2018 Women's Six Nations Championship
Date2 February – 18 March 2018
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions France (6th title)
Grand Slam France (5th title)
Triple Crown England (19th title)
Matches played15
Tries scored57 (3.8 per match)
Top point scorer(s)France Jessy Tremouliere (64)
Top try scorer(s)England Ellie Kildunne (5)
France Jessy Tremouliere (5)
Official websiteOfficial website
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The 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2018 RBS Women's Six Nations sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 17th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches were held in February and March 2018, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.

As in the 2017 tournament, the 2018 tournament used the rugby union bonus points system common to other professional tournaments:[1] "As well as the standard four points for a win or two for a draw, a team scoring four or more tries during a match will receive an additional league table point, as will a team losing by 7 or fewer points".[1] "Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) will also win the Championship, three bonus points will be awarded for this achievement".[1][2]

Table

Position Nation Matches Points Tries Bonus
points
Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff T BP L BP GS BP
1 France 5500 16323+140 24 403 27
2 England 5401 18744+143 29 410 21
3 Ireland 5203 7992−13 11 110 10
4 Italy 5203 63147−84 10 200 10
5 Scotland 5104 55125−70 8 010 5
6 Wales 5104 48164−116 7 010 5
Source: sixnationsrugby.com

Fixtures

Week 1

Test: 1252 2 February 2018 Wales  18–17  Scotland (1 BP) Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay  
18:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Kavanagh-Williams 11' m
Bluck 40+1' m
Lake 51' m
Pen: J. Evans 24'
Report Try: Rollie (2) 45' m, 62' m
Konkel 69' c
Con: Law 70'
Referee: Sean Gallagher (IRE)[3]
Test: 1253 3 February 2018 (1 BP) France  24–0  Ireland Stade Ernest Wallon, Toulouse  
19:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Try: Banet 6' m
Le Pesq (2) 25' c, 74' c
Tremouliere 34' m
Con: Tremouliere (2) 26', 75'
Report Referee: Ian Tempest (ENG)[3]
Test: 1254 4 February 2018 Italy  7–42  England (1 BP) Stadio Mirabello, Reggio Emilia  
18:30 CET (UTC+01:00) Try: Ruzza 34' c
Con: Sillari 35'
Report Try: Bern 6' c
Hunter (3) 54' m, 67' c, 80' m
Cleall 56' m
Dow 60'm
Kildunne 70'c
Con: Daley-McLean (2) 7', 68'
Pen: Daley-McLean 43'
Referee: Tim Baker (HKG)[3]

Week 2

Test: 1255 10 February 2018 (1 BP) England  52–0  Wales The Stoop, Twickenham  
12:15 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Cleall (2) 8' c, 70' m
Dow 17' c
Riley 21' c
Kildunne (2) 30' m, 79' c
Packer 46' c
Burford 60' c
Con: Daley-McLean (6) 9', 18', 22', 47', 61', 80'
Report Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (RSA)[3]
Test: 1256 10 February 2018 Scotland  3–26  France (1 BP) Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
19:05 GMT (UTC±00:00) Pen: Law 30' Report Try: Sochat 36' m
Banet 39' c
Boujard 71' c
Le Pesq 80' c
Con: Tremouliere (3) 40', 72', 80+1'
Referee: Graham Cooper (AUS)[3]
Test: 1257 11 February 2018 Ireland  21–8  Italy Donnybrook, Dublin  
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Williams 10' c
Griffin (2) 67' c, 74' c
Con: Briggs (3) 11', 68', 75'
Report Try: Ricci 80' m
Pen: Sillari 40+2'
Referee: Tim Baker (HKG)[3]

