2005 Six Nations Championship

2005 Six Nations Championship
Date	5 February – 19 March 2005
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (23rd title)
Grand Slam	Wales (9th title)
Triple Crown	Wales (18th title)
Calcutta Cup	England
Millennium Trophy	Ireland
Centenary Quaich	Ireland
Matches played	15
Tries scored	71 (4.73 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Ronan O'Gara (60)
Top try scorer(s)	Mark Cueto (4)
Player of the tournament	Martyn Williams
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The 2005 Six Nations Championship was the sixth Six Nations Championship played since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the Home Nations and Five Nations Championships, this was the 111th season of the tournament.

Wales won the Grand Slam, becoming the first team ever to win a Grand Slam playing more games away than at home.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Andy Robinson	Jason Robinson/Martin Corry
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis, Paris	Bernard Laporte	Fabien Pelous
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Eddie O'Sullivan	Brian O'Driscoll/Paul O'Connell
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	John Kirwan	Marco Bortolami
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Matt Williams	Gordon Bulloch
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Mike Ruddock	Gareth Thomas

Squads

Table

Match winners received two points, with one for a draw and none for a loss. The first tiebreaker was points difference.

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries	Table points
1	Wales	5	5	0	0	151	77	+74	17	10
2	France	5	4	0	1	134	82	+52	13	8
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	126	101	+25	12	6
4	England	5	2	0	3	121	77	+44	16	4
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	84	155	−71	8	2
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	55	179	−124	5	0

Results

Round 1

5 February 2005
14:00 GMT

France	16–9	Scotland
Try: Traille 80+4' c Con: Michalak Pen: Delaigue 51', 57' Drop: Delaigue 78'	Report	Pen: Paterson (3) 3', 40', 43'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris
Attendance: 78,069
Referee: Nigel Williams (Wales)

This was Scotland's narrowest defeat at Stade de France in the Championship until 2017.
This was Yann Delaigue's first match in the Championship since 1995.

5 February 2005
17:30 GMT

Wales	11–9	England
Try: S. Williams 11' m Pen: S. Jones 25' Henson 77'	Report	Pen: Hodgson (3) 16', 50', 74'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,500
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

This was Wales' first victory against England since 1999.
This was England's first defeat in the opening game in the Six Nations.
This was England's first defeat in the opening game in the Championship since 1998.
This was England's first defeat ever at Millennium Stadium.
Shane Williams scored his first try ever against England.

6 February 2005
14:30 GMT

Italy	17–28	Ireland
Try: Castrogiovanni 80+7' m Pen: Orquera 8' de Marigny (3) 38', 44', 63'	Report	Try: Murphy 29' m Stringer 50' c Hickie 80+2' c Con: O'Gara (2) Pen: O'Gara (3) 22', 55', 79'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,026
Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

Round 2

12 February 2005
13:30 GMT

Italy	8–38	Wales
Try: Orquera 11' m Pen: de Marigny 45'	Report	Try: J. Thomas 5' c Shanklin 22' m M. Williams 40+4' c Cockbain 56' c S. Williams 60' c Sidoli 77' m Con: S. Jones (4)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,800
Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)

This was Italy's biggest defeat against Wales at Stadio Flaminio.

12 February 2005
16:00 GMT

Scotland	13–40	Ireland
Try: Southwell 13' m Petrie 60' m Pen: Paterson 10'	Report	Try: O'Kelly 25' c O'Connell 40+2' m Hickie 44' c Hayes 75' m Duffy 80+2' c Con: O'Gara (2) Humphreys Pen: O'Gara (3) 19', 39', 50'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 64,826
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

13 February 2005
15:00 GMT

England	17–18	France
Try: Barkley 19' c Lewsey 36' c Con: Hodgson (2) Pen: Hodgson 27'	Report	Pen: Yachvili (6) 5', 30', 55', 61', 68', 75'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

This was England's first defeat against France at Twickenham Stadium since 1997.
This is England's narrowest defeat in the Championship.
Dimitri Yachvili scored 18 points beating Gérald Merceron's 14 points in 2001. This was the record against England until 2016.

