2013 Six Nations Championship
| 2013 Six Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 2 February 2013 – 16 March 2013 | ||
| Countries |
 England France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions |
Wales (26th title) |
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| Calcutta Cup |
England
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| Millennium Trophy |
England
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| Centenary Quaich |
Scotland
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| Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy |
Italy
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| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 1,042,965 (69,531 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 37 (2.47 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Leigh Halfpenny (74) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
Alex Cuthbert (4) |
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| Player of the tournament |
Leigh Halfpenny
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| Official website | Official website | ||
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The 2013 Six Nations Championship, known as the 2013 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 14th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
Including the competition's previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 119th edition of the tournament. Wales won the tournament for the second time in two years, the first time they had won back-to-back championships since their 1978 and 1979 wins. France collected the wooden spoon by finishing last for the first time since 1999. It was also the first time every team managed to win at least 3 competition points (the equivalent of a win and a draw or three draws) since 1974.
1 Except the opening match against Italy where Pascal Papé was the captain but was ruled out of the next two matches due to injury. On 1 March, it was officially announced that Papé would miss the remaining matches in the Six Nations and that Thierry Dusautoir would continue as captain.
2 Except the week 3 match as he was originally ruled out of the Six Nations from that week onwards due to being handed a 40-day ban after being red carded for insulting a referee while playing for his club Stade Francais in the French Top 14. Martin Castrogiovanni was captain of that match. Parisse later returned after Italy appealed his ban, and the FFR agreed to reduce his suspension to 20 days and therefore became eligible to play England and Ireland.
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