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The 2015 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2015 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the
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, was the 14th series of the
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, an annual
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competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches were held in February and March 2015, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day. The championship was contested by
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,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. Ireland won the championship on a points difference tie-break from France, after both teams had won four of their five matches; it was Ireland's second title in three seasons. Ireland had to win their final game, against Scotland, by a margin of 27 points or more to win the title and achieved this with victory by 73 points to 3. This was also the first time Italy finished in a position above 4th place in the Six Nations, whether men's or women's, and the first time Italy had denied a team a
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. As in 2013, England focused on the Sevens World Series circuit in order to qualify a Great Britain team for the 2016 Rio Olympics, so there young and inexperienced squad were missing many front-line players.


Table


Fixtures and results


Week 1

Assistant referees:
Maria Beatrice Benvenuti (
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)
Clara Munarini (
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)
Assessor:
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Assessor:
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Jamie Morgan (
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)
Alun Emmanuel (
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)
Assessor:
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Week 2

Assistant referees:
Helen O'Reilly (
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Dermot Blake (
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Assessor:
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)
Alexandra Gordon-Smith (
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)
Assessor:
n/a Assistant referees:
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)
Nikki O'Donnell (
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)
Assessor:
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Week 3

Assistant referees:
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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 ...
)
John Carvill (
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Assessor:
n/a Assistant referees:
Christine Hanizet (
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)
Marie Lematte (
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)
Assessor:
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Mhairi Hay (
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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 ...
)
Assessor:
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Week 4

Assistant referees:
Sarah Toll
Matthew Daubney
Assessor:
Trevor Fisher Assistant referees:
Barbara Guastini (
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)
Francesca Giuliani (
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)
Assessor:
n/a Assistant referees:
Stuart Kibble (
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 ...
)
Steff Edwards (
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)
Assessor:
n/a


Week 5

Assistant referees:
Clara Munarini (
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)
Maria Giovanna Pacifico (
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)
Assessor:
n/a Assistant referees:
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)
Tracey Pettingale (
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)
Assessor:
n/a Assistant referees:
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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 ...
)
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 ...
)
Assessor:
n/a


Notes


External links


The official RBS Six Nations Site
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