2001 Six Nations Championship

2001 Six Nations Championship
2001 Six Nations Championship
Date	3 February – 20 October 2001
Countries	England; France; Ireland; Italy; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (24th title)
Matches played	15
Tries scored	75 (5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jonny Wilkinson (89)
Top try scorer(s)	Will Greenwood (6)
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The 2001 Six Nations Championship was the second series of the rugby union Six Nations Championship, and the 107th international championship overall. The tournament was affected by an outbreak of the highly infectious livestock disease foot-and-mouth in Britain. As a consequence, there were restrictions on travel and Ireland's three fixtures against the home nations were postponed until 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 in the final match of the tournament in October. Despite their final match defeat, England set new records for points scored (229), tries scored (29) and overall points difference (+149).

Participants

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	Clive Woodward	Martin Johnson/Matt Dawson
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Bernard Laporte	Fabien Pelous
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Eddie O'Sullivan	Keith Wood
Italy	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Brad Johnstone	Alessandro Moscardi
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Ian McGeechan	Andy Nicol/Budge Pountney
Wales	Millennium Stadium	Cardiff	Graham Henry	Dai Young

Squads

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	Pts
1	England	5	4	0	1	229	80	+149	29	8
2	Ireland	5	4	0	1	129	89	+40	11	8
3	Scotland	5	2	1	2	92	116	−24	8	5
4	Wales	5	2	1	2	125	166	−41	10	5
5	France	5	2	0	3	115	138	−23	9	4
6	Italy	5	0	0	5	106	207	−101	8	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

Round 1

3 February 2001

Italy	22–41	Ireland
Try: Pilat 25' m Checchinato 40' c Ma. Bergamasco 79' c Con: Pez (2) 40', 79' Pen: Pilat 7'	Report	Try: Henderson (3) 36' c, 42' c, 53' m Horgan 58' m O'Gara 74' m Con: O'Gara (2) 37', 43' Pen: O'Gara (4) 3', 10', 29', 39'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)


FB	15	Cristian Stoica
RW	14	Corrado Pilat		28'
OC	13	Luca Martin		50'
IC	12	Giovanni Raineri
LW	11	Denis Dallan
FH	10	Ramiro Pez
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon	72'
N8	8	David Dal Maso		38'
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Carlo Caione
RL	5	Carlo Checchinato		66'
LL	4	Wim Visser
TP	3	Andrea Muraro	36'
HK	2	Alessandro Moscardi (c)
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero
Substitutions:
WG	16	Ezio Galon		28'	76'
PR	17	Giampiero de Carli		38'
CE	18	Walter Pozzebon		50'
LK	19	Giuseppe Lanzi		66'
FL	20	Aaron Persico
SH	21	Filippo Frati			76'
PR	22	Tino Paoletti
Coach:
Brad Johnstone


FB	15	Girvan Dempsey		67'
RW	14	Shane Horgan
OC	13	Mike Mullins		69'
IC	12	Rob Henderson
LW	11	Tyrone Howe
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara
SH	9	Peter Stringer		72'
N8	8	Anthony Foley		60'
OF	7	David Wallace
BF	6	Alan Quinlan
RL	5	Malcolm O'Kelly
LL	4	Mick Galwey		65'
TP	3	John Hayes		64'
HK	2	Keith Wood (c)		77'
LP	1	Peter Clohessy	66'
Substitutions:
FL	16	Andy Ward		60'
LK	17	Jeremy Davidson		65'
PR	18	Emmet Byrne		64'
CE	19	Kevin Maggs		69'
FH	20	David Humphreys		67'
SH	21	Brian O'Meara		72'
HK	22	Frankie Sheahan		77'
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

3 February 2001

Wales	15–44	England
Try: Howley 19' m Quinnell 64' c Con: Jenkins 64' Pen: Jenkins 16'	Report	Try: Greenwood (3) 9' c, 12' m, 40' m Dawson (2) 27' c, 34' c Cohen 60' c Con: Wilkinson (4/6) 10', 28', 35', 61' Pen: Wilkinson (2) 18', 58'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,300
Referee: Joël Dumé (France)


