2004 Six Nations Championship

The 2004 Six Nations Championship was the fifth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-tenth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Before 1910 the competition was the Home Nations and was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The teams competing, along with their home venues, were:

*England: Twickenham, London
*France: Stade de France, Paris
*Ireland: Lansdowne Road, Dublin
*Italy: Stadio Flaminio, Rome
*Scotland: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
*Wales: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Unlike most rugby union competitions, the Six Nations has not adopted a bonus point system. Match winners receive two points, with one for a draw and none for a loss. The first tiebreaker is point differential.

France won the competition through their winning of the Grand Slam, with Ireland receiving the consolation of winning the Triple Crown by sweeping their matches against Wales, England and Scotland.

Final table

Results

Week 1

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date = 2004-02-14
14:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|FRA
score = 35 – 17
away = ru|IRE
homescore = Tries: Clerc 28' m
Pape 51' c
Jauzion 55' c
Élissalde 77' c
Con: Michalak (3)
Pen: Michalak (3) 21', 33', 60'
awayscore = Tries: Foley 44' c
Howe 70' c
Con: O'Gara (2)
Pen: O'Gara 6'
stadium = Stade de France, Paris
attendance =
referee = ----rugbybox
date = 2004-02-14
16:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|WAL
score = 23 – 10
away = ru|SCO
homescore = Tries: R. Williams (2) 3' c, 50' m
A. Jones 15' m
Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (2) 25', 40+2'
awayscore = Try: Taylor 80+6' c
Con: Paterson
Drop: Paterson 8'
stadium = Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance =
referee = Donal Courtney flagicon|IRE|rugby ----rugbybox
date = 2004-02-15
15:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|ITA
score = 9 – 50
away = ru|ENG
homescore = Pen: Wakarua (2) 22', 29'
Drop: Wakarua 6'
awayscore = Tries: Balshaw 16' c
Robinson (3) 23' m, 40+3' m, 64' m
Lewsey 59' c
Grayson 70' c
Jones 80+6' m
Con: Grayson (3)
Pen: Grayson (3) 2', 20', 36'
stadium = Stadio Flaminio, Rome
attendance =
referee =

Week 2

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date = 2004-02-21
14:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|FRA
score = 25 – 0
away = ru|ITA
homescore = Tries: Harinordoquy (2) 25' c, 65' c
Elhorga 75' m
Con: Élissalde (2)
Pen: Élissalde 13'
Traille 42'
awayscore =
stadium = Stade de France, Paris
attendance =
referee = ----rugbybox
date = 2004-02-21
17:30 GMT
home = ru-rt|SCO
score = 13 – 35
away = ru|ENG
homescore = Try: Danielli 58' c
Con: Paterson
Pen: Paterson (2) 3', 26'
awayscore = Tries: Cohen 11' c
Balshaw 31' c
Lewsey 48' m
Grewcock 69' c
Con: Grayson (3)
Pen: Grayson (3) 16', 29', 66'
stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh
attendance =
referee = Pablo Deluca flagicon|ARG ----rugbybox
date = 2004-02-22
15:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|IRE
score = 36 – 15
away = ru|WAL
homescore = Tries: Byrne (2) 1' c, 40+2' m
O'Driscoll (2) 15' c, 53' c
O'Gara 31' m
Foley 48' m
Con: O'Gara (3)
awayscore = Tries: Shanklin (2) 64' m, 77' c
Con: S. Jones
Pen: S. Jones 6'
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
attendance =
referee = Joël Jutge flagicon|FRA

Week 3

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date = 2004-03-06
13:30 GMT
home = ru-rt|ITA
score = 20 – 14
away = ru|SCO
homescore = Try: Ongaro 42' m
Pen: de Marigny (5) 3', 12', 40+5', 74', 80+5'
awayscore = Try: Webster 80+7' m
Pen: Paterson (3) 9', 35', 40+2'
stadium = Stadio Flaminio, Rome
attendance =
referee = ----rugbybox
date = 2004-03-06
16:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|ENG
score = 13 – 19
away = ru|IRE
homescore = Try: Dawson 27' c
Con: Grayson
Pen: Grayson (2) 32', 72'
awayscore = Try: Dempsey 52' c
Con: O'Gara
Pen: O'Gara (4) 17', 24', 34', 40+3'
stadium = Twickenham, London
attendance =
referee = ----rugbybox
date = 2004-03-07
15:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|WAL
score = 22 – 29
away = ru|FRA
homescore = Try: M. Williams 80+5' c
Con: S. Jones
Pen: S. Jones (5) 12', 19', 24', 27', 55'
awayscore = Tries: Harinordoquy 40+1' c
Élissalde 58' c
Con: Élissalde (2)
Pen: Élissalde (5) 6', 17', 46', 48', 74'
stadium = Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance = 72,500
referee = Stuart Dickinson flagicon|AUS

Week 4

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date = 2004-03-20
13:30 GMT
home = ru-rt|IRE
score = 19 – 3
away = ru|ITA
homescore = Tries: O'Kelly 29' m
O'Driscoll 36' c
Horgan 55' c
Con: O'Gara (2)
awayscore = Pen: de Marigny 72'
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
attendance =
referee = ----rugbybox
date = 2004-03-20
16:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|ENG
score = 31 – 21
away = ru|WAL
homescore = Tries: Cohen (2) 6' c, 67' c
Worsley 80+4' m
Con: Barkley (2)
Pen: Barkley (4) 19', 23', 40+6', 78'
awayscore = Tries: G. Thomas 42' c
Taylor 51' m
Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (3) 11', 15', 26'
stadium = Twickenham, London
attendance =
referee = Andrew Cole flagicon|AUS ----rugbybox
date = 2004-03-21
15:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|SCO
score = 0 – 31
away = ru|FRA
homescore =
awayscore = Tries: Magne 7' m
Jauzion (2) 68' c, 79' c
Con: Yachvili (2)
Pen: Yachvili (4) 15', 35', 43', 48'
stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh
attendance =
referee =

Week 5

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date = 2004-03-27
14:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|WAL
score = 44 – 10
away = ru|ITA
homescore = Tries: S. Williams (2) 29' m, 69' c
R. Williams (2) 36' m, 72' c
G. Thomas 56' c
Shanklin 61' c Con: S. Jones (4)
Pen: S. Jones (2) 12', 18'
awayscore = Try: Masi 64' c
Con: Wakarua
Pen: de Marigny 3'
stadium = Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
attendance = 72,500
referee = Mark Lawrence flagicon|RSA ----rugbybox
date = 2004-03-27
16:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|IRE
score = 37 – 16
away = ru|SCO
homescore = Tries: D'Arcy (2) 20' m, 79' c
Murphy 40+1' m
Wallace 56' c
Stringer 66' c
Con: O'Gara (3)
Pen: O'Gara (2) 5', 26'
awayscore = Try: Hogg 51' c
Con: Paterson
Pen: Paterson (2) 1', 24'
Drop: Parks 38'
stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin
attendance = 42,750
referee = ----rugbybox
date = 2004-03-27
20:00 GMT
home = ru-rt|FRA
score = 24 – 21
away = ru|ENG
homescore = Tries: Harinordoquy 26' m
Yachvili 40+2' c
Con: Yachvili
Pen: Yachvili (4) 22', 35', 40', 52'
awayscore = Tries: Cohen 53' m
Lewsey 76' c
Con: Barkley
Pen: Barkley (3) 40+1', 49', 73'
stadium = Stade de France, Paris
attendance =
referee =

External links

* [http://www.six-nations-rugby.co.uk/ The Official Six Nations Site]