Six Nations 2009
| RBS 6 Nations 2009 | |
| Number of nations | 6th |
| winner |
 Ireland (11th title)
|
| Opening game | February 7, 2009 |
| Tournament end | March 21, 2009 |
| Games | 15th |
| Points | 597 (⌀: 39.8 per game) |
| tries | 56 (⌀: 3.73 per game) |
| spectator | 981,963 (⌀: 65,464 per game) |
| Most of the points |
Ronan O'Gara (56)
|
| Most attempts |
Brian O'Driscoll Riki Flutey (4 each)
 |
| Best player |
Brian O'Driscoll
|
| ← Six Nations 2008 | |
| Six Nations 2010 → | |
Six Nations 2009 was the tenth edition of the annual Six Nations rugby union tournament . Fifteen games took place on five weekends from February 7th to March 21st, 2009 . Tournament winner was Ireland, which reached the Grand Slam for the second time after 1948 with victories against all other participants , and also the Triple Crown with victories against all British teams .
Since the Lansdowne Road stadium in Dublin was not available due to renovation work, the Irish games were played in Croke Park as in 2007 and 2008 .
table
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Ireland
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 121: 73 | + 48 | 10 |
| 2. |
England
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 124: 70 | + 44 | 6th |
| 3. |
 France
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 124: 101 | + 23 | 6th |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Wales
|
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 100: 81 | + 19 | 6th |
| 5. |
 Scotland
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 4th | 79: 102 | - 23 | 2 |
| 6th |
 Italy
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 49: 170 | - 121 | 0 |
Games and results
The match between France and Wales on February 27th was the first in the history of the tournament to be played on a Friday.
First round
| February 7, 2009 16:00 CET |
England
|
36: 11 |
Italy
|
Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 82,000 Referee: Mark Lawrence ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Goode 2nd, Ellis, 18th, 54th, Flutey, 28th, Cueto, 78th, of the increases: Goode (4/5) Penalty kicks: Goode (1/3) 36. |
(22: 6) Report |
Attempts: Bergamasco 72nd after. Penalty kicks: McLean (2/3) 34th, 39th |
| February 7, 2009 6:00 PM CET |
Ireland
|
30: 21 |
France
|
Croke Park , Dublin Spectators: 79,000 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Heaslip 34. received O'Driscoll 34. received D'Arcy 66. received increases: O'Gara (3/3) Penalty kicks: O'Gara (3/5) 3rd, 17th, 78th. |
(13:10) Report |
Attempts: Harinordoquy 15th received Médard 50th received Raises: Beauxis (1/2) Penalty kicks: Beauxis (1/1) 76.Dropgoals: Beauxis (2/2) 40th, 53rd |
| February 8, 2009 16:00 CET |
Scotland
|
13:26 |
Wales
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 63,000 Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: M. Evans 69th increments: Paterson (1/1) Penalty kicks: Paterson (2/2) 35th, 51st |
(3:16) Report |
Attempts: Shanklin 22. n.erh. AW Jones 29th n.erh. Halfpenny 41st n.erh. S. Williams 58th ad. Penalty kicks: S. Jones (2/3) 13., 40. |
Second round
| February 14, 2009 16:00 CET |
France
|
22: 13 |
Scotland
|
Stade de France , Saint-Denis Spectators: 79,600 Referee: George Clancy ( Ireland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Ouedraogo 46th increments: Beauxis (1/1) Penalties: Beauxis (5/7) 23rd, 38th, 53rd, 60th, 73rd |
(6: 3) Report |
Attempts: Evans 69th increments: Paterson (1/1) Penalty kicks: Godman (2/3) 35th, 49th |
| February 14, 2009 6:30 p.m. CET |
Wales
|
23:15 |
England
|
Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 73,000 Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Halfpenny 44th n.erh. Penalty kicks: S. Jones (5/5) 4th, 16th, 43rd, 54th, 72nd Halfpenny (1/2) 22nd |
(9: 8) Report |
Attempts: Sackey 24th n.erh. Armitage 57th raises: Flood (1/1) Dropgoals: Goode (1/1) 30. |
| February 15, 2009 3:30 p.m. CET |
Italy
|
9:38 |
Ireland
|
Stadio Flaminio , Rome Spectators: 30,000 Referee: Chris White ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penalty kicks: McLean (3/4) 5th, 16th, 24th |
(9:14) Report |
Attempts: Bowe 19th raised Fitzgerald 40th, 76th D. Wallace 48th raised O'Driscoll 78th raised raises: O'Gara (4/4) Kearney (1/1) Penalty kicks: O'Gara (1 / 1) 50. |
