2001 Six Nations Championship

2001 Six Nations Championship
Date	3 February 2001 - 20 October 2001
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (24th title)
Calcutta Cup	England
Millennium Trophy	Ireland
Centenary Quaich	Scotland
Matches played	15
Tries scored	75 (5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jonny Wilkinson (89)
Top try scorer(s)	Will Greenwood (6)
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The 2001 Six Nations Championship was the second series of the Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament was marred by an outbreak of the highly infectious livestock disease Foot and mouth disease in Britain. As a consequence, there were severe restrictions on travel especially between Britain and Ireland and thus it was decided to postpone Ireland's three fixtures against the home nations until the outbreak was contained. These games were then played in September and October. The eventual winners were England for the second year running, although they once again missed out on the Grand Slam at the final hurdle, losing to Ireland at the final match of the tournament in October.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach
England	Twickenham	London	Clive Woodward
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Bernard Laporte
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Warren Gatland
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Brad Johnstone
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Ian McGeechan
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Graham Henry

Squads

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	England	5	4	0	1	229	80	+149	29	8
2	Ireland	5	4	0	1	129	89	+40	11	8
3	Scotland	5	2	1	2	92	116	−24	8	5
4	Wales	5	2	1	2	125	166	−41	10	5
5	France	5	2	0	3	115	138	−23	9	4
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	106	207	−101	8	0

Results

Week One

3 February 2001

Italy	22 – 41	Ireland
Try: Bergamasco Checchinato Pilat Con: Pez (2/3) Pen: Pilat (1)	Report	Try: Henderson (3) Horgan O'Gara Con: O'Gara (2/5) Pen: O'Gara (4)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome

3 February 2001

Wales	15 – 44	England
Try: Howley Quinnell Con: Jenkins (1/2) Pen: Jenkins (1)	Report	Try: Greenwood (3) Dawson (2) Cohen Con: Wilkinson (4/6) Pen: Wilkinson (2)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

4 February 2001

France	16 – 6	Scotland
Try: Bernat-Salles Con: Lamaison (1/1) Pen: Lamaison (3)	Report	Pen: Logan (2)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Week Two

17 February 2001

Ireland	22–15	France
Try: Brian O'Driscoll Con: Ronan O'Gara Pen: Ronan O'Gara (5)	Report	Tries: Philippe Bernat-Salles, Fabien Pelous Con: Christophe Lamaison Pen: Christophe Lamaison

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

17 February 2001

England	80–23	Italy
Tries: Iain Balshaw (2), Ben Cohen, Lawrence Dallaglio, Will Greenwood, Austin Healey (2), Mark Regan, Jonny Wilkinson, Joe Worsley Con: Jonny Wilkinson (9) Pen: Jonny Wilkinson (4)	Report	Tries: Carlo Checchinato, Denis Dallan Con: Andrea Scanavacca (2) Pen: Andrea Scanavacca (3)

Twickenham, London Referee: Stuart Dickinson

17 February 2001

Scotland	28–28	Wales
Tries: James McLaren, Tom Smith, Chris Paterson Con: Kenny Logan, Duncan Hodge Pen: Kenny Logan (3)	Report	Try: Mark Taylor Con: Neil Jenkins Pen: Neil Jenkins (4) Drop Goals: Neil Jenkins (3)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Week Three

3 March 2001

Italy	19–30	France
Try: Massimo Perziano Con: Diego Dominguez Pen: Diego Dominguez (4)	Report	Tries: Philippe Bernat-Salles, Sebastien Bonetti, Jean-Luc Sadourny Con: Christophe Lamaison (3) Pen: Christophe Lamaison (3)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome

3 March 2001

England	43–3	Scotland
Tries: Iain Balshaw (2), Lawrence Dallaglio (2), Will Greenwood, Richard Hill Con: Jonny Wilkinson (5) Pen: Jonny Wilkinson	Report	Pen: Duncan Hodge

Twickenham, London

Week Four

17 March 2001

France	35–43	Wales
Tries: Philippe Bernat-Salles, Sebastien Bonetti Con: Christophe Lamaison, Gerald Merceron Pen: Gerald Merceron (4), Christophe Lamaison (3)	Report	Tries: Robert Howley, Neil Jenkins, Dafydd James, Scott Quinnell Con: Neil Jenkins (4) Pen: Neil Jenkins (3) Drop Goals: Neil Jenkins (2)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

17 March 2001

Scotland	23–19	Italy
Try: Tom Smith Pen: Duncan Hodge (6)	Report	Try: Mauro Bergamasco Con: Diego Dominguez Pen: Diego Dominguez (4)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Joel Dume

Week Five

7 April 2001

England	48–19	France
Tries: Iain Balshaw, Mike Catt, Phil Greening, Will Greenwood, Richard Hill, Matt Perry Cons: Jonny Wilkinson (6) Pens: Jonny Wilkinson (2)	Report	Tries: Philippe Bernat-Salles Cons: Gerald Merceron Pens: Gerald Merceron (3) Drops: Gerald Merceron

Twickenham, London

8 April 2001

Italy	23–33	Wales
Try: Carlo Checchinato Pen: Diego Dominguez (5) Drop Goal: Diego Dominguez	Report	Tries: Gareth Cooper (2), Scott Gibbs Con: Neil Jenkins (3) Pen: Neil Jenkins (4)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

Delayed autumn games

22 September 2001

Scotland	32–10	Ireland
Tries: Andrew Henderson, John Leslie, Budge Pountney, Tom Smith Con: Chris Paterson (2), Gregor Townsend Pen: Chris Paterson (2)	Report	Try: Girvan Dempsey Con: David Humphreys Pen: Ronan O'Gara

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Chris White

13 October 2001

Wales	6–36	Ireland
Pens: Stephen Jones (2)	Report	Tries: Denis Hickie, Shane Horgan, Brian O'Driscoll Cons: David Humphreys (3) Pens: David Humphreys (5)

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

20 October 2001

Ireland	20–14	England
Try: Keith Wood Pen: David Humphreys (3), Ronan O'Gara (2)	Report	Try: Austin Healey Pen: Jonny Wilkinson (3)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

External links

• Six Nations - Official website
• 2001 Six Nations Championship at ESPN