1 – Ireland Played: 5 Won: 5 Drawn: 0 Lost: 0 Points: 10
2 – England Played: 5 Won: 3 Drawn: 0 Lost: 2 Points: 6
3 – France Played: 5 Won: 3 Drawn: 0 Lost: 2 Points: 6
4 – Wales Played: 5 Won: 3 Drawn: 0 Lost: 2 Points: 6
5 – Scotland Played: 5 Won: 0 Drawn: 0 Lost: 4 Points: 2
6 – Italy Played: 5 Won: 0 Drawn: 0 Lost: 5 Points: 0
As with all 6 Nations tournaments, there is no telling what the outcome will be. Before this year’s tournament started, Wales were favourites to win it, after all, they had won it last year. Ireland and England were under new management and it was thought they weren’t serious contenders for it. France were just France and nobody would know what they’d do. Scotland have been weak recently, and so have Italy, though they’ve improved a lot over the years, but didn’t pose too much of a threat to anyone.
But, the table above shows that anything can happen. As expected, Scotland and Italy did finish on the bottom, but they proved that they weren’t pushovers in some games.
France were also unpredictable, especially when they changed from beating Wales, to get hammered by England, and then go and put 50 points against Italy.
England started sketchy, but it was their discipline that made them lose games and give points away. But they really did get over that problem in the last two games.
Ireland had recently got a new coach and it seemed to have transformed the team that struggled in the World Cup in 2007. And after all these years of coming so close but falling at the last hurdle, they finally got their second Grand Slam and first 6 Nations title.
Wales ended up being fourth on the table due to points difference, but unfortunately, Wales couldn’t rack up the points against Italy as hoped and France did manage that.
But hopefully next year will go more for Wales’ way!
2 – England Played: 5 Won: 3 Drawn: 0 Lost: 2 Points: 6
3 – France Played: 5 Won: 3 Drawn: 0 Lost: 2 Points: 6
4 – Wales Played: 5 Won: 3 Drawn: 0 Lost: 2 Points: 6
5 – Scotland Played: 5 Won: 0 Drawn: 0 Lost: 4 Points: 2
6 – Italy Played: 5 Won: 0 Drawn: 0 Lost: 5 Points: 0
As with all 6 Nations tournaments, there is no telling what the outcome will be. Before this year’s tournament started, Wales were favourites to win it, after all, they had won it last year. Ireland and England were under new management and it was thought they weren’t serious contenders for it. France were just France and nobody would know what they’d do. Scotland have been weak recently, and so have Italy, though they’ve improved a lot over the years, but didn’t pose too much of a threat to anyone.
But, the table above shows that anything can happen. As expected, Scotland and Italy did finish on the bottom, but they proved that they weren’t pushovers in some games.
France were also unpredictable, especially when they changed from beating Wales, to get hammered by England, and then go and put 50 points against Italy.
England started sketchy, but it was their discipline that made them lose games and give points away. But they really did get over that problem in the last two games.
Ireland had recently got a new coach and it seemed to have transformed the team that struggled in the World Cup in 2007. And after all these years of coming so close but falling at the last hurdle, they finally got their second Grand Slam and first 6 Nations title.
Wales ended up being fourth on the table due to points difference, but unfortunately, Wales couldn’t rack up the points against Italy as hoped and France did manage that.
But hopefully next year will go more for Wales’ way!
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