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The Six Nations is an annual tournament where the greatest European rugby countries will play each other. Every year these countries play each other once. Each country plays at home one year, and away the next year.
The Six Nations tournament is the annually recurring Rugby tournament between England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, these are of course the 6 nations. The Six Nations Championship originated in 1883 when England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales started their own competition. At the time the tournament was still called 'Home Nations' and therefore consisted of only 4 countries. Not every edition was played between six countries. So, in the beginning, it was four countries. Later, France was added, and the name was at the time changed to the Five Nations tournament. Over the years, rugby became very popular in Italy, so the organization decided to invite them too. The story goes that Rugby got big in Italy through French students who were studying in Milan, Italy.
The rugby tournament is, as mentioned, played annually. Every year you play once against all countries. If you play at home one year, you play an away match the following year. This fact is unique, because many other sports are often played away and at home during the same tournament. This is different for the Six Nations tournament.
In the tournament there are several prizes to be won. If one of the countries wins all its matches in an edition of the Six Nations, this is called a Grand Slam.
Furthermore, what is interesting is that cups are awarded to winners of specific competitions. The names of these cups are as follows:
Triple Crown: only possible for one of the Home Nations: the team that defeats all other Home Nations. The home nations are England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
Calcutta Cup: the winner of the match between England and Scotland.
Millennium Trophy: the winner of the match between England and Ireland. (since 1988)
Centenary Quaich: the winner of the match between Ireland and Scotland. (since 1989)
Eurostar Trophy: the winner of the match between France and England. (since 2000)
Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy: the winner of the match between France and Italy. (since 2007)
Auld Alliance Trophy: the winner of the match between France and Scotland. (since 2018)
Wooden Spoon: the country that lost every game of the six-country tournament. In the 2021 edition, it was 'won' by Italy. The best result in this edition was a 41-18 loss against England.
The most recent winner of the Six Nations Championship is France.
Record winners of the Six Nations Championship are England and Wales, with both 39 wins. Italy has never won the six-country tournament. It should be mentioned that they have only participated in the tournament since 2000. In addition, Italy never managed to progress beyond the group stage at the World Cup. The sport in Italy is not (yet) as big and old as among the 'Home Nations'.
Six Nations matches are played in the largest national stadiums of the participating countries. The atmosphere in these stadiums is second to none and is certainly worth a visit.
In 2023 the matches will be played in the stadiums above:
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