) 52', 78' Pen: Scarratt (4) 44', 60', 68', 73' |
Try: Izar 4' m Mignot 32' m Pen: Le Duff 28' |
Referee:  Amy Perrett
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Week 2
edit| Test: 1190 | 11 February 2017 | Wales
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0–63 | England (1 BP)
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Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | |
| 11:30 GMT (UTC+0) | Try: Wilson-Hardy (2) 3' m, 61' m Cokayne 9' c Hunt 12' c Thompson (3) 23' c, 42' m, 67' m McLean 27' m Hunter 37' c Waterman (2) 48' m, 56' m Con: Scarratt (4) 10', 12', 24', 39' |
Referee: Marie Lematte
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| Test: 1191 | 11 February 2017 | (1 BP) France
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55–0 | Scotland
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Stade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle | |
| 21:00 CET (UTC+1) | Try: N'Diaye 18' m Izar 29' m Corson 34' c Poublan 41' c Guiglion 47' m Le Pesq (2) 50' c, 53' c Ladagnous 59' m Cabalou 66' c Con: Le Duff (2) 35', 42' Cabalou (3) 51', 54', 67' |
Referee:  Tim Baker
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| Test: 1192 | 12 February 2017 | Italy
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3–27 | Ireland (1 BP)
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Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila | |
| 14:00 GMT (UTC+1) | Pen: Sillari 39' | Try: Lyons 51' c Spence 54' c Fitzpatrick 61' m Tyrrell 80' +2 m Con: Stapleton (2) 52', 55' Pen: Stapleton 28' |
Referee: Rachel Horton
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Week 3
edit| Test: 1193 | 24 February 2017 | Scotland
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15–14 | Wales (1 BP)
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Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld | |
| 18:30 GMT (UTC+0) | Try: Thomson 40' +1 c Lloyd 61' m Con: Law 40' +2 Pen: Law 78' |
Try: Phillips 20' c Penalty try 35' c Con: Snowsill (2) 21', 36' |
Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni
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| Test: 1194 | 25 February 2017 | (1 BP) England
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29–15 | Italy
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Twickenham Stoop, London | |
| 13:00 GMT (UTC+0) | Try: Wilson 15' m Wilson-Hardy 18' c Fleetwood (3) 26' m, 32' c, 45' m Con: Scarratt (2) 19', 33' |
Try: Stefan 5' m Barattin 56' m Furlan 71' m |
Referee: Graham Cooper
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| Test: 1195 | 26 February 2017 | Ireland
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13–10 | France (1 BP)
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Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin | |
| 12:45 GMT (UTC+0) | Try: Lyons 50' c Con: Stapleton 51' Pen: Stapleton (2) 12', 63' |
Try: Ladagnous 42' c Con: Trémoulière 44' Pen: Trémoulière 66' |
Referee: Sara Cox
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Week 4
edit| Test: 1196 | 11 March 2017 | (1 BP) Wales
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7–12 | Ireland
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Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | |
| Try: Powell-Hughes 43' c Con: Wilkins 44' |
Try: Peat 39' c Tyrrell 62' m Con: Stapleton 40' |
Referee: Claire Hodnett
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| Test: 1197 | 11 March 2017 | (1 BP) England
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64–0 | Scotland
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Twickenham Stoop, London | |
| Try: Wilson (7) 3' m, 7' m, 27' m, 33' m, 45' m, 59' m, 79' c Cokayne (3) 11' m, 19' m, 40' +1 m Waterman 25' m Scarratt 75' c Con: Scarratt (2) 76', 80' |
Referee: Sean Gallagher
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| Test: 1198 | 12 March 2017 | Italy
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5–28 | France (1 BP)
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Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma | |
| Try: Este 69' m | Try: Ladagnous (2) 8' m, 28' c R. Ménager 18' m Poublan 40' +1 m Con: Abadie 29' Pen: Abadie (2) 14', 50' |
Referee: Helen O'Reilly
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Week 5
edit| Test: 1199 | 17 March 2017 | Scotland
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14–12 | Italy (1 BP)
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Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld | |
| Try: Rollie (2) 31' c, 40' +2 c Con: Skeldon (2) 32', 40' +3 |
Try: Bettoni (2) 11' c, 17' m Con: Sillari 12' |
Referee: Ian Tempest
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| Test: 1200 | 17 March 2017 | Ireland
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7–34 | England (1 BP)
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Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin | |
| Try: Lyons 66' c Con: Tyrrell 67' |
Try: Wilson-Hardy 16' m Keates 53' m Cokayne 61' c Scarratt 69' c Thompson 74' c Con: Scarratt (3) 63', 70', 75' Pen: Scarratt 59' |
Referee:  Alhambra Nievas
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| Test: 1201 | 18 March 2017 | (1 BP) France
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39–19 | Wales
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Stade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde | |
| Try: Forlani 21' c Ladagnous 43' c Boujard 50' c Arricastre 68' c Trémoulière 79' m Con: Trémoulière (4) 22', 44', 52', 69' Pen: Trémoulière (2) 4', 17' |
Try: Powell-Hughes 11' m A. Evans (2) 46' c, 58' c Con: Wilkins (2) 47', 59' |
Referee: Joy Neville
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Statistics
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Top points scorersedit
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Top try scorersedit
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References
edit- ^ a b c "Six Nations to Trial Bonus Points in 2017 : RBS 6 Nations". rbs6nations.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
- ^ "Six Nations: Bonus-point system introduced for 2017 tournament". BBC Sport. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
External links
edit- The official RBS Six Nations Site Archived 2016-03-23 at the Wayback Machine