Week 3

Test: 1258 23 February 2018 Scotland  8–43  England (1 BP) Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow  
19:05 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Konkel 17' m
Pen: Law 14'
Report Try: Waterman (2) 3' c, 67' m
Bern 7' c
Pearce (2) 21' c, 47' m
Kildunne 39' m
Tuima 62' c
Con: Daley-McLean (4) 4', 8', 22', 63'
Referee: Joy Neville (IRE)[3]
Test: 1259 24 February 2018 (1 BP) France  57–0  Italy Stade Furiani, Furiani  
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Try: Banet (2) 8' c, 15' c
Tremouliere 30' c
M. Menager (2) 35' c, 76' m
Sochat 40' c
Rivoalen 73' c
Bourdon 80+1' c
Con: Tremouliere (7) 9', 17', 31', 36', 40+1', 74', 80+2'
Pen: Tremouliere 23'
Report Referee: Rose LaBrèche (CAN)[3]
Test: 1260 25 February 2018 (1 BP) Ireland  35–12  Wales Donnybrook, Dublin  
15:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Lyons 16' c
Molloy (2) 40+2' c, 79' c
Naoupu 52' c
Tyrrell 74' c
Con: Briggs (3) 17', 40+3', 53'
Flood (2) 75', 80'
Report Try: A. Evans 44' c
Harries 46' m
Con: Snowsill 45'
Referee: Sara Cox (ENG)[3]

Week 4

Test: 1265 10 March 2018 France  18–17  England (1 BP) Stade des Alpes, Grenoble  
21:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Try: Tremouliere (2) 30' m, 79' m
Drouin 40' m
Pen: Tremouliere 55'
Report Try: Dow 8' c
Cokayne 51' c
Con: Daley-McLean (2) 9', 52'
Pen: Daley-McLean 72'
Referee: Joy Neville (IRE)[3]
Test: 1266 11 March 2018 (1 BP) Wales  15–22  Italy (1 BP) Principality Stadium, Cardiff  
11:45 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Butchers 32' m
Harries 69' c
Con: Wilkins 70'
Pen: Wilkins 28'
Report Try: Locatelli 9' m
Magatti 39' m
Rigoni 50' m
Sillari 80' c
Con: Sillari 80'
Referee: Marie Lematte (FRA)[3]
Test: 1267 11 March 2018 (1 BP) Ireland  12–15  Scotland Donnybrook, Dublin  
13:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Penalty try 50'
Fitzpatrick 69' m
Report Try: Nelson 42' m
Rollie 62' c
Con: Skeldon 63'
Pen: Nelson 3'
Referee: Ian Tempest (ENG)[3]

Week 5

Test: 1268 16 March 2018 (1 BP) England  33–11  Ireland Ricoh Arena, Coventry  
17:30 GMT (UTC±00:00) Try: Waterman 11' m
Packer 26' c
Cokayne 30' c
Kildunne 58' c
Reed 64' c
Con: Daley-McLean (4) 27', 31', 59', 66'
Report Try: Molloy 71' m
Pen: Tyrrell 20'
Briggs 34'
Referee: Alhambra Nievas (ESP)[3]
Test: 1269 16 March 2018 Wales  3–38  France (1 BP) Parc Eirias, Colwyn Bay  
18:00 GMT (UTC±00:00) Pen: Wilkins 36' Report Try: Bourdon 6' c
Drouin 12' c
Tremouliere 40' m
Penalty try 51'
Sochat 57' c
Neisen 68' m
Con: Tremouliere (3) 7', 13', 58'
Referee: Beatrice Benvenuti (ITA)[3]
Test: 1270 18 March 2018 (1 BP) Italy  26–12  Scotland Stadio Plebiscito, Padua  
15:00 CET (UTC+01:00) Try: Bettoni 3' c
Stefan 10' m
Franco 27' c
Rigoni 43' c
Con: Sillari (3) 4', 28', 44'
Report Try: Skeldon 57' m
Sinclair 63' c
Con: Skeldon 64'
Referee: Sara Cox (ENG)[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Six Nations Bonus points system7 : RBS 6 Nations". rbs6nations.com. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  2. "Six Nations: Bonus-point system introduced for 2017 tournament". BBC Sport. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Appointments: 6 Nations 2018 - women's". worldrugby.org. World Rugby. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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