The Six Nations Championship are also called RBS 6 Nations due to sponsorship reasons, known before 2000 as the Five Nations Championship, is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
The Six Nations Championship, with its predecessors the Five Nations and the Home Nations Championship, is the first international rugby union tournament in the Northern Hemisphere. The champions of the Six Nations are seen as being the European Champions. The event is presently sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Ireland are the present Grand Slam title holders, for the 1st time since 1948, having compete the competition in 2009 by competing all other teams, and getting the Triple Crown by beating England, Scotland and Wales.
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