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Fewest points conceded in a Six Nations season England 2003 46 points [25] Most tries scored in a season England 2001 29 tries [26] Most tries conceded in a season Italy 2021 34 tries [27] Fewest tries scored in a Six Nations season Italy 2004 2 tries Italy 2009 2 tries [28] Fewest tries conceded in a Six Nations season Wales 2008 2 tries; Most ...
The Grand Slam winners are awarded the Six Nations trophy (as tournament winners), but there is no special grand slam trophy – the Grand Slam is an informal honour recognising a Championship-winning team which has won all their games. A Grand Slam was therefore available in a total of 97 seasons to date.
The Six Nations Championship (6NC; known as the Guinness Six Nations) [a] is an annual international rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is also the oldest sports tournament ever between Home Nations. The championship holders are Ireland, who won the 2024 tournament.
A Grand Slam winner would therefore have at least 23 points, an insurmountable total against any other team. Six Nations bonus points system Four points are awarded for a win.
Ireland seal Six Nations Grand Slam with win over England. 19:17, Harry Latham-Coyle. Up the twin prizes go together, Johnny Sexton handing the trophy around to his teammates after hoisting it aloft.
The green giants of the Six Nations march towards history and a second consecutive grand slam with inexorable intent, carrying the confidence and certainty befitting one of the best teams of the ...
Ireland became the first nation to see their senior men's side and under-20s' side win the Grand Slam in the same year. [44] Johnny Sexton (Ireland) surpassed Ronan O'Gara's record of 557 points scored in the Six Nations to become the competition's all-time leading point scorer. [45] Ireland retained the Millennium Trophy.
Ireland entered the competition as reigning champions, having won the Grand Slam for the fourth time in 2023. [3] They retained the championship – the third time they had won back-to-back championships, having done so previously in 1949 and 2015 – but did not secure a second successive Grand Slam. [4] [5]