2002 Six Nations Championship

2002 Six Nations Championship
Date	2 February 2002 - 7 April 2002
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (13th title)
Grand Slam	France (7th title)
Triple Crown	England (22nd title)
Calcutta Cup	England
Millennium Trophy	England
Centenary Quaich	Ireland
Matches played	15
Tries scored	75 (5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Gerald Merceron (80)
Top try scorer(s)	Will Greenwood (5)
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The 2002 Six Nations Championship was the third series of the Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The annual tournament was won by France, who completed a tournament grand slam.

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	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	France	5	5	0	0	156	75	+81	15	10
2	England	5	4	0	1	184	53	+131	23	8
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	145	138	+7	16	6
4	Scotland	5	2	0	3	91	128	−37	6	4
5	Wales	5	1	0	4	119	188	−69	11	2
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	70	183	−113	4	0

Results

Week 1

2002-02-02

Scotland	3 – 29	England
Pen: Hodge	Report	Tries: Robinson (2) Tindall Cohen Con: Wilkinson(2) Hodgson Pen: Wilkinson

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Steve Walsh

2002-02-03

Ireland	54 – 10	Wales
Tries: Murphy (2) O'Connell Hickie Gleeson O'Gara Con: Humphreys O'Gara (2) Pen: Humphreys (6)	Report	Try: S. Jones Con: S. Jones Pen S. Jones

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Pablo de Luca

2002-02-02

France	33 – 12	Italy
Tries: Traille Betsen Con: Merceron Pen: Merceron (7)	Report	Pen: Dominguez (4)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Week 2

2002-02-16

Wales	33 – 37	France
Tries: C. Quinnell K. Morgan Budgett Con: S. Jones (3) Pen: S. Jones (4)	Report	Tries: Marsh (2) Rougerie Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron (4) Traille Drop: Merceron

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 73,500 Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

2002-02-16

England	45 – 11	Ireland
Tries: Greenwood (2) Wilkinson Cohen Worsley Kay Con: Wilkinson (6) Pen: Wilkinson	Report	Tries: O'Gara Pen: Humphreys (2)

Twickenham Stadium, London

2002-02-16

Italy	12 – 29	Scotland
Pen: Dominguez (4)	Report	Tries: Townsend Laney Con: Laney (2) Pen: Laney (5)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Referee: Kelvin Deaker

Week 3

2002-03-02

Ireland	43 – 22	Scotland
Tries: O'Driscoll (3) Horgan Easterby Con: Humphreys (2) O'Gara Pen: Humphreys (4)	Report	Try: Leslie Con: Laney Pen: Laney (5)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)

2002-03-02

Wales	44 – 20	Italy
Tries: C. Morgan James R. Williams S. Quinnell Marinos Con: S. Jones (5) Pen: S. Jones (3)	Report	Tries: Checchinato Mazzariol Con: Pez Peens Pen: Pez Peens

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Chris White (England)

2002-03-02

France	20 – 15	England
Tries: Merceron Harinordoquy Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron (2)	Report	Tries: Robinson Cohen Con: Wilkinson Pen: Wilkinson

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Referee: Andre Watson

Week 4

2002-03-22

Scotland	10 – 22	France
Tries: Redpath Con: Laney Pen: Laney	Report	Tries: Marsh (2) Galthié Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

2002-03-23

England	50 – 10	Wales
Tries: Luger (2) Greenwood Wilkinson Stimpson Con: Wilkinson (5) Pen: Wilkinson (4) Drop: Wilkinson	Report	Tries: Harris Con: Harris Pen: Harris

Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Andrew Cole

2002-03-23

Ireland	32 – 17	Italy
Tries: Kelly (2) Hickie Con: O'Gara Pen: Humphreys (4) O'Gara	Report	Tries: Ma. Bergamasco de Carli Con: Dominguez (2) Pen: Peens

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Rob Dickson

Week 5

2002-04-06

France	44 – 5	Ireland
Tries: Betsen (2) Brusque (2) Rougerie Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron (4) Gelez	Report	Try: Wood

Stade de France, Saint-Denis Referee: Paddy O'Brien

2002-04-06

Wales	22 – 27	Scotland
Try: R. Williams Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (5)	Report	Tries: Bulloch (2) Con: Laney Pens: Laney (4) Hodge

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Joël Jutge

2002-04-07

Italy	9 – 45	England
Pen: Dominguez (3)	Report	Tries: Greenwood (2) Cohen Robinson Dallaglio Healey Con: Wilkinson (5) Dawson Pen: Wilkinson

Stadio Flaminio, Rome Referee: Mark Lawrence

2002 Six Nations Champions
France Grand slam title

External links

• Six Nations - Official website
• 2002 Six Nations Championship Coverage at the Guardian