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The 2013
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 featuring six European women's national teams. It started in the 1995–96 season as the Home ...
, also known as the 2013 RBS Women's Six Nations, due to the tournament being sponsored by the
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, was the 12th series of the annual
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competition. Matches were held in February and March 2013, on the same weekends as the men's tournament. won their first championship, winning both a Triple Crown and a
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at the same time. In their opening match of the campaign, Ireland beat 12–10. Then on 9 February 2013 they defeated for the first time. Alison Miller scored a hat-trick of tries as Ireland won 25–0. On 23 February 2013 they clinched their first Triple Crown with a 30–3 win against Scotland. On 8 March 2013 Ireland effectively won the championship after they defeated France 15–10. It was confirmed the following day after failed to defeat England. Ireland eventually finished four points clear of runners-up France. Ireland secured the Grand Slam with a 6–3 away win against Italy on
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. Two penalties from
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gave Ireland their fifth win in a row. Italy's defence was one of the revelations of the tournament - aside from the first half against England. This was by far their best ever Six Nations. Injuries to key players at the start of the tournament hampered France's challenge, but they were in magnificent form at home, won for the first time at Twickenham, and lost only narrowly in Italy and Ireland. Wales would also have been broadly content with their performance, with narrow defeats to Ireland and England - but wins over Italy and Scotland ensured World Cup qualification, which was their main aim. Scotland, on the other hand, suffered some horrendous defeats in a very disappointing campaign where they scored no tries and only three points. As for England, like 2009, the vast majority of their leading players were left out of the Six Nations squad to prepare for the forthcoming Sevens World Cup taking place in June in Russia, so they used the Sevens World Series as a warm-up for that event. Consequently, they had a largely inexperienced squad with only 3 players remaining from the successful series win over New Zealand in the autumn of 2012.


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Fixtures and results


Week 1

Assistant referees:
Barbara Guastini (
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Monia Salvini (
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Assessor:
Valeria Ballardini (
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Sarah Cox (
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Simon Bourne (
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
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Assessor:
David Warren (
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Peter Evans (
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Assessor:
Vernon Brown (
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Week 2

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Helen O'Reilly (
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Assessor:
Michael Carroll (
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Week 3

Assistant referees:
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Brian Darling (
Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
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Clare Daniels (
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
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Michael Patz (
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England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
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Federica Guerzoni (
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Week 4

Assistant referees:
Ken Henley-Willis (
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
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Gary Glennon (
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Assessor:
Tim Aplin (
Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...
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Nikki O'Donnell (
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Assessor:
Steve Riley (
England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
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Mhairi Hay (
Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
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Assessor:
Andy Clift (
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Week 5

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Barbara Guastini (
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Doranna De Carlini (
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Valeria Ballardini (
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
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Simon Rees (
Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
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Alan Jenkins (
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Leading Scorers

Individual Ranking: Tries: *5 : Miller (Ireland). *4 : Trémoulière (France), Tuson (England) And Hunter (England). *3: Briggs (Ireland) Guiglion (France) And Billes (France). *2 : Crowley (England), Large (England) Chamberlain (England) Wilson (England), Murray (Wales) Ladagnous (France), Mignot (France), Agricole ( France), N'diaye (France) And Chobet (France). *1: Mcgilchrist (England) Gallagher (England), Reed (England) Scott (England) Gallagher (England), Clark (England), Thompson ( England), Le Pesq (France), Salles (France), Godiveau (France), Edwards (Wales), S. Harries (Wales), L. Harries (Wales), Fletcher (Wales), York (Wales), Spence (Ireland), Bourke (Ireland), Egan (Ireland) Fleming (Ireland), Severin (Italy), Barattin (Italy). Penalties & Conversions: *1. Reed (England) 35 Pts *2. Schiavon (Italy) 29 Pts *3. Briggs (Ireland) 28 Pts *4. Bailon (France), 16 Pts *5. Trémoulière (France) 14 Pts *6. Prosser (Wales) 12 Pts *7. Agricole (France) 10 Pts *8. Snowsilll (Wales) 8 Pts *9. Ritchie (Scotland) 3 Pts Overall Individual Points *1. Briggs (Ireland), 43 Pts *2. Reed (England) 40 Pts *3. Schiavon (Italy) 29 Pts *4. Miller (Ireland) 25 Pts *5. Trémoulière (France) 34 Pts *6. Hunter (England), Tuson (England), Agricole (France), 20 Pts *9. Bailon (France), 16 Pts *10. Guiglion (France), Billes (France), 15 Pts


References


External links


The official RBS Six Nations Site
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