2008 Women's Six Nations Championship

June 2024 2008 Women's Six Nations Championship 1 February 2008 - 16 March 2008 ENGFRAIREITASCOWAL ENG 9 ENG (9th title) ENG (12th title) 15 WAL Non Evans (34) ENG Claire Allan (6) 2007 2007 Women's Six Nations Championship 2009 2009 Women's Six Nations Championship The 2008 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2008 RBS Women's 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the seventh series of the rugby union Women's Six Nations Championship. England comfortably won a third successive Grand Slam—the first time this had been achieved in the Women's Six Nations. However, after a good start against Wales it was not quite as easily won as in the previous year, with Italy, Scotland and Ireland all scoring tries against the champions, something that only France managed in 2007. While the England win was predictable it was Ireland that surprised many. Historically one of the weakest nations in the tournament, they only went down to narrow defeats to England, France, and Wales, while recording wins over both Italy and Scotland. The result was probably their best ever tournament performance. The decline of Scottish women's rugby, on the other hand, continued. Though their performance against England showed hope for improvement, two successive defeats in two years to Ireland meant that Scotland ranked for the first time below the Irish, while defeat to Italy—the Italians' first ever Six Nations win—was the final blow in a disastrous campaign. France—on paper the second best side in the event—were distinctly unimpressive, going down to their largest home defeat to England before losing to Wales for the second time in three years, the result being only third place. Wales, on the other hand, recovered from an English drubbing in the first game to finish in a well-deserved runners-up position. Finally, the Italians surprised everyone with their Scottish win, following a campaign that had not appeared competitive in its first four games. Final table main WDL Q points 2 ENG ENG WAL WAL FRA FRA IRE IRE ITA ITA SCO SCO 5 0 0 213 18 4 0 1 72 76 3 0 2 104 72 2 0 3 66 65 1 0 4 48 167 0 0 5 39 144 #ccffcc A complete Results 1 February 2008 IRE 19–0Women 2008 http://www.todor66.com/rugby/Six_Nations/Women_2008.html 16 November 2022 Sport Statistics - International Competitions Archive enWomen's Six Nations http://www.rugbyarchive.net/compseasons/3007?Stagione=2008 16 November 2022 The Rugby Archive en ITA St Mary's College RFC 2 February 2008 ENG 55–0 WAL London Irish 3 February 2008 SCO 15–43 FRA Meggetland 9 February 2008 ITA 6–76 ENG Rome 10 February 2008 WAL 23–6 SCO Taff's Well 10 February 2008 FRA 26–17 IRE Saint-Gratien 22 February 2008 IRE 13–3 SCO St Mary's College RFC 23 February 2008 FRA 0–31 ENG Bergerac, Agen 24 February 2008 WAL 27–5 ITA Taff's Well 7 March 2008 IRE 10–19 WAL St Mary's College RFC 8 March 2008 SCO 5–34 ENG Meggetland 8 March 2008 FRA 35–6 ITA Valence, Lyon 15 March 2008 ENG 17–7 IRE London Irish 15 March 2008 WAL 3–0 FRA Taff's Well 16 March 2008 ITA 31–10 SCO Mira Points scorers 34 Non Evans (Wal)30 Claire Allan (Eng, 6 tries), Veronica Schiavon (Ita, 1)27 Estelle Sartini (Fra, 3)22 Alice Richardson (Eng)21 Katy McLean (Eng)20 Louise Rickard (Wal, 4), Céline Allainmat (Fra, 4), Katherine Merchant (Eng, 4)15 Danielle Waterman (Eng, 3), Aurélie Bailon (Fra), Michaela Staniford (Eng, 3), Sarah Beale (Eng, 3)14 Sarah Gill (Sco)11 Grace Davitt (Ire)10 Jane Leonard (Eng, 2), Caroline Ladagnous (Fra, 2), Amy Turner (Eng, 2), Charlotte Barras (Eng, 2), Delphine Plantet (Fra, 2), Jess Limbert (Ire, 2), Germaine Healy (Ire, 2), Catherine Spencer (Eng, 2), Tamara Taylor (Eng, 2), Flavia Severin (Ita, 2), Jilly McCord (Sco, 2)7 Joanne O'Sullivan (Ire, 1)5 Sarah Hunter (Eng, 1), Marie Charlotte Hebel (Fra, 1), Sinead Ryan (Ire, 1), Tanya Griffiths (Sco, 1), Mélanie Gauffinet (Fra, 1), Victoria Massarella (Eng, 1), Joanna McGilchrist (Eng, 1), Margaret Alphonsi (Eng, 1), Sarahjane Belton (Ire, 1), Rachel Poolman (Wal, 1), Clare Flowers (Wal, 1), Giuliana Campanella (Ita, 1), Hayley Baxter (Wal, 1), Heather Lockhart (Sco, 1), Rochelle Clark (Eng, 1), Anaïs Lagougine (Fra, 1), Claire Canal (Fra, 1), Marie Barrett (Ire, 1), Yvonne Nolan (Ire, 1), Joy Neville (Ire, 1), Cara D'Silva (Sco, 1)3 Michela Tondinelli (Ita), Niamh Briggs (Ire), Michaela Reed (Wal) See also Women's Six Nations Championship Women's international rugby References External links The official RBS Six Nations Site 2008 Category:2008 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:2007–08 in Irish rugby union Category:2007–08 in English rugby union Category:2007–08 in Welsh rugby union Category:2007–08 in Scottish rugby union Category:2007–08 in French rugby union Category:2007–08 in Italian rugby union Category:2007–08 in European women's rugby union rugby union rugby union rugby union rugby union Women rugby union rugby union Women's Six Nations Women's Six Nations