2017 Women's Six Nations Championship

The 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2017 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 16th 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 2017, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.

2017 Women's Six Nations Championship
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Italy
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions England (14th title)
Grand Slam England (13th title)
Triple Crown England (18th title)
Matches played15
Tries scored90 (6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)England Emily Scarratt (49)
Top try scorer(s)England Kay Wilson (8)
Official websiteOfficial website
2016 (Previous)(Next) 2018

For the first time, the 2017 tournament used the rugby union bonus points system common to most other professional rugby union 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 received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by 7 or fewer points.[1] Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were awarded for this achievement.[1][2]

Table

PositionNationMatchesPointsTriesBonus
points
Table
points
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstT BPL BPGS BP
1  England550021635+18136640327
2  Ireland54018169+1212920018
3  France530214563+8221731016
4  Scotland520344167−1236290109
5  Wales510460137−778210206
6  Italy500543118−757180101
Source: sixnationsrugby.com

Fixtures

Week 1

Test: 11873 February 2017(1 BP) Scotland  15–22  Ireland (1 BP)Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 
18:35 GMT (UTC+0)Try: Konkel (2) 6' c, 30' m
Con: Law 6'
Pen: Law 37'
Try: Naoupu 11' m
Miller 23' m
Peat 52' m
Murphy 80' +2 c
Con: Stapleton 80' +3
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron

Test: 11884 February 2017Italy  8–20  WalesStadio Pacifico Carotti, Iesi 
15:00 CET (UTC+1)Try: Furlan 36' m
Pen: Sillari 32'
Try: Thomas 16' c
Hywel 46' m
Phillips 66' m
Con: Snowsill 17'
Pen: Snowsill 9'
Referee: Rose LaBrèche

Test: 11894 February 2017England  26–13  FranceTwickenham Stadium, London 
19:35 GMT (UTC+0)Try: Waterman 50' c
Wilson-Hardy 77' c
Con: Scarratt (2) 52', 78'
Pen: Scarratt (4) 44', 60', 68', 73'
Try: Izar 4' m
Mignot 32' m
Pen: Le Duff 28'
Referee: Amy Perrett

Week 2

Test: 119011 February 2017Wales  0–63  England (1 BP)Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 
11:30 GMT (UTC+0)Try: Wilson-Hardy (2) 3' m, 61' m
Cokayne 9' c
Hunt 12' c
Thompson (3) 23' c, 42' m, 67' m
McLean 27' m
Hunter 37' c
Waterman (2) 48' m, 56' m
Con: Scarratt (4) 10', 12', 24', 39'
Referee: Marie Lematte

Test: 119111 February 2017(1 BP) France  55–0  ScotlandStade Marcel-Deflandre, La Rochelle 
21:00 CET (UTC+1)Try: N'Diaye 18' m
Izar 29' m
Corson 34' c
Poublan 41' c
Guiglion 47' m
Le Pesq (2) 50' c, 53' c
Ladagnous 59' m
Cabalou 66' c
Con: Le Duff (2) 35', 42'
Cabalou (3) 51', 54', 67'
Referee: Tim Baker

Test: 119212 February 2017Italy  3–27  Ireland (1 BP)Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila 
14:00 GMT (UTC+1)Pen: Sillari 39'Try: Lyons 51' c
Spence 54' c
Fitzpatrick 61' m
Tyrrell 80' +2 m
Con: Stapleton (2) 52', 55'
Pen: Stapleton 28'
Referee: Rachel Horton

Week 3

Test: 119324 February 2017Scotland  15–14  Wales (1 BP)Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 
18:30 GMT (UTC+0)Try: Thomson 40' +1 c
Lloyd 61' m
Con: Law 40' +2
Pen: Law 78'
Try: Phillips 20' c
Penalty try 35' c
Con: Snowsill (2) 21', 36'
Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni

Test: 119425 February 2017(1 BP) England  29–15  ItalyTwickenham Stoop, London 
13:00 GMT (UTC+0)Try: Wilson 15' m
Wilson-Hardy 18' c
Fleetwood (3) 26' m, 32' c, 45' m
Con: Scarratt (2) 19', 33'
Try: Stefan 5' m
Barattin 56' m
Furlan 71' m
Referee: Graham Cooper

Test: 119526 February 2017Ireland  13–10  France (1 BP)Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin 
12:45 GMT (UTC+0)Try: Lyons 50' c
Con: Stapleton 51'
Pen: Stapleton (2) 12', 63'
Try: Ladagnous 42' c
Con: Trémoulière 44'
Pen: Trémoulière 66'
Referee: Sara Cox

Week 4

Test: 119611 March 2017(1 BP) Wales  7–12  IrelandCardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 
Try: Powell-Hughes 43' c
Con: Wilkins 44'
Try: Peat 39' c
Tyrrell 62' m
Con: Stapleton 40'
Referee: Claire Hodnett

Test: 119711 March 2017(1 BP) England  64–0  ScotlandTwickenham Stoop, London 
Try: Wilson (7) 3' m, 7' m, 27' m, 33' m, 45' m, 59' m, 79' c
Cokayne (3) 11' m, 19' m, 40' +1 m
Waterman 25' m
Scarratt 75' c
Con: Scarratt (2) 76', 80'
Referee: Sean Gallagher

Test: 119812 March 2017Italy  5–28  France (1 BP)Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma 
Try: Este 69' mTry: Ladagnous (2) 8' m, 28' c
R. Ménager 18' m
Poublan 40' +1 m
Con: Abadie 29'
Pen: Abadie (2) 14', 50'
Referee: Helen O'Reilly

Week 5

Test: 119917 March 2017Scotland  14–12  Italy (1 BP)Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld 
Try: Rollie (2) 31' c, 40' +2 c
Con: Skeldon (2) 32', 40' +3
Try: Bettoni (2) 11' c, 17' m
Con: Sillari 12'
Referee: Ian Tempest

Test: 120017 March 2017Ireland  7–34  England (1 BP)Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin 
Try: Lyons 66' c
Con: Tyrrell 67'
Try: Wilson-Hardy 16' m
Keates 53' m
Cokayne 61' c
Scarratt 69' c
Thompson 74' c
Con: Scarratt (3) 63', 70', 75'
Pen: Scarratt 59'
Referee: Alhambra Nievas

Test: 120118 March 2017(1 BP) France  39–19  WalesStade Amédée-Domenech, Brive-la-Gaillarde 
Try: Forlani 21' c
Ladagnous 43' c
Boujard 50' c
Arricastre 68' c
Trémoulière 79' m
Con: Trémoulière (4) 22', 44', 52', 69'
Pen: Trémoulière (2) 4', 17'
Try: Powell-Hughes 11' m
A. Evans (2) 46' c, 58' c
Con: Wilkins (2) 47', 59'
Referee: Joy Neville

Statistics

References