2018 Women's Six Nations Championship Explained

2018 Women's Six Nations Championship
Date:2 February – 18 March 2018
Countries:




Count:6
Grand Slam: (5th title)
Triple Crown: (19th title)
Matches:15
Tries:57
Top Point Scorer: Jessy Tremouliere (64)
Top Try Scorer: Ellie Kildunne (5)
Jessy Tremouliere (5)
Previous Year:2017
Previous Tournament:2017 Women's Six Nations Championship
Next Year:2019
Next Tournament:2019 Women's Six Nations Championship

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". "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".[2]

Table

PositionNationMatchesPointsTriesBonus
points
Table
points
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainst
1550016323+14024240327
2540118744+14329641021
352037992−13111411010
4520363147−84102220010
5510455125−708200105
6510448164−1167260105
Source: sixnationsrugby.com

Fixtures

Week 5

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Six Nations Bonus points system7 : RBS 6 Nations. rbs6nations.com. 11 December 2016.
  2. Web site: Six Nations: Bonus-point system introduced for 2017 tournament. 1 December 2016. BBC Sport. 1 December 2016.