2009 Six Nations Championship tiebreakers the championship is shared. The fixtures for the 2009 Six Nations were released on 17 April 2008. The France v Wales game on 27 February was the first Friday night game in the history of the championship, both under the Five and Six Nations format. "Ireland won the Millennium Trophy." "Ireland won their eighth successive Centenary Quaich." "France won their third consecutive Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy." "England won the 121st Calcutta Cup." "Ireland claimed their first Grand Slam since 1948." 2009 Six Nations Championship The 2009 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2009 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's
Explorers Grand Slam complete a "True Explorers Grand Slam". In June 2018, Zhang Liang became the second person to complete this kind of Grand Slam. In 2011, former Wales rugby union international Richard Parks became the first person ever to complete the (Last Degrees) Grand Slam within a single calendar year, doing so within seven months. Cheryl Bart is the first Australian female and the 31st person worldwide to complete the Explorer's Grand Slam. She completed the North Pole on 22 April 2013 AEST. Vanessa O'Brien became the first woman to complete the (Last Degree) Grand Slam under a single calendar year, doing