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.
Seksnationers er en årlig rugbyunionturnering for mænds og kvinders landshold fra seks europæiske nationer: England, Frankrig, Irland, Italien, Skotland og Wales. Kvindernes turnering blev første gang afholdt i 1999, og den spilles typisk i februar og marts.
Turneringen spilles i et round robin-format, hvor hvert hold spiller mod hvert andet hold én gang. Vinderen af hver kamp får to point, og uafgjorte kampe giver et point. Det hold med flest point vinder turneringen.
Seksnationers er en af de mest prestigefyldte rugbyunionturneringer for kvinder, og den tiltrækker store folkemængder og tv-seere. Turneringen har også været en vigtig faktor i udviklingen af kvinders rugbyunion i Europa.
Nogle af de mest succesfulde hold i kvindernes Seksnationer er England, der har vundet turneringen 19 gange, og Frankrig, der har vundet otte gange. Irland, Italien, Skotland og Wales har endnu aldrig vundet turneringen.