List of Six Nations Championship hat-tricks

Charles Wade of England scored the championship's first hat-trick.
Reggie Gibbs of Wales scored a hat-trick in both the 1910 and 1911 tournaments.
Brian O'Driscoll is the only Irishman to have scored two hat-tricks in the tournament's history.
Chris Ashton's four tries in 2011 is the most by anyone since 1969.

In the sport of rugby union a hat-trick is achieved when a player scores three or more tries in a game. The Six Nations Championship (formerly known as the Home Nations Championship and the Five Nations Championship) is an annual competition which has been held since 1883. There have been 47 hat-tricks scored during that time, the most recent of which occurred in 2011.[1]

The first hat-trick scored in the championship was in its very first match in December 1882 (part of the 1883 competition). The scorer of the hat-trick was England's Charles Wade in a 2–0 win over Wales. At that time a try by itself wasn't worth any points but allowed the team to try a kick at goal.[2] The second hat-trick in the championship's history was scored by George Lindsay for Scotland against Wales in 1887. Lindsay scored five tries on this occasion, which remains a record high for this competition. Another Scot, Ian Smith, holds the record for most hat-tricks with three, two of which were scored in consecutive matches during Scotland's Grand Slam winning season of 1925.

List of hat-tricks

No. Tries Player For Against Venue Date
1 3 Wade, CharlesCharles Wade  England  Wales St. Helen's, Swansea 16 December 1882
2 5 Lindsay, GeorgeGeorge Lindsay  Scotland  Wales Raeburn Place, Edinburgh 26 February 1887
3 3 Montgomery, RobertRobert Montgomery  Ireland  Wales Birkenhead Park 12 March 1887
4 3 Wotherspoon, WilliamWilliam Wotherspoon  Scotland  Ireland Ballynafeigh, Belfast 21 February 1891
5 3 Marshall, HowardHoward Marshall  England  Wales National Stadium, Cardiff 7 January 1893
6 4 Llewellyn, WillieWillie Llewellyn  Wales  England St. Helen's, Swansea 7 January 1899
7 3 Hodges, JehoidaJehoida Hodges  Wales  England St. Helen's, Swansea 10 January 1903
8 3 Williams, JohnnieJohnnie Williams (1/2)  Wales  Ireland National Stadium, Cardiff 9 March 1907
9 3 Gibbs, ReggieReggie Gibbs (1/2)  Wales  France St. Helen's, Swansea 1 January 1910
10 3 Tennent, JamesJames Tennent  Scotland  France Inverleith, Edinburgh 22 January 1910
11 3 Williams, JohnnieJohnnie Williams (2/2)  Wales  Ireland Lansdowne Road, Dublin 12 March 1910
12 3 Gibbs, ReggieReggie Gibbs (2/2)  Wales  Scotland Inverleith, Edinburgh 4 February 1911
13 3 Stewart, BillBill Stewart (1/2)  Scotland  France Parc des Princes, Paris 1 January 1913
14 3 Coates, VincentVincent Coates  England  France Twickenham, London 25 January 1913
15 4 Stewart, BillBill Stewart (2/2)  Scotland  Ireland Inverleith, Edinburgh 22 February 1913
16 3 Quinn, JosephJoseph Quinn  Ireland  France Mardyke, Cork 24 March 1913
17 3 Lowe, CyrilCyril Lowe (1/2)  England  Scotland Inverleith, Edinburgh 21 March 1914
18 3 Lowe, CyrilCyril Lowe (2/2)  England  France Stade Olympique de Colombes 13 April 1914
19 4 Poulton-Palmer, RonaldRonald Poulton-Palmer  England  France Stade Olympique de Colombes 13 April 1914
20 3 Williams, BrinleyBrinley Williams  Wales  Ireland National Stadium, Cardiff 13 March 1920
21 3 Smith, IanIan Smith (1/3)  Scotland  Wales Inverleith, Edinburgh 2 February 1924
22 3 Jacob, JakeJake Jacob  England  France Twickenham, London 23 February 1924
23 4 Smith, IanIan Smith (2/3)  Scotland  France Inverleith, Edinburgh 24 January 1925
24 4 Smith, IanIan Smith (3/3)  Scotland  Wales St. Helen's, Swansea 7 February 1925
25 3 Wallace, JohnnieJohnnie Wallace  Scotland  France Stade Olympique de Colombes 2 January 1926
26 3 Davy, EugeneEugene Davy  Ireland  Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh 22 February 1930
27 3 Byrne, SeamusSeamus Byrne  Ireland  Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh 28 February 1953
28 3 Crauste, MichelMichel Crauste  France  England Stade Olympique de Colombes 24 February 1962
29 3 Darrouy, ChristianChristian Darrouy  France  Ireland Lansdowne Road, Dublin 26 January 1963
30 4 Richards, MauriceMaurice Richards  Wales  England National Stadium, Cardiff 12 April 1969
31 3 Carleton, JohnJohn Carleton  England  Scotland Murrayfield, Edinburgh 15 March 1980
32 3 Bonneval, ÉricÉric Bonneval  France  Scotland Parc des Princes, Paris 7 March 1987
33 3 Oti, ChrisChris Oti  England  Ireland Twickenham, London 19 March 1988
34 3 Tukalo, IwanIwan Tukalo  Scotland  Ireland Murrayfield, Edinburgh 4 March 1989
35 3 Venditti, DavidDavid Venditti  France  Ireland Lansdowne Road, Dublin 18 January 1997
36 3 Ntamack, ÉmileÉmile Ntamack  France  Wales Stade de France, Saint-Denis 6 March 1999
37 3 Healey, AustinAustin Healey  England  Italy Stadio Flamino, Rome 18 March 2000
38 3 O'Driscoll, BrianBrian O'Driscoll (1/2)  Ireland  France Stade de France, Saint-Denis 19 March 2000
39 3 Henderson, RobRob Henderson  Ireland  Italy Stadio Flamino, Rome 3 February 2001
40 3 Greenwood, WillWill Greenwood  England  Wales Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 3 February 2001
41 3 O'Driscoll, BrianBrian O'Driscoll (2/2)  Ireland  Scotland Lansdowne Road, Dublin 2 March 2002
42 3 Robinson, JasonJason Robinson  England  Italy Stadio Flamino, Rome 15 February 2004
43 3 Cueto, MarkMark Cueto  England  Italy Twickenham, London 12 March 2005
44 3 Noon, JamieJamie Noon  England  Scotland Twickenham, London 19 March 2005
45 3 Clerc, VincentVincent Clerc  France  Ireland Stade de France, Saint-Denis 9 February 2008
46 4 Ashton, ChrisChris Ashton  England  Italy Twickenham, London 12 February 2011
47 3 North, GeorgeGeorge North  Wales  Italy Stadio Olimpico, Rome 21 March 2015

References

  1. ↑ "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records / Five/Six Nations / Tries scored: greater than or equal to 3". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Wales 0G - 2G England (FT)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 6 July 2014.