2001 Six Nations Championship
| 2001 Six Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 3 February 2001 - 20 October 2001 | ||
| Countries |
 England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
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| Champions |
England (24th title) |
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| Calcutta Cup |
England
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| Millennium Trophy |
Ireland
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| Centenary Quaich |
Scotland
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| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Tries scored | 75 (5 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Jonny Wilkinson (89) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
Will Greenwood (6) |
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The 2001 Six Nations Championship was the second series of the Six Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament was marred by an outbreak of the highly infectious livestock disease Foot and mouth disease in Britain. As a consequence, there were severe restrictions on travel especially between Britain and Ireland and thus it was decided to postpone Ireland's three fixtures against the home nations until the outbreak was contained. These games were then played in September and October. The eventual winners were England for the second year running, although they once again missed out on the Grand Slam at the final hurdle, losing to Ireland at the final match of the tournament in October.
The teams involved were:
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