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The '''Six Nations Championship''' is an international [[Rugby Union]] contest for the main rugby-playing nations of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]: [[England]], [[France]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Scotland]], [[Wales]]. Each side plays one match against every other side.

The '''Six Nations Championship''' is an international [[Rugby Union]] contest for the main rugby-playing nations of the [[Northern Hemisphere]]: [[England]], [[France]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Scotland]], [[Wales]]. Each side plays one match against every other side. Between 1910 and 1999 the competition was known as the 'Five Nations': England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales. Italy joined in 2000.

The winner of the Six Nations Championship is Wales, which also won the 'Triple Crown' (a title awarded to a team from England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales which defeats all its British Isles opponents) and the 'Grand Slam' (it defeated all the other sides).

The winner of the 2008 Six Nations Championship is Wales, which also won the 'Triple Crown' (a title awarded to a team from England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales which defeats all its British Isles opponents) and the 'Grand Slam' (it defeated all the other sides).

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