Six Nations 2001

Six Nations 2001
Number of nations	6th
winner	England (24th title)
Opening game	February 3, 2001
Tournament end	October 20, 2001
Games	15th
Points	796  (⌀: 53.07 per game)
tries	75  (⌀: 5 per game)
Most of the points	Jonny Wilkinson (97)
Most attempts	Will Greenwood (6)
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Six Nations 2001 was the second edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union tournament . The tournament was severely affected by the foot and mouth disease outbreak in the UK. Harsh travel restrictions came into force, particularly between Great Britain and Ireland. As a result, three Irish national team games had to be postponed until the epidemic was finally contained. These games were rescheduled in September and October 2001 . England finally secured the tournament victory thanks to a better point difference.

Closing table

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Table points
1.	England	5	4th	0	1	229: 80	+149	8th
2.	Ireland	5	4th	0	1	129: 89	+40	8th
3.	Scotland	5	2	1	2	92: 116	−24	5
4th	Wales	5	2	1	2	125: 166	−41	5
5.	France	5	2	0	3	115: 138	−23	4th
6th	Italy	5	0	0	5	106: 207	−101	0

Results

First round:

date	place	encounter	Result
3 February	Stadio Flaminio , Rome	Italy - Ireland	22:41
3 February	Millennium Stadium , Cardiff	Wales - England	15:44
February 4th	Stade de France , Saint-Denis	France - Scotland	16: 6

Second round:

date	place	encounter	Result
February 17th	Lansdowne Road , Dublin	Ireland - France	22:15
February 17th	Twickenham Stadium , London	England - Italy	80:23
February 17th	Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh	Scotland - Wales	28:28

Third round:

date	place	encounter	Result
3 March	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	Italy - France	7:30 p.m.
3 March	Twickenham Stadium, London	England - Scotland	43: 3

Fourth round:

date	place	encounter	Result
17. March	Stade de France, Saint-Denis	France - Wales	35:43
17. March	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	Scotland - Italy	23:19

Fifth round:

date	place	encounter	Result
7th of April	Twickenham Stadium, London	England - France	48:19
April 8th	Stadio Flaminio, Rome	Italy - Wales	23:33

Games made up in autumn:

date	place	encounter	Result
September 22	Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh	Scotland - Ireland	32:10
October 13th	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Wales - Ireland	6:36
October 22nd	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Ireland - England	20:14

The best players

Most attempts made

	Surname	tries	country
1	Will Greenwood	6th	England
2	Iain Balshaw	5	England
	Philippe Bernat-Salles	5	France

Most points scored

	Surname	Points	country
1	Jonny Wilkinson	97	England
2	Neil Jenkins	69	Wales
3	Diego Domínguez	46	Italy

Web links

• Official Six Nations website