The 2017 Six Nations Championship was the 18th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament was also known as the RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
It was 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 was the 123rd edition of the tournament.[2]
For the first time the 2017 tournament used the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments.[3] As well as the standard four points for a win and two for a draw, a team scoring four tries in a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points.[3] Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points were to be awarded for this achievement.[3][4]
For the second successive year, the championship was won by England with a round to spare.[5]
However, they were denied the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in the final game by a defeat to Ireland in the final round, the fifth time this has happened to England in the Six Nations era (2000, 2001, 2011, 2013 and 2017) and the third time at the hands of the Irish (the other two being 2001 and 2011).[6][7]
^Sport, Telegraph (23 March 2017). "Stuart Hogg named 2017 Six Nations player of the championship - have your say on the final results here". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
^"Six Nations 2017 team-by-team guide: flexibility key as injuries mount". Guardian. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
^ abc"Six Nations to Trial Bonus Points in 2017". sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
^"Six Nations: Bonus-point system introduced for 2017 tournament". BBC Sport. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
^"England beat Scotland 61-21 to retain Six Nations – as it happened". Guardianl. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
^"Ireland 13 England 9". BBC Sport. 18 March 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
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England (28th title)
Camille Lopez (67)
Stuart Hogg[1]
