2004 Six Nations Championship
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Wales lineout at Twickenham
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| Date | 14 February 2004 - 27 March 2004 | ||
| Countries |
 England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions |
France (14th title) |
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| Grand Slam |
France (8th title) |
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| Triple Crown |
Ireland (7th title) |
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| Calcutta Cup |
England
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| Millennium Trophy |
Ireland
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| Centenary Quaich |
Ireland
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| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Tries scored | 68 (4.53 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Stephen Jones (55) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
Imanol Harinordoquy (4) Rhys Williams (4) Ben Cohen (4) |
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| Player of the tournament |
Gordon D'Arcy
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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.
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, the last of whom were whitewashed, earning the wooden spoon as a result.
The teams involved were:
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