Round 3

26 February 2005
14:00 GMT

Scotland	18–10	Italy
Pen: Paterson (6) 5', 33', 51', 54', 76', 80+2'	Report	Try: Masi 80+6' c Con: de Marigny Pen: de Marigny 23'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 63,823
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

26 February 2005
16:00 GMT

France	18–24	Wales
Try: Yachvili 4' c Rougerie 14' m Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili 28' Drop: Michalak 65'	Report	Try: M. Williams (2) 42' c, 45' m Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (3) 26', 40+5', 68' Drop: S. Jones 75'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

27 February 2005
15:00 GMT

Ireland	19–13	England
Try: O'Driscoll 59' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (2) 10', 13' Drop: O'Gara (2) 4', 35'	Report	Try: Corry 7' c Con: Hodgson Pen: Hodgson 26' Drop: Hodgson 57'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

This is the first time England lost the first three games in the Championship since 1987.

Round 4

12 March 2005
13:30 GMT

Ireland	19–26	France
Try: O'Driscoll 77' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (4) 9', 21', 28', 49'	Report	Try: Dominici (2) 31' m, 80+3' m Baby 36' c Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili (2) 23', 64' Drop: Delaigue 12'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,452
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)

12 March 2005
16:00 GMT

England	39–7	Italy
Try: Cueto (3) 10' c, 40+7' m, 69' m Thompson 40+3' c Balshaw 65' m Hazell 80+8' c Con: Hodgson (2) Goode Pen: Hodgson 7'	Report	Try: Troncon 46' c Con: Peens

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,736
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

This was the first hat-trick in the Six Nations since Jason Robinson against Italy in 2004.

13 March 2005
15:00 GMT

Scotland	22–46	Wales
Try: Craig 54' c R. Lamont 71' m Paterson 74' c Con: Paterson (2) Pen: Paterson 24'	Report	Try: R. Jones 4' c R. Williams (2) 10' c, 50' m S. Williams 14' c Morgan (2) 29' c, 40+3' c Con: S. Jones (5) Pen: S. Jones (2) 19', 78'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,274
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Round 5

19 March 2005
13:00 GMT

Italy	13–56	France
Try: Robertson 28' c Con: Peens Pen: Peens (2) 3', 43'	Report	Try: Nyanga 11' c Jauzion 18' c Laharrague 40+2' c Marty (2) 70' c, 80+2' m Lamboley 75' c Mignoni 80+4' c Con: Yachvili (4) Michalak (2) Pen: Yachvili (3) 8', 52', 54'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 23,638
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)

19 March 2005
15:30 GMT

Wales	32–20	Ireland
Try: Jenkins 17' c Morgan 61' c Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: Henson 24' S. Jones (4) 33', 43', 51', 74' Drop: Henson 13'	Report	Try: Horan 69' c Murphy 77' c Con: Humphreys (2) Pen: O'Gara (2) 3', 37'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,376
Referee: Chris White (England)

This was Wales' first victory against Ireland since 2000.
This was Wales' first victory against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium.
This was Wales' first Grand Slam since 1978.
This was Wales' first Triple Crown since 1988.

19 March 2005
18:00 GMT

England	43–22	Scotland
Try: Noon (3) 14' c, 25' c, 78' m Worsley 29' m Lewsey 40+1' c Ellis 49' c Cueto 72' m Con: Hodgson (4)	Report	Try: S. Lamont 40+8' c Craig 46' c Taylor 51' m Con: Paterson (2) Pen: Paterson 23'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Scorers

Leading try scorers
Pos	Name	Tries	Team
1	Mark Cueto	4	England
2	Kevin Morgan	3	Wales
	Jamie Noon	3	England
	Martyn Williams	3	Wales
	Shane Williams	3	Wales

Leading point scorers
Pos	Name	Points	Team
1	Ronan O'Gara	60	Ireland
2	Stephen Jones	57	Wales
3	Dimitri Yachvili	53	France
4	Chris Paterson	49	Scotland

References

External links

RBS 6 Nations
2005 Six Nations Championship Coverage at the Guardian

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