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The Six Nations

The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations) is an annual international rugby union competition between the teams of England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, France 🇫🇷, Ireland ☘️, Italy 🇮🇹, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, and Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. See below for the latest Six Nations Predictions.

The Six Nations is the successor to the Home Nations Championship which started in 1883, played between England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, Ireland ☘️, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, and Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 and was the first international rugby union tournament. The Rugby Championship is the equivalent tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.

With the addition of France 🇫🇷 in 1910, this became the Five Nations Championship, which in turn became the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy 🇮🇹 in 2000.

England and Wales have won the championship the most times, both with 39 titles. However, England have won the most outright titles with 29 (28 for Wales). Since the Six Nations era started in 2000, only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title.

FORMAT

The tournament generally begins on the first weekend in February and culminates on the second or third Saturday in March. Each team plays every other team once with home ground advantage alternating from one year to the next. Before the 2017 tournament, two points were awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. Unlike many other rugby union competitions, a bonus point system had not previously been used.

A bonus point system was first used in the 2017 Championship. The system is similar to the one used in most rugby championships (0 points for a loss, 2 for a draw, 4 for a win, 1 for scoring four or more tries in a match, and 1 for losing by 7 points or fewer). The only difference is that a team that wins all their games (a Grand Slam) are automatically awarded 3 extra points. Accordingly, this ensures they cannot be overtaken by a defeated team on bonus points.

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