Rugby Union Six Nations Championship

The Five Nations Championship, with its predecessor, the Home Championship, was the premier international rugby union tournament in the Northern hemisphere. After 12 years of occasional friendly matches between the teams, the inaugural Home Championship, comprising England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales was played in 1883. The addition of the French in 1910 brought the number of nations to five, but following the 1930 competition, France was expelled amid allegations of professionalism and concerns over on-field violence. France was readmitted following the 1939 competition, but Wo ...

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2004 in Ireland - Rugby Union. Rugby Union Six Nations Championship Ireland win the Triple Crown for the first time since 1985. The team also becomes the first to beat England since their World Cup win. The results in full are as follows: Ireland 19-3 Italy Ireland 37-16 Scotland Ireland 19-13 England Ireland 17-35 France See also:

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The wooden spoon at Cambridge, England was originally associated with the Cambridge University mathematical tripos exams, and was a kind of booby prize awarded by students to their fellow student ranked lowest in the final exams. The custom dates back at least to the early 19th century, if not before, and continued until 1909. From 1910 onwards the results have been given in alphabetical rather than score order, and so it is now im ...

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Wooden spoon award - Rowing. "Spoons" are also awarded to Cambridge college rowing crews who go down four places in a Bumps race, something usually to be avoided. In theory, such a crew is allowed to paint a wooden spoon in their club colours and write their names on it as a trophy of their "achievement": this is rarely done but occasionally done by the less serious "beer boats" in the May (summer) Races ...

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Played annually, the format of the Championship is simple: each team plays every other team once, with home field advantage alternating from one year to the next. Two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. Victory in every game results in a so-called 'Grand Slam'; victory by a home nation (i.e. England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland - excluding France and Italy) over the three other home nations is a 'Triple Crown'. The victors of the game between England and Scotland win the Calcutta Cup. Since 1988, the Millennium Trophy has been awarded to the winner of the game between England and Irelan ...

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Results of the Four (1883–1909), Five (1910–1999) and Six Nations championships. Prior to 1994, teams equal on points shared the championship. After that date, ties were broken by considering the points difference of the teams. Rugby Union Six Nations Championship - Home Nations 1883–1909. Rugby Union Six Nations Championship - Five Nations 1910–1999. Rugby Union Six Nations Championship - Six Nations 2000–present. ...

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