2004 Six Nations Championship

Wales lineout at Twickenham

Date

14 February 2004 - 27 March 2004

Countries

England

France

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Wales

Tournament statistics

France (14th title)

France (8th title)

Ireland (7th title)

England

Ireland

Ireland

Matches played

Tries scored

68 (4.53 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Stephen Jones (55)

Top try scorer(s)

Imanol Harinordoquy (4)

Rhys Williams (4)

Ben Cohen (4)

Player of the tournament

Gordon D'Arcy

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The 2004 Six Nations Championship was the fifth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-tenth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Before 1910 the competition was the Home Nations and was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Unlike most rugby union competitions, the Six Nations has not adopted a bonus point system. Match winners receive two points, with one for a draw and none for a loss. The first tiebreaker is point differential.

France won the competition through their winning of the Grand Slam, with Ireland receiving the consolation of winning the Triple Crown by sweeping their matches against Wales, England and Scotland, the last of whom were whitewashed, earning the wooden spoon as a result.

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	Eddie O'Sullivan
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	John Kirwan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Matt Williams
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Steve Hansen

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 2004 Six Nations Championship, see 2004 Six Nations Championship squads.

Final table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries	Table points
1	France	5	5	0	0	144	60	+84	14	10
2	Ireland	5	4	0	1	128	82	+46	17	8
3	England	5	3	0	2	150	86	+64	17	6
4	Wales	5	2	0	3	125	116	+9	14	4
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	42	152	−110	2	2
6	Scotland	5	0	0	5	53	146	−93	4	0

Results

Week 1

14 February 2004
14:00 GMT

France	35 – 17	Ireland
Tries: Clerc 28' m Pape 51' c Jauzion 55' c Élissalde 77' c Con: Michalak (3) Pen: Michalak (3) 21', 33', 60'	Report	Tries: Foley 44' c Howe 70' c Con: O'Gara (2) Pen: O'Gara 6'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee: Chris White (England)

14 February 2004
16:00 GMT

Wales	23 – 10	Scotland
Tries: R. Williams (2) 3' c, 50' m A. Jones 15' m Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (2) 25', 40+2'	Report	Try: Taylor 80+6' c Con: Paterson Drop: Paterson 8'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)

15 February 2004
15:00 GMT

Italy	9 – 50	England
Pen: Wakarua (2) 22', 29' Drop: Wakarua 6'	Report	Tries: Balshaw 16' c Robinson (3) 23' m, 40+3' m, 64' m Lewsey 59' c Grayson 70' c Jones 80+6' m Con: Grayson (3) Pen: Grayson (3) 2', 20', 36'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Referee: Andy Turner

Week 2

21 February 2004
14:00 GMT

France	25 – 0	Italy
Tries: Harinordoquy (2) 25' c, 65' c Elhorga 75' m Con: Élissalde (2) Pen: Élissalde 13' Traille 42'	Report

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 79,080
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

21 February 2004
17:30 GMT

Scotland	13 – 35	England
Try: Danielli 58' c Con: Paterson Pen: Paterson (2) 3', 26'	Report	Tries: Cohen 11' c Balshaw 31' c Lewsey 48' m Grewcock 69' c Con: Grayson (3) Pen: Grayson (3) 16', 29', 66'

Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

22 February 2004
15:00 GMT

Ireland	36 – 15	Wales
Tries: Byrne (2) 1' c, 40+2' m O'Driscoll (2) 15' c, 53' c O'Gara 31' m Foley 48' m Con: O'Gara (3)	Report	Tries: Shanklin (2) 64' m, 77' c Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones 6'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

Week 3

6 March 2004
13:30 GMT

Italy	20 – 14	Scotland
Try: Ongaro 42' m Pen: De Marigny (5) 3', 12', 40+5', 74', 80+5'	Report	Try: Webster 80+7' m Pen: Paterson (3) 9', 35', 40+2'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 21,340
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

6 March 2004
16:00 GMT

England	13 – 19	Ireland
Try: Dawson 27' c Con: Grayson Pen: Grayson (2) 32', 72'	Report	Try: Dempsey 52' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (4) 17', 24', 34', 40+3'

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

7 March 2004
15:00 GMT

Wales	22 – 29	France
Try: M. Williams 80+5' c Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (5) 12', 19', 24', 27', 55'	Report	Tries: Harinordoquy 40+1' c Élissalde 58' c Con: Élissalde (2) Pen: Élissalde (5) 6', 17', 46', 48', 74'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,500
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

Week 4

20 March 2004
13:30 GMT

Ireland	19 – 3	Italy
Tries: O'Kelly 29' m O'Driscoll 36' c Horgan 55' c Con: O'Gara (2)	Report	Pen: De Marigny 72'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

20 March 2004
16:00 GMT

England	31 – 21	Wales
Tries: Cohen (2) 6' c, 67' c Worsley 80+4' m Con: Barkley (2) Pen: Barkley (4) 19', 23', 40+6', 78'	Report	Tries: G. Thomas 42' c Taylor 51' m Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (3) 11', 15', 26'

Twickenham, London
Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)

21 March 2004
15:00 GMT

Scotland	0 – 31	France
	Report	Tries: Magne 7' m Jauzion (2) 68' c, 79' c Con: Yachvili (2) Pen: Yachvili (4) 15', 35', 43', 48'

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Week 5

27 March 2004
14:00 GMT

Wales	44 – 10	Italy
Tries: S. Williams (2) 29' m, 69' c R. Williams (2) 36' m, 72' c G. Thomas 56' c Shanklin 61' c Con: S. Jones (4) Pen: S. Jones (2) 12', 18'	Report	Try: Masi 64' c Con: Wakarua Pen: De Marigny 3'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,500
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

27 March 2004
16:00 GMT

Ireland	37 – 16	Scotland
Tries: D'Arcy (2) 20' m, 79' c Murphy 40+1' m Wallace 56' c Stringer 66' c Con: O'Gara (3) Pen: O'Gara (2) 5', 26'	Report	Try: Hogg 51' c Con: Paterson Pen: Paterson (2) 1', 24' Drop: Parks 38'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 42,750

27 March 2004
20:00 GMT

France	24 – 21	England
Tries: Harinordoquy 26' m Yachvili 40+2' c Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili (4) 22', 35', 40', 52'	Report	Tries: Cohen 53' m Lewsey 76' c Con: Barkley Pen: Barkley (3) 40+1', 49', 73'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

England needed to win by 8 points to win the Championship.^[1]

References

↑ "'Poor' England ready to rebuild the chariot". The Guardian. Guardian News and Media. 29 March 2004. Retrieved 3 July 2013.

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