2010 Six Nations Championship
| 2010 Six Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 6 February 2010 – 20 March 2010 | ||
| Countries |
 England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
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| Champions |
France (17th title) |
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| Grand Slam |
France (9th title) |
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| Millennium Trophy |
Ireland
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| Centenary Quaich |
Scotland
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| Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy |
France
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| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 1,055,268 (70,351 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Stephen Jones (63) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
Keith Earls (3) Tommy Bowe (3) James Hook (3) Shane Williams (3) |
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| Player of the tournament |
Tommy Bowe
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The 2010 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2010 RBS 6 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 11th series of the Six Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the six major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams. The tournament was held between 6 February and 20 March 2010.
The tournament was the 11th in the Six Nations format, after the addition of Italy in 2000. Before then, the competition was known as the Home Nations Championship and the Five Nations. The 2010 Six Nations Championship was the 116th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship.
The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. France won the tournament, achieving a final 12–10 victory over England to win the Grand Slam, their first since 2004 and ninth overall (including six in the Five Nations). This was also their seventeenth outright victory, including twelve victories in the Five Nations, excluding eight titles shared with other countries. France also retained the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy by defeating Italy in the tournament, to whom they had (then) never lost within the Six Nations.
Ireland, 2009 Grand Slam winners, came second with three victories and two defeats. Despite defeating England and Wales, Ireland failed to win the Triple Crown after a 23–20 defeat to Scotland in their final match. England and Wales came third and fourth respectively with two victories each, while Scotland and Italy finished in fifth and sixth positions for the third tournament in a row. Both teams achieved just one victory each, with Scotland also recording a draw in the Calcutta Cup match against England to place ahead of Italy.
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