Rugby union bonus points system Six Nations Championship used the standard bonus points system on a trial basis, with the added feature that a team winning the Grand Slam would earn three extra bonus points. The system has been retained for 2018 and presumably beyond that time. Bonus points are typically listed in the group standings table, as for example the BP column in 2015 Rugby World Cup Pool B: More detailed tables may list losing-bonus points and tries-bonus points separately, as respectively the TB and LB columns in the 2015–16 European Rugby Champions Cup Pool 2 table: This format was created for New Zealand's
England rugby union try record progression challenged, the next closest for England being Will Greenwood and Ben Cohen on 31 each. England rugby union try record progression The England rugby union try record progression charts the record number of tries scored for the England national rugby union team by individual players, or rugby footballers as they are still sometimes referred to. The progression begins with Reg Birkett's try, scored in the first international rugby match of any code in 1871 when England succumbed to Scotland at Raeburn Place. When Birkett's try was scored, it was not worth any points in itself, but rather afforded the opportunity