FB	15	Stephen Jones
RW	14	Gareth Thomas	55'
OC	13	Mark Taylor	65'
IC	12	Scott Gibbs
LW	11	Dafydd James
FH	10	Neil Jenkins
SH	9	Rob Howley	78'
N8	8	Scott Quinnell
OF	7	Martyn Williams
BF	6	Colin Charvis
RL	5	Chris Wyatt	47'
LL	4	Ian Gough
TP	3	Dai Young
HK	2	Robin McBryde
LP	1	Darren Morris	65'
Substitutions:
LK	16	Andy Moore	47'
WG	17	Mark Jones	55'
PR	18	Spencer John	65'
CE	19	Allan Bateman	65'
SH	20	Rupert Moon	78'
HK	21	Garin Jenkins
FL	22	Geraint Lewis
Coach:
Graham Henry


FB	15	Iain Balshaw	59'
RW	14	Ben Cohen
OC	13	Will Greenwood
IC	12	Mike Catt	70'
LW	11	Dan Luger	5'
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9	Matt Dawson
N8	8	Lawrence Dallaglio	70'
OF	7	Neil Back
BF	6	Richard Hill
RL	5	Danny Grewcock
LL	4	Martin Johnson
TP	3	Phil Vickery
HK	2	Dorian West
LP	1	Jason Leonard	61'
Substitutions:
WG	16	Austin Healey	5'
FB	17	Matt Perry	59'
PR	18	Trevor Woodman	61'
N8	19	Martin Corry	70'
CE	20	Mike Tindall	70'
HK	21	Mark Regan
PR	22	Julian White
Coach:
Clive Woodward

4 February 2001

France	16–6	Scotland
Try: Bernat-Salles 41' c Con: Lamaison 42' Pen: Lamaison (3) 11', 32', 79'	Report	Pen: Logan (2) 7', 14'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)


FB	15	Xavier Garbajosa
RW	14	Philippe Bernat-Salles
OC	13	Franck Comba	69'
IC	12	Richard Dourthe
LW	11	David Bory
FH	10	Christophe Lamaison
SH	9	Fabien Galthié
N8	8	Christophe Juillet
OF	7	Olivier Magne
BF	6	Christophe Moni	50'
RL	5	Fabien Pelous (c)
LL	4	David Auradou	50'
TP	3	Pieter de Villiers
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez
LP	1	Sylvain Marconnet	49'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Olivier Azam
PR	17	Christian Califano	49'
LK	18	Abdelatif Benazzi	50'
FL	19	Serge Betsen	50'
FH	20	Gérald Merceron	69'
CE	21	Philippe Carbonneau
WG	22	Christophe Dominici
Coach:
Bernard Laporte


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	Cameron Murray
OC	13	James McLaren				67'
IC	12	John Leslie		24' to 29'
LW	11	Kenny Logan
FH	10	Gregor Townsend		4'
SH	9	Andy Nicol (c)		65'
N8	8	Jon Petrie		71'
OF	7	Budge Pountney
BF	6	Martin Leslie	37'
RL	5	Richard Metcalfe		20'
LL	4	Scott Murray
TP	3	Mattie Stewart		52'
HK	2	Gordon Bulloch		65'
LP	1	Tom Smith
Substitutions:
HK	16	Robbie Russell		65'
PR	17	Gordon McIlwham		52'
LK	18	Stuart Grimes		20'
FL	19	Jason White		71'
SH	20	Bryan Redpath		65'
FH	21	Duncan Hodge		4'
CE	22	Alan Bulloch		24'	29'	67'
Coach:
Ian McGeechan

Round 2

17 February 2001

Ireland	22–15	France
Try: O'Driscoll 47' c Con: O'Gara 51' Pen: O'Gara (5) 4', 28', 40', 43', 54'	Report	Try: Pelous 60' c Bernat-Salles 71' m Con: Lamaison 62' Pen: Lamaison 18'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 47,500
Referee: Scott Young (Australia)


FB	15	Girvan Dempsey
RW	14	Denis Hickie
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll
IC	12	Rob Henderson	74'
LW	11	Tyrone Howe
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara
SH	9	Peter Stringer
N8	8	Anthony Foley
OF	7	David Wallace
BF	6	Alan Quinlan	72'
RL	5	Malcolm O'Kelly
LL	4	Mick Galwey	72'
TP	3	John Hayes
HK	2	Keith Wood (c)
LP	1	Peter Clohessy	72'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Frankie Sheahan
PR	17	Emmet Byrne	72'
LK	18	Gary Longwell	72'
FL	19	Andy Ward	72'
SH	20	Brian O'Meara
FH	21	David Humphreys
CE	22	Kevin Maggs	74'
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan


FB	15	Xavier Garbajosa
RW	14	Philippe Bernat-Salles
OC	13	Richard Dourthe
IC	12	Franck Comba
LW	11	David Bory		69'
FH	10	Christophe Lamaison	32'
SH	9	Philippe Carbonneau
N8	8	Christophe Juillet
OF	7	Olivier Magne
BF	6	Christophe Moni		69'
RL	5	Fabien Pelous (c)		15' to 23'
LL	4	David Auradou				62'
TP	3	Pieter de Villiers
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez
LP	1	Sylvain Marconnet		62'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Olivier Azam
PR	17	Christian Califano		62'
LK	18	Abdelatif Benazzi		15'	23'	62'
FL	19	Serge Betsen		69'
SH	20	Christophe Laussucq
FH	21	Gérald Merceron
WG	22	Christophe Dominici		69'
Coach:
Bernard Laporte

17 February 2001

England	80–23	Italy
Try: Healey (2) 13' c, 18' c Balshaw (2) 34' c, 75' c Cohen 41' c Regan 55' c Worsley 61' c Greenwood 69' c Wilkinson 78' c Dallaglio 79' m Con: Wilkinson (9) 14', 21', 35', 42', 57', 62', 70', 76', 79' Pen: Wilkinson (4) 9', 31', 38', 40'	Report	Try: Dallan 5' c Checchinato 23' c Con: Scanavacca (2) 6', 25' Pen: Scanavacca (3) 16', 27', 40'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)


FB	15	Iain Balshaw
RW	14	Austin Healey
OC	13	Will Greenwood
IC	12	Mike Catt
LW	11	Ben Cohen	50'
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9	Matt Dawson	57'
N8	8	Lawrence Dallaglio
OF	7	Neil Back	50'
BF	6	Richard Hill
RL	5	Danny Grewcock	73'
LL	4	Martin Johnson (c)
TP	3	Phil Vickery
HK	2	Dorian West	50'
LP	1	Jason Leonard	68'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Mark Regan	50'
PR	17	Trevor Woodman	68'
FL	18	Joe Worsley	50'
N8	19	Martin Corry	73'
SH	20	Kyran Bracken	57'
CE	21	Mike Tindall
WG	22	Jason Robinson	50'
Coach:
Clive Woodward


FB	15	Andrea Scanavacca
RW	14	Luca Martin
OC	13	Cristian Stoica
IC	12	Walter Pozzebon	54'
LW	11	Denis Dallan
FH	10	Giovanni Raineri
SH	9	Juan Manuel Queirolo
N8	8	Carlo Checchinato
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Carlo Caione		68'
RL	5	Wim Visser
LL	4	Andrea Gritti
TP	3	Andrea Muraro		46'
HK	2	Alessandro Moscardi (c)
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero
Substitutions:
PR	16	Giampiero de Carli		46'
PR	17	Tino Paoletti
N8	18	Andrea de Rossi		68'
FL	19	David Dal Maso
SH	20	Matteo Mazzantini
FH	21	Ramiro Pez
CE	22	Marco Rivaro
Coach:
Brad Johnstone

17 February 2001

Scotland	28–28	Wales
Try: Paterson 45' c McLaren 72' m T. Smith 75' c Con: Logan 45' Hodge 76' Pen: Logan (3) 10', 35', 62'	Report	Try: M. Taylor 42' c Con: Jenkins 43' Pen: Jenkins (4) 7', 20', 27', 66' Drop: Jenkins (3) 1', 16', 24'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Steve Lander (England)


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	Cameron Murray		66'
OC	13	James McLaren
IC	12	John Leslie
LW	11	Kenny Logan
FH	10	Duncan Hodge
SH	9	Andy Nicol (c)
N8	8	Jon Petrie
OF	7	Budge Pountney
BF	6	Martin Leslie
RL	5	Richard Metcalfe	27'	66'
LL	4	Scott Murray
TP	3	Mattie Stewart
HK	2	Gordon Bulloch
LP	1	Tom Smith
Substitutions:
HK	16	Steve Scott
PR	17	Gordon McIlwham
LK	18	Stuart Grimes		66'
FL	19	Jason White
SH	20	Bryan Redpath
CE	21	Alan Bulloch
WG	22	James Craig		66'
Coach:
Ian McGeechan


FB	15	Rhys Williams
RW	14	Mark Jones
OC	13	Mark Taylor
IC	12	Scott Gibbs
LW	11	Dafydd James
FH	10	Neil Jenkins
SH	9	Rob Howley	62'
N8	8	Scott Quinnell
OF	7	Martyn Williams
BF	6	Colin Charvis
RL	5	Andy Moore
LL	4	Ian Gough	62'
TP	3	Dai Young (c)	78'
HK	2	Robin McBryde
LP	1	Darren Morris
Substitutions:
HK	16	Garin Jenkins
PR	17	Spencer John	78'
LK	18	Craig Quinnell	62'
FL	19	Geraint Lewis
SH	20	Rupert Moon	62'
CE	21	Allan Bateman
WG	22	Gareth Thomas
Coach:
Graham Henry

Round 3

3 March 2001

Italy	19–30	France
Try: Perziano 70' c Con: Dominguez 71' Pen: Dominguez (4) 10', 16', 27', 48'	Report	Try: Sadourny 13' c Bernat-Salles 24' c Bonetti 77' c Con: Lamaison (3) 14', 25', 78' Pen: Lamaison (3) 45', 58', 63'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 24,973
Referee: Chris White (England)


FB	15	Cristian Stoica
RW	14	Massimiliano Perziano
OC	13	Walter Pozzebon
IC	12	Manuel Dallan
LW	11	Denis Dallan
FH	10	Diego Domínguez
SH	9	Alessandro Troncon	65'
N8	8	Carlo Checchinato
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Aaron Persico
RL	5	Andrea Gritti
LL	4	Wim Visser
TP	3	Tino Paoletti	46'
HK	2	Alessandro Moscardi (c)
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero
Substitutions:
PR	16	Giampiero de Carli
PR	17	Franco Properzi	46'
FL	18	David Dal Maso
FL	19	Carlo Caione
SH	20	Juan Manuel Queirolo	65'
FH	21	Andrea Scanavacca
CE	22	Luca Martin
Coach:
Brad Johnstone


FB	15	Jean-Luc Sadourny
RW	14	Philippe Bernat-Salles
OC	13	Sébastien Bonetti
IC	12	Thomas Lombard
LW	11	Christophe Dominici
FH	10	Christophe Lamaison
SH	9	Fabien Galthié
N8	8	Christophe Juillet
OF	7	Olivier Magne
BF	6	Christophe Moni	40'
RL	5	Fabien Pelous (c)
LL	4	David Auradou
TP	3	Pieter de Villiers
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez
LP	1	Christian Califano	51'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Fabrice Landreau
PR	17	Sylvain Marconnet	51'
LK	18	Abdelatif Benazzi
FL	19	Serge Betsen	40'
SH	20	Philippe Carbonneau
FH	21	Gérald Merceron
WG	22	David Bory
Coach:
Bernard Laporte

3 March 2001

England	43–3	Scotland
Try: Dallaglio (2) 6' m, 40' c R. Hill 35' c Balshaw (2) 44' c, 61' c Greenwood 77' c Con: Wilkinson (5) 37', 40', 45', 62', 78' Pen: Wilkinson 10'	Report	Pen: Hodge 13'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Robert Davies (Wales)


FB	15	Iain Balshaw
RW	14	Austin Healey
OC	13	Will Greenwood
IC	12	Mike Catt	62'
LW	11	Ben Cohen
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9	Matt Dawson	73'
N8	8	Lawrence Dallaglio
OF	7	Neil Back	67'
BF	6	Richard Hill
RL	5	Danny Grewcock
LL	4	Martin Johnson (c)
TP	3	Phil Vickery
HK	2	Dorian West	40'
LP	1	Jason Leonard
Substitutions:
HK	16	Mark Regan	40'
PR	17	Trevor Woodman
FL	18	Joe Worsley	67'
N8	19	Martin Corry
SH	20	Kyran Bracken	73'
FH	21	Matt Perry
FB	22	Jason Robinson	62'
Coach:
Clive Woodward


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	Cameron Murray		68'
OC	13	Alan Bulloch		75'
IC	12	John Leslie
LW	11	Kenny Logan
FH	10	Duncan Hodge
SH	9	Andy Nicol		60'
N8	8	Simon Taylor (c)
OF	7	Budge Pountney	50'
BF	6	Martin Leslie		78'
RL	5	Richard Metcalfe		46'
LL	4	Scott Murray
TP	3	Mattie Stewart		45'
HK	2	Gordon Bulloch
LP	1	Tom Smith
Substitutions:
HK	16	Steve Scott
PR	17	Gordon McIlwham		45'
LK	18	Stuart Grimes		46'
FL	19	Jon Petrie		78'
SH	20	Bryan Redpath		60'
CE	21	James McLaren		75'
WG	22	James Craig		68'
Coach:
Ian McGeechan

Round 4

17 March 2001

France	35–43	Wales
Try: Bonetti 7' c Bernat-Salles 59' c Con: Merceron 8' Lamaison 60' Pen: Merceron (4) 10', 15', 25', 30' Lamaison (3) 49', 65', 72'	Report	Try: Howley 36' c Quinnell 46' c James 52' c Jenkins 80' c Con: Jenkins (4) 37', 47', 53', 80' Pen: Jenkins (3) 14', 27', 33' Drop: Jenkins (2) 50', 77'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)


FB	15	Jean-Luc Sadourny
RW	14	Philippe Bernat-Salles
OC	13	Sébastien Bonetti
IC	12	Thomas Lombard
LW	11	Christophe Dominici
FH	10	Gérald Merceron	42'
SH	9	Fabien Galthié
N8	8	Christophe Juillet
OF	7	Olivier Magne
BF	6	Christophe Moni	60'
RL	5	David Auradou
LL	4	Fabien Pelous (c)
TP	3	Pieter de Villiers
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez
LP	1	Christian Califano	71'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Fabrice Landreau
PR	17	Sylvain Marconnet	71'
LK	18	Lionel Nallet
FL	19	Serge Betsen	60'
SH	20	Philippe Carbonneau
FH	21	Christophe Lamaison	42'
FB	22	Pépito Elhorga
Coach:
Bernard Laporte


FB	15	Rhys Williams
RW	14	Gareth Thomas
OC	13	Mark Taylor
IC	12	Scott Gibbs	50'
LW	11	Dafydd James
FH	10	Neil Jenkins
SH	9	Rob Howley
N8	8	Scott Quinnell
OF	7	Martyn Williams
BF	6	Colin Charvis	63'
RL	5	Andy Moore
LL	4	Ian Gough	76'
TP	3	Dai Young (c)
HK	2	Robin McBryde
LP	1	Darren Morris	72'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Andrew Lewis	72'
PR	17	Chris Anthony
LK	18	Craig Quinnell	76'
FL	19	Geraint Lewis	63'
SH	20	Gareth Cooper
FH	21	Stephen Jones	50'
CE	22	Allan Bateman
Coach:
Graham Henry

17 March 2001

Scotland	23–19	Italy
Try: T. Smith 52' m Pen: Hodge (5) 18', 42', 46', 62', 73' Drop: Hodge 1'	Report	Try: Ma. Bergamasco 24' c Con: Dominguez 26' Pen: Dominguez (4) 31', 43', 56', 60'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 60,708
Referee: Joël Dumé (France)


FB	15	Chris Paterson
RW	14	James Craig	42'
OC	13	Gregor Townsend
IC	12	John Leslie
LW	11	Kenny Logan
FH	10	Duncan Hodge
SH	9	Bryan Redpath
N8	8	Simon Taylor	71'
OF	7	Budge Pountney (c)
BF	6	Martin Leslie
RL	5	Stuart Grimes
LL	4	Scott Murray
TP	3	Mattie Stewart	40'
HK	2	Gordon Bulloch	74'
LP	1	Tom Smith
Substitutions:
HK	16	Steve Scott	74'
PR	17	Gordon McIlwham	40'
LK	18	Richard Metcalfe
FL	19	Jon Petrie	71'
SH	20	Andy Nicol
FB	21	Glenn Metcalfe
WG	22	Cameron Murray	42'
Coach:
Ian McGeechan


FB	15	Cristian Stoica
RW	14	Massimiliano Perziano
OC	13	Walter Pozzebon
IC	12	Manuel Dallan		44'
LW	11	Luca Martin
FH	10	Diego Domínguez
SH	9	Filippo Frati		27'
N8	8	Carlo Checchinato	45'
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Aaron Persico
RL	5	Andrea Gritti		58'
LL	4	Wim Visser
TP	3	Franco Properzi		40'
HK	2	Alessandro Moscardi (c)
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero
Substitutions:
PR	16	Giampiero de Carli
PR	17	Salvatore Perugini		40'
FL	18	Carlo Caione		58'
FL	19	Andrea Benatti
SH	20	Matteo Mazzantini		27'
CE	21	Giovanni Raineri		44'
FH	22	Andrea Scanavacca
Coach:
Brad Johnstone

Round 5

7 April 2001

England	48–19	France
Try: Greenwood 5' c R. Hill 43' c Balshaw 53' c Greening 62' c Catt 69' c Perry 74' c Con: Wilkinson (6) 6', 45', 54', 63', 70', 75' Pen: Wilkinson (2) 11', 37'	Report	Try: Bernat-Salles 12' c Con: Merceron 13' Pen: Merceron (3) 16', 26', 30' Drop: Merceron 51'

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Tappe Henning (South Africa)


FB	15	Iain Balshaw	70'
RW	14	Austin Healey
OC	13	Will Greenwood
IC	12	Mike Catt
LW	11	Ben Cohen	52'
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9	Matt Dawson	76'
N8	8	Lawrence Dallaglio
OF	7	Neil Back
BF	6	Richard Hill	71'
RL	5	Steve Borthwick	27'	72'
LL	4	Martin Johnson (c)
TP	3	Julian White
HK	2	Phil Greening	18' to 25'
LP	1	Jason Leonard	36' to 40'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Dorian West	18'	25'
PR	17	David Flatman	36'	40'
FL	18	Joe Worsley	71'
N8	19	Martin Corry	27'	72'
SH	20	Kyran Bracken	76'
FH	21	Matt Perry	70'
FB	22	Jason Robinson	52'
Coach:
Clive Woodward


FB	15	Jean-Luc Sadourny
RW	14	Philippe Bernat-Salles
OC	13	Stéphane Glas
IC	12	Xavier Garbajosa
LW	11	Christophe Dominici
FH	10	Gérald Merceron
SH	9	Fabien Galthié
N8	8	Fabien Pelous (c)
OF	7	Olivier Magne
BF	6	Christophe Milhères
RL	5	Abdelatif Benazzi	45'
LL	4	Lionel Nallet	45'
TP	3	Pieter de Villiers	75'
HK	2	Raphaël Ibañez	52'
LP	1	Sylvain Marconnet
Substitutions:
HK	16	Fabrice Landreau	52'
PR	17	Alessio Galasso	75'
LK	18	David Auradou	45'
FL	19	Marc Lièvremont	45'
SH	20	Philippe Carbonneau
FH	21	David Skrela
CE	22	Thomas Lombard
Coach:
Bernard Laporte

Notes:

Referee Tappe Henning was injured during the game and replaced by touch judge David McHugh.

