2013_Six_Nations_Championship

2013 Six Nations Championship
2013 Six Nations Championship
Date	2 February – 16 March 2013
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (26th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	1,042,965 (69,531 per match)
Tries scored	37 (2.47 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Leigh Halfpenny (74)
Top try scorer(s)	Alex Cuthbert (4)
Player of the tournament	Leigh Halfpenny
Official website	Official website
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2013 Six Nations Championship

Northern hemisphere rugby union championship

The 2013 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2013 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 14th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

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Including the competition's previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 119th edition of the tournament. Wales won the tournament for the second time in two years, the first time they had won back-to-back championships since their 1978 and 1979 wins. France collected the wooden spoon by finishing last for the first time since 1999. It was also the first time every team managed to win at least 3 competition points (the equivalent of a win and a draw or three draws) since 1974.

Overview

2013 Six Nations Italy vs Wales

At the start of the 2013 Six Nations Championships England were favoured to win by many pundits after they beat the world champion New Zealand team in December 2012.^[1] France, enjoying a winning streak prior to the competition, were also considered strong contenders.^[1] In contrast defending champions Wales had suffered seven consecutive defeats (4 versus Australia) and were without their regular head coach Warren Gatland.^[2] Expectations regarding England and Wales were confirmed in the first round of matches, played on 2 February, with England enjoying a convincing 38–18 victory against Scotland and Wales losing 22–30 against Ireland despite a Welsh comeback from 3-30 down just after half time.^[3]^[4] France however were upset in their first game, going down 23–18 against Italy.^[5] The following week both England and Wales won their matches, against Ireland and France respectively.^[6]^[7] Scotland meanwhile beat Italy 34–10 in the other game,^[8] their first Six Nations victory since 2011.^[9] In round three Wales defeated Italy 9–26 and England beat France 23–13.^[10]^[11] In the remaining match, Scotland defeated Ireland for a second consecutive victory.^[12] Wales won their round four clash against Scotland 26-13 and in the process achieved a record fifth consecutive away win in the Six Nations. England remained undefeated after beating Italy 18-11.^[13]^[14] Ireland and France tied 13–13, giving France their first points in the competition.^[15]

England having won all four matches to this point (on 8 points) and Wales with three victories (6 points) meant that their match against each other in the final week, on 16 March, would determine the champions. A victory by Wales would give them two points and put them on equal footing with England. If they won by more than seven points they would move ahead on points differential and retain the title.^[16] England were slight favourites heading into the game due to their unbeaten run,^[17] although Wales had the advantage of a more experienced side and playing at home in the Millennium Stadium.^[18] Going into the final round Scotland were on 4 points, Ireland on 3, Italy on 2 and France on 1.^[19] Italy ended up beating Ireland and Scotland lost to France, giving Scotland and Italy 4 points each (with Scotland finishing ahead on points differential) and Ireland and France 3 points each (with Ireland finishing ahead on points differential).^[20] France ended up with the wooden spoon, the first time they had finished last in the competition since 1999.^[21]

Wales defeated England by an emphatic 30–3, their biggest ever win over England.^[22] At half time Wales had just a 9-3 lead, with three penalties to fullback Leigh Halfpenny against one from England's Owen Farrell. The first 20 minutes of the second half saw Wales score points through a try to winger Alex Cuthbert, and another penalty goal to Halfpenny. This gave them a comfortable 17-3 lead heading into the last quarter of the game. Wales fly half Dan Biggar dropped a goal, which was then followed by a second try to Cuthbert in the 66th minute to put the game beyond England. Biggar kicked a final penalty with 10 minutes to go to give Wales their 30–3 victory.^[23]^[24] Wales coach Rob Howley described the victory as a better achievement than their 2012 Grand Slam^[25] and Welsh captain Sam Warburton described the win as the "best moment" of his career.^[26] England coach Stuart Lancaster admitted that his side "didn't turn up" to their final match.^[27]

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Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	82,000	London	Stuart Lancaster	Chris Robshaw
France	Stade de France	81,338	Saint-Denis	Philippe Saint-André	Pascal Papé, Thierry Dusautoir
Ireland	Aviva Stadium	51,700	Dublin	Declan Kidney	Jamie Heaslip
Italy	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	Rome	Jacques Brunel	Sergio Parisse²
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	67,144	Edinburgh	Scott Johnson (interim)	Kelly Brown
Wales	Millennium Stadium	74,500	Cardiff	Rob Howley (caretaker)	Ryan Jones, Sam Warburton, Gethin Jenkins

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	Pts
1	Wales	5	4	0	1	122	66	+56	9	8
2	England	5	4	0	1	94	78	+16	5	8
3	Scotland	5	2	0	3	98	107	−9	7	4
4	Italy	5	2	0	3	75	111	−36	5	4
5	Ireland	5	1	1	3	72	81	−9	5	3
6	France	5	1	1	3	73	91	−18	6	3

