2006 Six Nations Championship

2006 Six Nations Championship
France - Ireland, 11 February 2006
Date	4 February 2006 - 18 March 2006
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (15th title)
Triple Crown	Ireland (8th title)
Calcutta Cup	Scotland
Millennium Trophy	Ireland
Centenary Quaich	Ireland
Matches played	15
Tries scored	61 (4.07 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Ronan O'Gara (72)
Top try scorer(s)	Mirco Bergamasco (3) Shane Horgan (3)
Player of the tournament	Brian O'Driscoll
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The 2006 RBS 6 Nations Championship was the seventh 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 112th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

This was the last Six Nations to be held before the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road into today's Aviva Stadium. Ireland played their 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Six Nations home fixtures at Croke Park, also in Dublin.

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.

In this year, France won the competition on points difference over Ireland. Ireland received the consolation prize of the Triple Crown Trophy, presented for the first time that year, by winning their matches against the other Home Nations: Wales, Scotland and England. Italy once more collected the Wooden Spoon, but showed considerable improvement over past years, earning a first-ever competition point away from home in a draw against Wales. For the first time since 2000, Scotland won the Calcutta Cup.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach
England	Twickenham	London	Andy Robinson
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Bernard Laporte
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Eddie O'Sullivan
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Pierre Berbizier
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Frank Hadden
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Mike Ruddock Scott Johnson

Squads

Final table

Place	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	France	5	4	0	1	148	85	+63	18	8
2	Ireland	5	4	0	1	131	97	+34	12	8
3	Scotland	5	3	0	2	78	81	−3	5	6
4	England	5	2	0	3	120	106	+14	12	4
5	Wales	5	1	1	3	80	135	−55	9	3
6	Italy	5	0	1	4	72	125	−53	5	1

Results

Week 1

4 February 2006 13:30 GMT

Ireland	26 – 16	Italy
Tries: Flannery 26' c Bowe 48' c Con: O'Gara (2/2) Pen: O'Gara (4/5) 40+2', 60', 70', 80+4'	Report	Try: Mi. Bergamasco 30' c Con: Pez (1/1) Pen: Pez (2/3) 13', 64' Griffen (1/1) 45'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

4 February 2006 15:30 GMT

England	47 – 13	Wales
Tries: Cueto 15' c Moody 31' m Tindall 65' m Dallaglio 75' c Dawson 78' c Voyce 80+7' c Con: Hodgson (2/3) Goode (2/3) Pen: Hodgson (3/4) 28', 45', 55'	Report	Try: M. Williams 35' c Con: S. Jones (1/1) Pen: S. Jones (2/2) 21', 53'

Twickenham, London Attendance: 81,000 Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

5 February 2006 15:00 GMT

Scotland	20 – 16	France
Tries: Lamont (2) 11' c, 46' c Con: Paterson (2/2) Pen: Paterson (2/3) 22', 33'	Report	Tries: Bonnaire 50' m Bruno 80+2' m Pen: Élissalde (2/2) 40+2', 62'

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 66,028 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Week 2

11 February 2006 13:30 GMT

France	43 – 31	Ireland
Tries: Rougerie 3' m Magne 8' c Marty (2) 18' c, 58' c Heymans (2) 37' c, 45' c Con: Élissalde (5/6) Pen: Élissalde (1/1) 32'	Report	Tries: O'Gara 59' c D'Arcy 63' c O'Callaghan 71' c Trimble 74' c Con: O'Gara (4/4) Pen: O'Gara (1/2) 30'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)

11 February 2006 16:00 GMT

Italy	16 – 31	England
Try: Mi. Bergamasco 80+4' c Con: Pez (1/1) Pen: Pez (1/2) 37' Drop: Pez (2/2) 40+1', 42'	Report	Tries: Tindall 30' c Hodgson 57' c Cueto 70' c Simpson-Daniel 80+9' c Con: Hodgson (4/4) Pen: Hodgson (1/2) 51'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 24,973 Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)

12 February 2006 15:00 GMT

Wales	28 – 18	Scotland
Tries: Penalty try 7' c G. Thomas (2) 35' c, 64' c Sidoli 54' c Con: S. Jones (4/4)	Report	Tries: Southwell 80+4' m Paterson 80+7' c Con: Paterson (1/2) Pen: Paterson (2/2) 19', 39'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 73,340 Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

