2002 Six Nations Championship

The 2002 Six Nations Championship was the third series of the Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The annual tournament was won by France, who completed a tournament grand slam.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	France	5	5	0	0	156	75	+81	15	10
2	England	5	4	0	1	184	53	+131	23	8
3	Ireland	5	3	0	2	145	138	+7	16	6
4	Scotland	5	2	0	3	91	128	-37	6	4
5	Wales	5	1	0	4	119	188	-69	11	2
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	70	183	-113	4	0

Bonus point system

To date, the Six Nations has not adopted the bonus-point system that is used in most domestic rugby competitions, and in World Cup pool stages since 2003. Under this system, match points are awarded under the following criteria:

• 4 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 0 points for a loss
• 1 point for scoring four or more tries, regardless of the match result
• 1 point for a loss by 7 or fewer points

A comparison of the two systems shows that had the 2002 Six Nations used the bonus point system, the championship winner would have been England, despite France winning all of their matches and thus collecting the Grand Slam. This is one argument against introducing the system for the Six Nations.

	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	BP	Pts
England	5	4	0	1	184	53	5	21
France	5	5	0	0	156	75	1	21

Results

Week 1

2002-02-02
	Scotland	3 – 29	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Steve Walsh
	Pen: Hodge		Tries: Robinson (2) Tindall Cohen Con: Wilkinson Hodgson Pen: Wilkinson

2002-02-03
	Ireland	54 – 10	Wales	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 49,000 Referee: Pablo de Luca
	Tries: Murphy (2) O'Connell Hickie Gleeson O'Gara Con: Humphreys O'Gara (2) Pen: Humphreys (6)		Try: S. Jones Con: S. Jones Pen S. Jones

2002-02-02
	France	33 – 12	Italy	Stade de France, Paris
	Tries: Traille Betsen Con: Merceron Pen: Merceron (7)		Pen: Dominguez (4)

Week 2

2002-02-16
	Wales	33 – 37	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 73,500 Referee: David McHugh
	Tries: C. Quinnell K. Morgan Budgett Con: S. Jones (3) Pen: S. Jones (4)		Tries: Marsh (2) Rougerie Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron (4) Traille Drop: Merceron

2002-02-16
	England	45 – 11	Ireland	Twickenham Stadium, London
	Tries: Greenwood (2) Wilkinson Cohen Worsley Kay Con: Wilkinson (6) Pen: Wilkinson		Tries: O'Gara Pen: Humphreys (2)

2002-02-16
	Italy	12 – 29	Scotland	Stadio Flaminio, Rome Referee: Kelvin Deaker
	Pen: Dominguez (4)		Tries: Townsend Laney Con: Laney (2) Pen: Laney (5)

Week 3

2002-03-02
	Ireland	43 – 22	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Nigel Whitehouse
	Tries: O'Driscoll (3) Horgan Easterby Con: Humphreys (2) O'Gara Pen: Humphreys (4)		Try: Leslie Con: Laney Pen: Laney (5)

2002-03-02
	Wales	44 – 20	Italy	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Chris White
	Tries: C. Morgan James R. Williams S. Quinnell Marinos Con: S. Jones (5) Pen: S. Jones (3)		Tries: Checchinato Mazzariol Con: Pez Peens Pen: Pez Peens

2002-03-02
	France	20 – 15	England	Stade de France, Paris Referee: Andre Watson
	Tries: Merceron Harinordoquy Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron (2)		Tries: Robinson Cohen Con: Wilkinson Pen: Wilkinson

Week 4

2002-03-22
	Scotland	10 – 22	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Alain Rolland
	Tries: Redpath Con: Laney Pen: Laney		Tries: Marsh (2) Galthié Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron

2002-03-23
	England	50 – 10	Wales	Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Andrew Cole
	Tries: Luger (2) Greenwood Wilkinson Stimpson Con: Wilkinson (5) Pen: Wilkinson (4) Drop: Wilkinson		Tries: Harris Con: Harris Pen: Harris

2002-03-23
	Ireland	32 – 17	Italy	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Rob Dickson
	Tries: Kelly (2) Hickie Pen: Humphreys (4) O'Gara		Tries: Ma. Bergamasco De Carli Con: Dominguez (2) Pen: Peens

Week 5

2002-03-29
	France	44 – 5	Ireland	Stade de France, Paris Referee: Paddy O'Brien
	Tries: Betsen (2) Brusque (2) Rougerie Con: Merceron (2) Pen: Merceron (4) Gelez		Try: Wood

2002-04-06
	Wales	22 – 27	Scotland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 78,000
	Try: R. Williams Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (5)		Tries: Bulloch (2) Con: Laney Pens: Laney (4) Hodge

2002-04-07
	Italy	9 – 45	England	Stadio Flaminio, Rome Referee: Mark Lawrence
	Pen: Dominguez (3)		Tries: Greenwood (2) Cohen Robinson Dallaglio Healey Con: Wilkinson (5) Dawson Pen: Wilkinson

External links

• Six Nations - Official website

Preceded by 2001 Six Nations

Six Nations Championship 2002  France

Succeeded by 2003 Six Nations

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