2009 Women's RBS 6 Nations Championship
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The 2009 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2009 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland
, was the eighth series of the rugby union
Women's Six Nations Championship
.
England comfortably won a third successive Grand Slam in 2008 and were hot favourites to make this four in 2009. However, though England did retain the title it was only on points difference, the loss of key players to the World Cup Sevens was, perhaps, significant in making this an extraordinary championship full of remarkable results...
The fixtures for the women's six nations ran parallel those of the men's tournament.
Royal Bank of Scotland
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, was the eighth series of the rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
Women's Six Nations Championship
Women's Six Nations Championship
The Women's Six Nations Championship is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. The competition began as a "Home International Championship" for the four home nations in 1996....
.
England comfortably won a third successive Grand Slam in 2008 and were hot favourites to make this four in 2009. However, though England did retain the title it was only on points difference, the loss of key players to the World Cup Sevens was, perhaps, significant in making this an extraordinary championship full of remarkable results...
- Ireland beat France for the first time
- Wales beat England for the first time
- Triple Crown to Wales
- Best ever championships finishes for Ireland and Wales
- Worst ever finish for France
The fixtures for the women's six nations ran parallel those of the men's tournament.
Final table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Tries | |||
| 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 237 | 52 | +185 | 38 | 8 | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 69 | +25 | 13 | 8 | |
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 64 | +24 | 11 | 6 | |
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 86 | -8 | 12 | 6 | |
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 161 | -123 | 5 | 2 | |
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 160 | -103 | 7 | 0 |
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Scorers
| Points | Name | Pld | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Non Evans | 5 | |
| 43 | Niamh Briggs | 5 | |
| 43 | Katy McLean | 5 | |
| 35 | Emily Scarratt | 5 | |
| 35 | Fiona Pocock | 5 | |
| 29 | Charlotte Barras | 3 | |
| 25 | Katherine Merchant | 2 | |
| 22 | Veronica Schiavon | 5 | |
| 20 | Mellissa Berry | 5 |