2005 Six Nations Championship

Date

5 February 2005 – 19 March 2005

Countries

England

France

Ireland

Italy

Scotland

Wales

Tournament statistics

Wales (23rd title)

Wales (9th title)

Wales (18th title)

England

Ireland

Ireland

Matches played

Tries scored

71 (4.73 per match)

Top point scorer(s)

Ronan O'Gara (60)

Top try scorer(s)

Mark Cueto (4)

Player of the tournament

Martyn Williams

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(Next) 2006 →

The 2005 Six Nations Championship was the sixth Six Nations Championship played since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 111th season of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

Unlike most contemporary rugby union competitions, the 2005 Six Nations did not use 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, Wales won the Grand Slam, becoming the first team ever to win a Grand Slam playing more games away than at home.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach
England	Twickenham	London	Andy Robinson
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis, Paris	Bernard Laporte
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Eddie O'Sullivan
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	John Kirwan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Matt Williams
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Mike Ruddock

Squads

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries	Table points
1	Wales	5	5	0	0	151	77	+74	17	10
2	France	5	4	0	1	134	82	+52	13	8
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	126	101	+25	12	6
4	England	5	2	0	3	121	77	+44	16	4
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	84	155	−71	8	2
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	55	179	−124	5	0

Results

Week 1

5 February 2005
14:00 GMT

France	16–9	Scotland
Try: Traille 80+4' c Con: Michalak Pen: Delaigue 51', 57' Drop: Delaigue 78'	Report	Pen: Paterson (3) 3', 40', 43'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris
Attendance: 78,069
Referee: Nigel Williams (Wales)

5 February 2005
17:30 GMT

Wales	11–9	England
Try: S. Williams 11' m Pen: S. Jones 25' Henson 77'	Report	Pen: Hodgson (3) 16', 50', 74'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,500
Referee: Steve Walsh (New Zealand)

6 February 2005
14:30 GMT

Italy	17–28	Ireland
Try: Castrogiovanni 80+7' m Pen: Orquera 8' de Marigny (3) 38', 44', 63'	Report	Try: Murphy 29' m Stringer 50' c Hickie 80+2' c Con: O'Gara (2) Pen: O'Gara (3) 22', 55', 79'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,026
Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

Week 2

12 February 2005
13:30 GMT

Italy	8–38	Wales
Try: Orquera 11' m Pen: de Marigny 45'		Try: J. Thomas 5' c Shanklin 22' m M. Williams 40+4' c Cockbain 56' c S. Williams 60' c Sidoli 77' m Con: S. Jones (4)

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,800
Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)

12 February 2005
16:00 GMT

Scotland	13–40	Ireland
Try: Southwell 13' m Petrie 60' m Pen: Paterson 10'	Report	Try: O'Kelly 25' c O'Connell 40+2' m Hickie 44' c Hayes 75' m Duffy 80+2' c Con: O'Gara (2) Humphreys Pen: O'Gara (3) 19', 39', 50'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 64,826
Referee: Joël Jutge (France)

13 February 2005
15:00 GMT

England	17–18	France
Try: Barkley 19' c Lewsey 36' c Con: Hodgson (2) Pen: Hodgson 27'	Report	Pen: Yachvili (6) 5', 30', 55', 61', 68', 75'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

Week 3

26 February 2005
14:00 GMT

Scotland	18–10	Italy
Pen: Paterson (6) 5', 33', 51', 54', 76', 80+2'	Report	Try: Masi 80+6' c Con: de Marigny Pen: de Marigny 23'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 63,823
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)

26 February 2005
16:00 GMT

France	18–24	Wales
Try: Yachvili 4' c Rougerie 14' m Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili 28' Drop: Michalak 65'	Report	Try: M. Williams (2) 42' c, 45' m Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (3) 26', 40+5', 68' Drop: S. Jones 75'

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

27 February 2005
15:00 GMT

Ireland	19–13	England
Try: O'Driscoll 59' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (2) 10', 13' Drop: O'Gara (2) 4', 35'	Report	Try: Corry 7' c Con: Hodgson Pen: Hodgson 26' Drop: Hodgson 57'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Week 4

12 March 2005
13:30 GMT

Ireland	19–26	France
Try: O'Driscoll 77' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (4) 9', 21', 28', 49'	Report	Try: Dominici (2) 31' m, 80+3' m Baby 36' c Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili (2) 23', 64' Drop: Delaigue 12'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 48,452
Referee: Tony Spreadbury (England)

12 March 2005
16:00 GMT

England	39–7	Italy
Try: Cueto (3) 10' c, 40+7' m, 69' m Thompson 40+3' c Balshaw 65' m Hazell 80+8' c Con: Hodgson (2) Andy Goode Pen: Hodgson 7'	Report	Try: Troncon 46' c Con: Peens

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 81,736
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)

13 March 2005
15:00 GMT

Scotland	22–46	Wales
Try: Craig 54' c R. Lamont 71' m Paterson 74' c Con: Paterson (2) Pen: Paterson 24'	Report	Try: R. Jones 4' c R. Williams (2) 10' c, 50' m S. Williams 14' c Morgan (2) 29' c, 40+3' c Con: S. Jones (5) Pen: S. Jones (2) 19', 78'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,274
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)

Week 5

19 March 2005
13:00 GMT

Italy	13–56	France
Try: Robertson 28' c Con: Peens Pen: Peens (2) 3', 43'	Report	Try: Nyanga 11' c Jauzion 18' c Laharrague 40+2' c Marty (2) 70' c, 80+2' m Lamboley 75' c Mignoni 80+4' c Con: Yachvili (4) Michalak (2) Pen: Yachvili (3) 8', 52', 54'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 23,638
Referee: Donal Courtney (Ireland)

19 March 2005
15:30 GMT

Wales	32–20	Ireland
Try: Jenkins 17' c Morgan 61' c Con: S. Jones (2) Pen: Henson 24' S. Jones (4) 33', 43', 51', 74' Drop: Henson 13'	Report	Try: Horan 69' c Murphy 77' c Con: Humphreys (2) Pen: O'Gara (2) 3', 37'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 74,376
Referee: Chris White (England)

19 March 2005
18:00 GMT

England	43–22	Scotland
Try: Noon (3) 14' c, 25' c, 78' m Worsley 29' m Lewsey 40+1' c Ellis 49' c Cueto 72' m Con: Hodgson (4)	Report	Try: S. Lamont 40+8' c Craig 46' c Taylor 51' m Con: Paterson (2) Pen: Paterson 23'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 82,000
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)

Scorers

Leading try scorers
Pos	Name	Tries	Team
1	Mark Cueto	4	England
2	Kevin Morgan	3	Wales
	Jamie Noon	3	England
	Martyn Williams	3	Wales
	Shane Williams	3	Wales

Leading point scorers
Pos	Name	Points	Team
1	Ronan O'Gara	60	Ireland
2	Stephen Jones	57	Wales
3	Dimitri Yachvili	53	France
4	Chris Paterson	49	Scotland

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