Wikipedia - Women's Six Nations Championship
The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes, is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. It started in the 1995–96 season as the Home Nations, with four teams: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
In the 1998–99 season it became the Five Nations, with France joining the original four. The following season, Spain replaced Ireland for two seasons.
In 2001–02 the women's Six Nations competition was born with England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Wales playing, after Ireland rejoined the competition. Spain, at that time, were higher ranked than Italy and therefore deserved their place in the competition on merit.
In 2006, a championship trophy was commissioned from silversmith Thomas Lyte, to be followed by a second trophy commissioned for the Under 20 Six Nations championship. Designed and created by Thomas Lyte, the trophies are made from sterling silver and feature engraving detail with the logos of the competing countries.
In 2007, the Six Nations committee formally adopted Italy as the sixth national team member in the championship, replacing Spain. This aligned the women's competition with the men's competition.
England have been the dominant team in the competition, winning 19 of 28 editions entering 2024.
Six Nations Dam är en årlig rugbyunionturnering mellan de sex främsta europeiska damlandslagen. Turneringen, som startade 1999, är en av de mest prestigefyllda i damsporten och lockar en stor publik.
De sex deltagande nationerna är:
* England
* Frankrike
* Irland
* Italien
* Skottland
* Wales
Turneringen spelas i en round-robin-format, där varje lag möter varandra en gång. Laget med flest poäng i slutet av turneringen vinner Six Nations-pokalen.
Six Nations Dam har sett en ökning i popularitet under de senaste åren, delvis tack vare den ökande tävlingsnivån och en växande fanbas. Turneringen har spelat en avgörande roll i utvecklingen av damrugby och har inspirerat unga tjejer att ta upp sporten.
Under Six Nations Dam kan fansen se några av världens bästa damrugbyunionspelare i aktion. Turneringen är känd för sin fysiska intensitet, taktiska skicklighet och spännande matcher.
Oavsett om du är en hängiven rugbyfantast eller bara nyfiken på damidrott, är Six Nations Dam ett måste att se. Det är en turnering som ger spänning, drama och inspirerande förebilder.