1996 Women's Home Nations Championship

The 1996 Women's Home Nations Championship was the first Women's Home Nations Championship and was won by England, who achieved the Triple Crown. England also gained the Grand Slam by beating France outside of the championship.

1996 Women's Home Nations Championship
21 February 1996 - 3 March 1996
No. of nations 4
Champions  England
Runner-up  Scotland
Matches played 6

Final table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
played won drawn lost for against
1  England 3 3 0 0 80 19 6
2=  Scotland 3 1 0 2 35 23 2
2=  Ireland 3 1 0 2 30 39 2
2=  Wales 3 1 0 2 20 84 2

Results

[134]
1996-01-21 Ireland  0-21  Scotland Blackrock [9/14/5]
[135]
1996-02-04 England  56-3  Wales Leicester [25/23/11]
[136]
1996-02-18 Wales  11-6  Scotland Bridgend [24/15/4]
[138]
1996-03-03 Ireland  22-6  Wales Old Belvedere RFC, Dublin [10/25/1]
[139]
1996-03-03 Scotland  8-12  England Meggetland, Edinburgh [16/27/2]
[140]
1996-03-17 England  12-8  Ireland Sunbury-on-Thames [28/11/1]

External links

Preceded by
Home Nations Championship
1996
 England
Succeeded by
Women's home nations 1997

See also

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