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Centenary Quaich
  
Scotland

Tries scored
  
28 (3.11 per match)

Matches played
  
9

2017 Six Nations Championship

Date
  
4 February – 18 March 2017

Countries
  
England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales

Attendance
  
590,760 (65,640 per match)

The 2017 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2017 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by The Royal Bank of Scotland, is the 18th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

Contents

It is being contested by defending champions England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. Including the competition's previous iterations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it is the 123rd edition of the tournament.

For the first time, the 2017 tournament is using the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments. 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. 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.

Participants

1 Except the week 2 clash against Italy, when Best was a late withdrawal due to illness and Jamie Heaslip picked up the captaincy.
2 Replaced original captain Greig Laidlaw, who was ruled out of the Championship after sustaining an injury during Scotland's game against France in week 2.

Week 1

Notes:

  • Scotland reclaimed the Centenary Quaich for the first time since 2013, the last time they beat Ireland.
  • Scotland won their opening Six Nations match for the first time since 2006.
  • Ireland lost their opening Six Nations match for the first time since 2012.
  • Stuart Hogg became Scotland's highest try scorer in the Six Nations.
  • Ireland received the first bonus point in the history of the Six Nations.

    • Notes:

  • England won their 15th consecutive match, their longest ever winning run.
  • Arthur Iturria (France) made his international debut.

    • Week 2

    Notes:

  • Niall Scannell (Ireland) made his international debut.
  • Ireland captain Rory Best was named to start but was withdrawn from the team due to illness on the day of the match.
  • CJ Stander became the first forward to score a hat-trick in the Six Nations.
  • Ireland earned the first try bonus point in the history of the Six Nations.
  • This was Ireland's largest ever victory in the tournament.

    • Notes:

  • George North was named to start for Wales but was replaced by Alex Cuthbert after failing to recover from injury.
  • England won their 16th consecutive match, their longest ever winning run.

    • Notes:

  • Stuart Hogg (Scotland) earned his 50th test cap.
  • Simon Berghan (Scotland) made his international debut.

    • Week 3

    Notes:

  • Scotland ended Wales' record 9-match winning streak over Scotland, by winning for the first time since their 21–9 victory in 2007
  • With this victory, Scotland climbed from 7th to 5th in the World Rugby Rankings, their highest ever position since the rankings were introduced in 2003, overtaking South Africa and Wales.

    • Notes:

  • Henry Chavancy (France) made his international debut.

    • Notes:

  • Leonardo Ghiraldini was named in Italy's starting XV, but was ruled out before kick-off due to injury.
  • Owen Farrell (England) earned his 50th cap.
  • Mike Brown won his sixteenth consecutive Six Nations match, a championship record in the six-team format.
  • Michele Campagnaro scored Italy's 900th try in tests.

    • References

    2017 Six Nations Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA