2018 Six Nations Championship
| 2018 Six Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 3 February – 17 March 2018 | ||
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| Champions |
 Ireland (14th title) |
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| Grand Slam |
Ireland (3rd title) |
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| Triple Crown |
Ireland (11th title) |
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| Calcutta Cup |
 Scotland
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| Millennium Trophy |
Ireland
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| Centenary Quaich |
Ireland
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| Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy |
 France
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| Auld Alliance Trophy |
Scotland
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| Matches played | 15 | ||
| Attendance | 991,844 (66,123 per match) | ||
| Tries scored | 78 (5.2 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Maxime Machenaud (50) |
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| Top try scorer(s) |
(7) |
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| Player of the tournament |
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| Official website | sixnationsrugby.com | ||
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The 2018 Six Nations Championship was the 19th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament continued to be sponsored by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, via its subsidiary NatWest, so was branded the NatWest 6 Nations.
The championship was contested by France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales and defending champions England. Including the competition's previous iterations as the Home Nations Championship and Five Nations Championship, it was the 124th edition of the tournament.
As in 2017, the tournament continued to use the bonus point system common to most other professional rugby union tournaments. As well as the standard four points for a win and two for a draw, a team scoring four tries in a match received an additional league table point, as did a team losing by seven or fewer points. Additionally, to ensure that a team winning all of its five matches (a Grand Slam) would also win the Championship, three bonus points would be awarded for this achievement.
The Championship was won by Ireland on 10 March 2018, with their four wins (three with try bonus points) from the first four matches sufficient to place them out of reach of the other participants ahead of the final round. This was the third tournament running where the championship and Wooden Spoon had been decided by the end of round four. After a 24–15 victory against England on the final day, Ireland secured a Grand Slam, their third ever, alongside a Triple Crown.
1 Dylan Hartley was ruled out of round 4 due to injury, and Owen Farrell captained England in his absence.
2 Alun Wyn Jones was dropped from the match-day team to play Italy in round 4, and Taulupe Faletau captained Wales in his absence.
3 Guilhem Guirado was ruled out of round 5 due to injury, and Mathieu Bastareaud captained France in his absence.
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