France	6–16	Wales
Pen: Michalak (2/2) 14', 52'	Report^[33]	Try: North 71' c Con: Halfpenny (1/1) 73' Pen: Halfpenny (3/3) 17', 42', 74'

Scotland	12–8	Ireland
Pen: Laidlaw (4/4) 52', 59', 63', 73'	Report^[39]	Try: Gilroy 43' m Pen: Jackson (1/3) 35'

Scotland	18–28	Wales
Pen: Laidlaw (6/8) 6', 12', 26', 37', 48', 60'	Report^[40]	Try: Hibbard 23' c Con: Halfpenny (1/1) 23' Pen: Halfpenny (7/10) 4', 40', 46', 55', 58', 67', 71'

2013_Six_Nations_Championship

2013 Six Nations Championship

Participants

Squads

Overview

Table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Statistics

Points scorers

Try scorers

Media coverage

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Wales	22–30	Ireland
Try: Cuthbert 47' c Halfpenny 58' m Mitchell 75' c Con: Halfpenny (2/3) 49', 76' Pen: Halfpenny (1/1) 33'	Report^[29]	Try: Zebo 10' c Healy 23' c O'Driscoll 42' c Con: Sexton (3/3) 11', 25', 43' Pen: Sexton (3/3) 20', 28', 40'

England	38–18	Scotland
Try: Ashton 30' c Twelvetrees 42' c Parling 53' m Care 80' c Con: Farrell (3/4) 31', 43', 80' Pen: Farrell (4/4) 2', 13', 18', 37'	Report^[30]	Try: Maitland 9' m Hogg 70' c Con: Laidlaw (1/2) 70' Pen: Laidlaw (2/2) 19', 39'

Italy	23–18	France
Try: Parisse 4' c Castrogiovanni 56' c Con: Orquera (2/2) 5', 58' Pen: Orquera (1/1) 17' Drop: Orquera 14' Burton 68'	Report^[31]	Try: Picamoles 11' m Fall 33' c Con: Michalak (1/2) 33' Pen: Michalak (2/3) 27', 49'

Scotland	34–10	Italy
Try: Visser 28' c Scott 42' c Hogg 47' c Lamont 68' c Con: Laidlaw (4/4) 30', 44', 48', 69' Pen: Laidlaw (2/2) 15', 24'	Report^[32]	Try: Zanni 73' c Con: Burton (1/1) 74' Pen: Orquera (1/2) 39'

Ireland	6–12	England
Pen: O'Gara (2/3) 44', 57'	Report^[35]	Pen: Farrell (4/6) 2', 28', 63', 65'

Italy	9–26	Wales
Pen: Burton (3/3) 9', 29', 49'	Report^[37]	Try: Davies 44' c Cuthbert 61' c Con: Halfpenny (2/2) 45', 61' Pen: Halfpenny (4/5) 7', 15', 19', 52'

England	23–13	France
Try: Tuilagi 54' m Pen: Farrell (4/5) 1', 27', 33', 47' Flood (2/2) 72', 76'	Report^[38]	Try: Fofana 29' c Con: Parra (1/1) 31' Pen: Parra (1/3) 4' Michalak (1/1) 56'

Ireland	13–13	France
Try: Heaslip 10' c Con: Jackson (1/1) 11' Pen: Jackson (2/4) 29', 32'	Report^[41]	Try: Picamoles 73' c Con: Michalak (1/1) 74' Pen: Michalak (1/3) 26' Parra (1/2) 53'

England	18–11	Italy
Pen: Flood (6/6) 3', 15', 37', 40', 43', 61'	Report^[42]	Try: McLean 48' m Pen: Orquera (2/3) 17', 47'

Italy	22–15	Ireland
Try: Venditti 48' c Con: Orquera (1/1) 49' Pen: Orquera (4/5) 13', 21', 69', 80' Garcia (1/2) 35'	Report^[43]	Pen: Jackson (5/6) 5', 40', 52', 57', 63'

Wales	30–3	England
Try: Cuthbert (2) 56' m, 65' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 66' Pen: Halfpenny (4/4) 10', 17', 23', 51' Biggar (1/1) 70' Drop: Biggar 64'	Report^[44]	Pen: Farrell (1/3) 20'

France	23–16	Scotland
Try: Fofana 65' c Médard 70' c Con: Michalak (1/1) 66' Machenaud (1/1) 71' Pen: Michalak (3/3) 44', 49', 53'	Report^[45]	Try: Visser 75' c Con: Jackson (1/1) 75' Pen: Laidlaw (3/3) 8', 14', 58'