The 2005 Six Nations Championship was the sixth Six Nations Championship played since the competition expanded in 2000 to include

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. Including the Home Nations and Five Nations Championships, this was the 111th season of the tournament. Wales won the Grand Slam, their first since 1978, and in doing so became the first team ever to win a Grand Slam playing more games away than at home.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Squads

Table

Match winners received two points, with one for a draw and none for a loss. The first tiebreaker was points difference.

Results

Round 1

* This was Scotland's narrowest defeat at Stade de France in the Championship until

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. * This was

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's first match in the Championship since

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. ---- * This was Wales' first victory against England since

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. * This was England's first defeat in the opening game in the Six Nations. * This was England's first defeat in the opening game in the Championship since

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. * This was England's first defeat ever at Millennium Stadium. *

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scored his first try ever against England. ----

Round 2

* This was Italy's biggest defeat against Wales at Stadio Flaminio. ---- ---- * This was England's first defeat against France at

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since

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. * This is England's narrowest defeat in the Championship. * Dimitri Yachvili scored 18 points beating Gérald Merceron's 14 points in 2001. This was the record against England until

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Round 3

---- ---- * This is the first time England lost the first three games in the Championship since

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Round 4

---- * This was the first hat-trick in the Six Nations since Jason Robinson against Italy in 2004. ----

Round 5

---- * This was Wales' first victory against Ireland since

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. * This was Wales' first victory against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium. * This was Wales' first

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since 1978. * This was Wales' first

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since

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Scorers

External links

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