Third round
| February 27, 2009 at 9:00 p.m. CET |
France
|
21:16 |
Wales
|
Stade de France , Saint-Denis Spectators: 80,000 Referee: Mark Lawrence ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Dusautoir 40th received Heymans 53rd received. Elevations: Parra (1/2) Penalty kicks: Parra (3/5) 6th, 35th, 70th |
(13:13) Report |
Attempts: Byrne 24th increments: S. Jones (1/1) Penalty kicks: S. Jones (2/2) 3rd, 9th Hook (1/1) 73. |
| February 27, 2009 16:00 CET |
Scotland
|
26: 6 |
Italy
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Spectators: 65,000 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Danielli 35th Scott Gray 64th increases: Godman (1/1) Paterson (1/1) Penalty kicks: Paterson (3/3) 5th, 13th, 68th Godman (1/2) 31st . |
(16: 3) Report |
Penalty kicks: McLean (1/1) 55.Dropgoals: Parisse (1/1) 22. |
| February 28, 2009 6:30 p.m. CET |
Ireland
|
14: 13 |
England
|
Croke Park , Dublin Spectators: 82,000 Referee: Craig Joubert ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: O'Driscoll 57th after. Penalty kicks: O'Gara (2/5) 27., 71.Dropgoals: O'Driscoll (1/2) 46. |
(3: 3) report |
Attempts: Armitage 78. Increments : Goode (1/1) Penalty kicks: Flood (1/1) 38. Armitage (1/1) 64. |
Fourth round
| March 14, 2009 16:00 CET |
Italy
|
15:20 |
Wales
|
Stadio Flaminio , Rome Referee: Alan Lewis ( Ireland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penalty kicks: Marcato (5/5) 5th, 31st, 34th, 57th, 70th |
(9: 7) Report |
Attempts: S. Williams 25th. Shanklin 71st. Elevations: Hook (2/2) Penalty kicks: Hook (2/3) 59th, 63rd. |
| March 14, 2009 18:00 CET |
Scotland
|
15:22 |
Ireland
|
Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Referee: Jonathan Kaplan ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penalty kicks: Paterson (5/5) 5th, 13th, 21st, 31st, 60th |
(12: 9) Report |
Attempts: Heaslip 51. Raised increases: O'Gara (1/1) Penalty kicks: O'Gara (4/5) 11th, 27th, 33rd, 70th Dropgoals: O'Gara (1/1) 57. |
| March 15, 2009 16:00 CET |
England
|
34:10 |
France
|
Twickenham Stadium , London Referee: Stuart Dickinson ( Australia ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Cueto 1st received Flutey 22nd received, 41st received Armitage 37th received Worsley 39th received Raise: Flood (3/3) Penalty Kicks: Flood (1/1) 18. |
(29: 0) report |
Attempts: Szarzewski 56th n.erh. Malzieu 64th n.erh. |
Fifth round
| March 21, 2009 2:15 p.m. CET |
Italy
|
8:50 |
France
|
Stadio Flaminio , Rome Spectators: 27,650 Referee: Alain Rolland ( Ireland ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Parisse 57th n.erh. Penalty kicks: Marcato (1/2) 23. |
(3:25) Report |
Attempts: Chabal 25th. Trinh-Duc 29th. Médard 31st., 70th. Heymans 42nd received Domingo 55th received Malzieu 76th ad. Elevations: Parra (3/4) Penalty kicks: Parra (3/3) 7th, 15th, 48th |
| March 21, 2009 16:30 CET |
England
|
26:12 |
Scotland
|
Twickenham Stadium , London Spectators: 80,688 Referee: Marius Jonker ( South Africa ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Attempts: Monye 22. n.erh. Flutey 28th acc. To Tait 77th acc. Raise: Flood (1/2) Penalty Kicks: Flood (2/2) 40th, 41. Dropgoals: Care (1/1) 72. |
(15: 3) Report |
Penalty kicks: Paterson (3/3) 9th, 44th, 66th Godman (1/2) 51. |
| March 21, 2009 6:30 p.m. CET |
Wales
|
15: 17 |
Ireland
|
Millennium Stadium , Cardiff Spectators: 74,625 Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Penalty Kicks: S. Jones (4/5) 33rd, 39, 51st, 56th Dropgoals: S. Jones (1/1) 76. |
(6: 0) report |
Attempts: O'Driscoll 44th raised Bowe 46th raised raises: O'Gara (2/2) Dropgoals: O'Gara (1/1) 78. |
statistics
Most attempts made
| Surname | tries | Games | country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riki Flutey | 4th | 5 | England |
| Brian O'Driscoll | 4th | 5 | Ireland | |
| 3 | Delon Armitage | 3 | 5 | England |
| Maxime Médard | 3 | 5 | France |
Most points scored
| Surname | Points | Games | country | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronan O'Gara | 56 | 5 | Ireland |
| 2 | Chris Paterson | 45 | 5 | Scotland |
| 3 | Stephen Jones | 44 | 5 | Wales |
| 4th | Lionel Beauxis | 28 | 2 | France |
| 5 | Morgan Parra | 26th | 5 | France |
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