2018 Women's Six Nations Championship
The 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2018 RBS Women's Six Nations sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 17th 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 2018, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.
2018 Women's Six Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 2 February – 18 March 2018 | ||
Countries | England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | France (6th title) | ||
Grand Slam | France (5th title) | ||
Triple Crown | England (19th title) | ||
Matches played | 15 | ||
Tries scored | 57 (3.8 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Jessy Tremouliere (64) | ||
Top try scorer(s) | Ellie Kildunne (5) Jessy Tremouliere (5) | ||
Official website | Official website | ||
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As in the 2017 tournament, the 2018 tournament used the rugby union bonus points system common to other professional 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 will receive an additional league table point, as will a team losing by 7 or fewer points".[1] "Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) will also win the Championship, three bonus points will be awarded for this achievement".[1][2]
Table
Position | Nation | Matches | Points | Tries | Bonus points |
Table points | |||||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | T BP | L BP | GS BP | ||||
1 | France | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 163 | 23 | +140 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
2 | England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 187 | 44 | +143 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 |
3 | Ireland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 79 | 92 | −13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
4 | Italy | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 147 | −84 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
5 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 55 | 125 | −70 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
6 | Wales | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 164 | −116 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Source: sixnationsrugby.com |
Fixtures
Week 1
Test: 1241 | 2 February 2018 | Wales | 18–17 | Scotland (1 BP) | Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay | |
18:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Try: Kavanagh-Williams 11' m Bluck 40+1' m Lake 51' m Pen: J. Evans 24' |
Report | Try: Rollie (2) 45' m, 62' m Konkel 69' c Con: Law 70' |
Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRE)[3] |
Test: 1242 | 3 February 2018 | (1 BP) France | 24–0 | Ireland | Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse | |
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Try: Banet 6' m Le Pesq (2) 25' c, 74' c Tremouliere 34' m Con: Tremouliere (2) 26', 75' |
Report | Referee: Ian Tempest (ENG)[3] |
Test: 1243 | 4 February 2018 | Italy | 7–42 | England (1 BP) | Stadio Mirabello, Reggio Emilia | |
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) | Try: Ruzza 34' c Con: Sillari 35' |
Report | Try: Bern 6' c Hunter (3) 54' m, 67' c, 80' m Cleall 56' m Dow 60'm Kildunne 70'c Con: Daley-McLean (2) 7', 68' Pen: Daley-McLean 43' |
Referee: Tim Baker (HKG)[3] |
Week 2
Test: 1244 | 10 February 2018 | (1 BP) England | 52–0 | Wales | The Stoop, Twickenham | |
12:15 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Try: Cleall (2) 8' c, 70' m Dow 17' c Riley 21' c Kildunne (2) 30' m, 79' c Packer 46' c Burford 60' c Con: Daley-McLean (6) 9', 18', 22', 47', 61', 80' |
Report | Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (RSA)[3] |
Test: 1245 | 10 February 2018 | Scotland | 3–26 | France (1 BP) | Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow | |
19:05 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Pen: Law 30' |
Report | Try: Sochat 36' m Banet 39' c Boujard 71' c Le Pesq 80' c Con: Tremouliere (3) 40', 72', 80+1' |
Referee: Graham Cooper (AUS)[3] |
Test: 1246 | 11 February 2018 | Ireland | 21–8 | Italy | Donnybrook, Dublin | |
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Try: Williams 10' c Griffin (2) 67' c, 74' c Con: Briggs (3) 11', 68', 75' |
Report | Try: Ricci 80' m Pen: Sillari 40+2' |
Referee: Tim Baker (HKG)[3] |
Week 3
Test: 1247 | 23 February 2018 | Scotland | 8–43 | England (1 BP) | Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow | |
19:05 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Try: Konkel 17' m Pen: Law 14' |
Report | Try: Waterman (2) 3' c, 67' m Bern 7' c Pearce (2) 21' c, 47' m Kildunne 39' m Tuima 62' c Con: Daley-McLean (4) 4', 8', 22', 63' |
Referee: Joy Neville (IRE)[3] |
Test: 1248 | 24 February 2018 | (1 BP) France | 57–0 | Italy | Stade Furiani, Furiani | |
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Try: Banet (2) 8' c, 15' c Tremouliere 30' c M. Menager (2) 35' c, 76' m Sochat 40' c Rivoalen 73' c Bourdon 80+1' c Con: Tremouliere (7) 9', 17', 31', 36', 40+1', 74', 80+2' Pen: Tremouliere 23' |
Report | Referee: Rose LaBrèche (CAN)[3] |
Test: 1249 | 25 February 2018 | (1 BP) Ireland | 35–12 | Wales | Donnybrook, Dublin | |
15:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Try: Lyons 16' c Molloy (2) 40+2' c, 79' c Naoupu 52' c Tyrrell 74' c Con: Briggs (3) 17', 40+3', 53' Flood (2) 75', 80' |
Report | Try: A. Evans 44' c Harries 46' m Con: Snowsill 45' |
Referee: Sara Cox (ENG)[3] |
Week 4
Test: 1254 | 10 March 2018 | France | 18–17 | England (1 BP) | Stade des Alpes, Grenoble | |
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Try: Tremouliere (2) 30' m, 39' m Drouin 40' m Pen: Tremouliere 55' |
Report | Try: Dow 8' c Cokayne 51' c Con: Daley-McLean (2) 9', 52' Pen: Daley-McLean 72' |
Referee: Joy Neville (IRE)[3] |
Test: 1255 | 11 March 2018 | (1 BP) Wales | 15–22 | Italy (1 BP) | Principality Stadium, Cardiff | |
11:45 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Try: Butchers 32' m Harries 69' c Con: Wilkins 70' Pen: Wilkins 28' |
Report | Try: Locatelli 9' m Magatti 39' m Rigoni 50' m Sillari 80' c Con: Sillari 80' |
Referee: Marie Lematte (FRA)[3] |
Test: 1256 | 11 March 2018 | (1 BP) Ireland | 12–15 | Scotland | Donnybrook, Dublin | |
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Try: Penalty try 50' Fitzpatrick 69' m |
Report | Try: Nelson 42' m Rollie 62' c Con: Skeldon 63' Pen: Nelson 3' |
Referee: Ian Tempest (ENG)[3] |
Week 5
Test: 1257 | 16 March 2018 | (1 BP) England | 33–11 | Ireland | Ricoh Arena, Coventry | |
17:30 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Try: Waterman 11' m Packer 26' c Cokayne 30' c Kildunne 58' c Reed 64' c Con: Daley-McLean (4) 27', 31', 59', 66' |
Report | Try: Molloy 71' m Pen: Tyrrell 20' Briggs 34' |
Referee: Alhambra Nievas (ESP)[3] |
Test: 1258 | 16 March 2018 | Wales | 3–38 | France (1 BP) | Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay | |
18:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) | Pen: Wilkins 36' |
Report | Try: Bourdon 6' c Drouin 12' c Tremouliere 40' m Penalty try 51' Sochat 57' c Neisen 68' m Con: Tremouliere (3) 7', 13', 58' |
Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (ITA)[3] |
Test: 1259 | 18 March 2018 | (1 BP) Italy | 26–12 | Scotland | Stadio Plebiscito, Padua | |
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) | Try: Bettoni 3' c Stefan 10' m Franco 27' c Rigoni 43' c Con: Sillari (3) 4', 28', 44' |
Report | Try: Skeldon 57' m Sinclair 63' c Con: Skeldon 64' |
Referee: Sara Cox (ENG)[3] |
References
- "Six Nations Bonus points system7 : 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.
- "Appointments: 6 Nations 2018 - women's". worldrugby.org. World Rugby. Retrieved 11 February 2018.