The 2004 Six Nations Championship was the fifth series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship to be held since the competition expanded in 2000 to include Italy. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-tenth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Before 1910 the competition was the Home Nations and was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The teams competing, along with their home venues, were:

• England: Twickenham, London
• France: Stade de France, Paris
• Ireland: Lansdowne Road, Dublin
• Italy: Stadio Flaminio, Rome
• Scotland: Murrayfield, Edinburgh
• Wales: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Unlike most rugby union competitions, the Six Nations has not adopted a bonus point system. Match winners receive two points, with one for a draw and none for a loss. The first tiebreaker is point differential.

France won the competition through their winning of the Grand Slam, with Ireland receiving the consolation of winning the Triple Crown by sweeping their matches against Wales, England and Scotland.

[edit] Final table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	France	5	5	0	0	144	60	+84	14	10
2	Ireland	5	4	0	1	128	82	+46	17	8
3	England	5	3	0	2	150	86	+64	17	6
4	Wales	5	2	0	3	125	116	+9	14	4
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	42	152	-110	2	2
6	Scotland	5	0	0	5	53	146	-93	4	0

[edit] Results

[edit] Week 1

2004-02-14 14:00 GMT
	France	35 – 17	Ireland	Stade de France, Paris
	Tries: Clerc 28' m Pape 51' c Jauzion 55' c Élissalde 77' c Con: Michalak (3) Pen: Michalak (3) 21', 33', 60'		Tries: Foley 44' c Howe 70' c Con: O'Gara (2) Pen: O'Gara 6'

2004-02-14 16:00 GMT
	Wales	23 – 10	Scotland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Donal Courtney
	Tries: R. Williams (2) 3' c, 50' m A. Jones 15' m Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (2) 25', 40+2'		Try: Taylor 80+6' c Con: Paterson Drop: Paterson 8'

2004-02-15 15:00 GMT
	Italy	9 – 50	England	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
	Pen: Wakarua (2) 22', 29' Drop: Wakarua 6'		Tries: Balshaw 16' c Robinson (3) 23' m, 40+3' m, 64' m Lewsey 59' c Grayson 70' c Jones 80+6' m Con: Grayson (3) Pen: Grayson (3) 2', 20', 36'

[edit] Week 2

2004-02-21 14:00 GMT
	France	25 – 0	Italy	Stade de France, Paris
	Tries: Harinordoquy (2) 25' c, 65' c Elhorga 75' m Con: Élissalde (2) Pen: Élissalde 13' Traille 42'

2004-02-21 17:30 GMT
	Scotland	13 – 35	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Pablo Deluca
	Try: Danielli 58' c Con: Paterson Pen: Paterson (2) 3', 26'		Tries: Cohen 11' c Balshaw 31' c Lewsey 48' m Grewcock 69' c Con: Grayson (3) Pen: Grayson (3) 16', 29', 66'

2004-02-22 15:00 GMT
	Ireland	36 – 15	Wales	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Joël Jutge
	Tries: Byrne (2) 1' c, 40+2' m O'Driscoll (2) 15' c, 53' c O'Gara 31' m Foley 48' m Con: O'Gara (3)		Tries: Shanklin (2) 64' m, 77' c Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones 6'

[edit] Week 3

2004-03-06 13:30 GMT
	Italy	20 – 14	Scotland	Stadio Flaminio, Rome
	Try: Ongaro 42' m Pen: de Marigny (5) 3', 12', 40+5', 74', 80+5'		Try: Webster 80+7' m Pen: Paterson (3) 9', 35', 40+2'

2004-03-06 16:00 GMT
	England	13 – 19	Ireland	Twickenham, London
	Try: Dawson 27' c Con: Grayson Pen: Grayson (2) 32', 72'		Try: Dempsey 52' c Con: O'Gara Pen: O'Gara (4) 17', 24', 34', 40+3'

2004-03-07 15:00 GMT
	Wales	22 – 29	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72,500 Referee: Stuart Dickinson
	Try: M. Williams 80+5' c Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (5) 12', 19', 24', 27', 55'		Tries: Harinordoquy 40+1' c Élissalde 58' c Con: Élissalde (2) Pen: Élissalde (5) 6', 17', 46', 48', 74'

[edit] Week 4

2004-03-20 13:30 GMT
	Ireland	19 – 3	Italy	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
	Tries: O'Kelly 29' m O'Driscoll 36' c Horgan 55' c Con: O'Gara (2)		Pen: de Marigny 72'

2004-03-20 16:00 GMT
	England	31 – 21	Wales	Twickenham, London Referee: Andrew Cole
	Tries: Cohen (2) 6' c, 67' c Worsley 80+4' m Con: Barkley (2) Pen: Barkley (4) 19', 23', 40+6', 78'		Tries: G. Thomas 42' c Taylor 51' m Con: S. Jones Pen: S. Jones (3) 11', 15', 26'

2004-03-21 15:00 GMT
	Scotland	0 – 31	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh
			Tries: Magne 7' m Jauzion (2) 68' c, 79' c Con: Yachvili (2) Pen: Yachvili (4) 15', 35', 43', 48'

[edit] Week 5

2004-03-27 14:00 GMT
	Wales	44 – 10	Italy	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 72,500 Referee: Mark Lawrence
	Tries: S. Williams (2) 29' m, 69' c R. Williams (2) 36' m, 72' c G. Thomas 56' c Shanklin 61' c Con: S. Jones (4) Pen: S. Jones (2) 12', 18'		Try: Masi 64' c Con: Wakarua Pen: de Marigny 3'

2004-03-27 16:00 GMT
	Ireland	37 – 16	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 42,750
	Tries: D'Arcy (2) 20' m, 79' c Murphy 40+1' m Wallace 56' c Stringer 66' c Con: O'Gara (3) Pen: O'Gara (2) 5', 26'		Try: Hogg 51' c Con: Paterson Pen: Paterson (2) 1', 24' Drop: Parks 38'

2004-03-27 20:00 GMT
	France	24 – 21	England	Stade de France, Paris
	Tries: Harinordoquy 26' m Yachvili 40+2' c Con: Yachvili Pen: Yachvili (4) 22', 35', 40', 52'		Tries: Cohen 53' m Lewsey 76' c Con: Barkley Pen: Barkley (3) 40+1', 49', 73'

[edit] External links

• The Official Six Nations Site

Preceded by 2003 Six Nations

Six Nations Championship 2004  France

Succeeded by 2005 Six Nations