Women's Six Nations Championship

Women's Six Nations Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Women's Six Nations Championship
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1996
No. of teams	6 (from 2002) 5 (1999–2001) 4 (1996–1998)
Country	England  France  Ireland  Italy  Scotland  Wales
Most recent champion(s)	England (2024)
Most titles	England (20)

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The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes,^[1] is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. It started in the 1995–96 season as the Home Nations, with four teams: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

In the 1998–99 season it became the Five Nations, with France joining the original four. The following season, Spain replaced Ireland for two seasons.

In 2001–02 the women's Six Nations competition was born with England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Wales playing, after Ireland rejoined the competition. Spain, at that time, were higher ranked than Italy and therefore deserved their place in the competition on merit.

In 2006, a championship trophy was commissioned from silversmith Thomas Lyte, to be followed by a second trophy commissioned for the Under 20 Six Nations championship. Designed and created by Thomas Lyte, the trophies are made from sterling silver and feature engraving detail with the logos of the competing countries.^[2]

In 2007, the Six Nations committee formally adopted Italy as the sixth national team member in the championship, replacing Spain. This aligned the women's competition with the men's competition.

England have been the dominant team in the competition, winning 20 of 29 editions.