The 2016 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2016 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the
Royal Bank of Scotland
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, was the 15th series of the
Women's Six Nations Championship
The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the TikTok 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 ...
, an annual
women's rugby union
Women's rugby union is a full contact team sport based on running with the ball in hand. The same laws are used in men's rugby union with the same sized pitch and same equipment. Rugby was originally a men's sport, and women's rugby has become p ...
competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches were played in February and March 2016, on the same weekends as the
men's tournament.
France
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won the championship after beating
England
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in their final game. France and England were tied on eight table points each after winning four games, France took the title on the points difference tie-breaker.
Participants
Table
Fixtures and results
Week 1
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Week 2
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Week 3
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Week 4
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Week 5
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References
External links
The official RBS Six Nations Site
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2016
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2016 rugby union tournaments for national teams
2015–16 in Irish rugby union
2015–16 in English rugby union
2015–16 in Welsh rugby union
2015–16 in Scottish rugby union
2015–16 in French rugby union
2015–16 in Italian rugby union
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* AD 6, the sixth year of the AD era
* 6 BC, the sixth year before the AD era
* The month of June
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* Carbon, the element with atomic number 6
* 6 Hebe, an asteroid
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rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
Women
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rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
Women's Six Nations
The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the TikTok 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 ...
Women's Six Nations
The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the TikTok 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 ...