Week 3

25 February 2006 14:00 GMT

France	37 – 12	Italy
Tries: Lièvremont 31' m Nyanga 59' m de Villiers 72' c Rougerie 80+6' c Michalak 80+10' c Con: Yachvili (3/5) Pen: Élissalde (1/2) 5' Yachvili (1/2) 47'	Report	Pen: Pez (3/4) 10', 20', 28' Drop: Pez (1/1) 38'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 73,978 Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)

25 February 2006 17:30 GMT

Scotland	18 – 12	England
Pen: Paterson (5/5) 3', 43', 48', 75', 80+1' Drop: Parks (1/1) 58'	Report	Pen: Hodgson (4/5) 8', 41', 64', 78'

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,500 Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

26 February 2006 15:00 GMT

Ireland	31 – 5	Wales
Tries: Wallace 29' m Horgan 44' c Stringer 80+12' c Con: O'Gara (2/3) Pen: O'Gara (4/5) 18', 40+1', 48', 59'	Report	Try: M. Jones 9' m

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Week 4

11 March 2006 13:30 GMT

Wales	18 – 18	Italy
Tries: M. Jones 12' m S. Jones 29' c Con: S. Jones (1/2) Pen: S. Jones (2/2) 4', 63'	Report	Tries: Galon 17' m Canavosio 40+6' c Con: Pez (1/2) Pen: Pez (2/5) 40', 47'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,000 Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

11 March 2006 15:30 GMT

Ireland	15 – 9	Scotland
Pen: O'Gara (5/7) 3', 10', 24', 38', 58'	Report	Pen: Paterson (3/3) 11', 17', 28'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

12 March 2006 15:00 GMT

France	31 – 6	England
Tries: Fritz 1' c Traille 70' m Dominici 80+3' c Con: Yachvili (2/3) Pen: Yachvili (4/6) 7', 11', 34', 77'	Report	Pen: Hodgson 40+4' (1/2) Goode (1/1) 43'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Attendance: 74,000 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Week 5

18 March 2006 13:30 GMT

Italy	10 – 13	Scotland
Try: Mi. Bergamasco 7' c Con: Pez (1/1) Pen: Pez (1/1) 58'	Report	Try: Paterson 13' c Con: Paterson (1/1) Pen: Paterson (1/1) 78' Drop: Ross (1/1) 40'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Attendance: 24,062 Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

18 March 2006 15:30 GMT

Wales	16 – 21	France
Try: Luscombe 34' c Con: S. Jones (1/1) Pen: S. Jones (2/2) 5', 27' Henson (1/1) 60'	Report	Tries: Szarzewski 50' m Fritz 80' c Con: Élissalde (1/2) Pen: Yachvili (2/2) 12', 40+2' Élissalde (1/3) 80+6'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,500 Referee: Chris White (England)

18 March 2006 17:30 GMT

England	24 – 28	Ireland
Tries: Noon 2' m Borthwick 52' c Con: Goode (1/2) Pen: Goode (4/6) 38', 44', 69', 75'	Report	Tries: Horgan (2) 8' m, 79' c Leamy 59' c Con: O'Gara (2/3) Pen: O'Gara (3/5) 17', 37', 43'

Twickenham, London Attendance: 81,986 Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

Scorers

Leading try scorers Pos Name Tries Pld Team 1 Mirco Bergamasco 3 5  Italy Shane Horgan 3 5  Ireland 3 Mark Cueto 2 4  England Florian Fritz 2 4  France Cédric Heymans 2 4  France Mark Jones 2 4  Wales Sean Lamont 2 5  Scotland David Marty 2 4  France Aurélien Rougerie 2 4  France Gareth Thomas 2 2  Wales Mike Tindall 2 4  England Chris Paterson 2 5  Scotland

Leading point scorers (Top 3) Pos Name Points Pld Team 1 Ronan O'Gara 72 5  Ireland 2 Chris Paterson 57 5  Scotland 3 Charlie Hodgson 44 4  England Ramiro Pez 44 5  Italy

External links

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• The Official Six Nations Site
• 2006 Six Nations Championship Coverage at the Guardian