Six Nations Championship of Italy. England hold the record for outright wins of the Home Nations, Five Nations and Six Nations tournaments, with 28 titles, although Wales follow closely with 26 outright wins with the addition of 12 shared victories to England's 10. Since the Six Nations era started in 2000, only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title, although Scotland were the last winners of the Five Nations. The tournament was first played in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship among the four Home Nations — England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The tournament then became the Five Nations
2017 Women's Six Nations Championship 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship The 2017 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2017 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, is the 16th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches are being held in February and March 2017, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day. For the first time, the 2017 tournament is using the rugby union bonus points system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments.