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

• The official RBS Six Nations Site

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

See also

• Women's Six Nations Championship
• Women's international rugby union