8 April 2001

Italy	23–33	Wales
Try: Checchinato 75' m Pen: Domínguez (5) 1', 9', 37', 40', 51' Drop: Domínguez 46'	Report	Try: Cooper 6' c Gibbs (2) 29' c, 49' c Con: Jenkins (3) 7', 30', 49' Pen: Jenkins (4) 12', 40', 56', 79'

Stadio Flaminio, Rome
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)


FB	15	Cristian Stoica	69'
RW	14	Massimiliano Perziano		79'
OC	13	Walter Pozzebon		79'
IC	12	Giovanni Raineri		50'
LW	11	Manuel Dallan
FH	10	Diego Domínguez
SH	9	Matteo Mazzantini
N8	8	Carlo Checchinato
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Aaron Persico
RL	5	Andrea Gritti		63'
LL	4	Wim Visser
TP	3	Franco Properzi		46'
HK	2	Alessandro Moscardi (c)
LP	1	Andrea Lo Cicero		77'
Substitutions:
PR	16	Giampiero de Carli		77'
PR	17	Salvatore Perugini		46'
FL	18	Carlo Caione
FL	19	Maurizio Zaffiri		63'
SH	20	Giampiero Mazzi		79'
CE	21	Luca Martin
FB	22	Corrado Pilat		50'
Coach:
Brad Johnstone


FB	15	Rhys Williams
RW	14	Gareth Thomas
OC	13	Mark Taylor		34' to 44'
IC	12	Scott Gibbs
LW	11	Dafydd James
FH	10	Neil Jenkins
SH	9	Gareth Cooper
N8	8	Scott Quinnell
OF	7	Martyn Williams
BF	6	Colin Charvis
RL	5	Andy Moore
LL	4	Ian Gough		50'
TP	3	Dai Young (c)
HK	2	Robin McBryde
LP	1	Darren Morris
Substitutions:
HK	16	Andrew Lewis
PR	17	Chris Anthony
LK	18	Craig Quinnell	70'	50'
FL	19	Geraint Lewis
SH	20	Huw Harries
CE	21	Allan Bateman		34'	44'
FH	22	Stephen Jones
Coach:
Graham Henry

Postponed matches

22 September 2001

Scotland	32–10	Ireland
Try: Pountney 21' c T. Smith 34' c Leslie 56' c Henderson 74' m Con: Townsend 22' Paterson (2) 35', 57' Pen: Paterson (2) 30', 64'	Report	Try: Dempsey 79' Con: D. Humphreys 79' Pen: O'Gara 48'

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Chris White (England)


FB	15	Glenn Metcalfe
RW	14	Jon Steel
OC	13	James McLaren
IC	12	John Leslie	61'
LW	11	Chris Paterson
FH	10	Gregor Townsend	75'
SH	9	Bryan Redpath	75'
N8	8	Simon Taylor
OF	7	Budge Pountney (c)
BF	6	Gordon Simpson	72'
RL	5	Scott Murray
LL	4	Jason White	69'
TP	3	Mattie Stewart	61'
HK	2	Gordon Bulloch	75'
LP	1	Tom Smith
Substitutions:
HK	16	Steve Scott	75'
PR	17	George Graham	61'
LK	18	Stuart Grimes	69'
FL	19	Jon Petrie	72'
SH	20	Andy Nicol	75'
FH	21	Duncan Hodge	75'
CE	22	Andrew Henderson	61'
Coach:
Ian McGeechan


FB	15	Girvan Dempsey
RW	14	Geordan Murphy	20'
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll
IC	12	Shane Horgan
LW	11	Denis Hickie
FH	10	Ronan O'Gara	61'
SH	9	Guy Easterby	52'
N8	8	Anthony Foley	61'
OF	7	Kieron Dawson
BF	6	Simon Easterby
RL	5	Malcolm O'Kelly
LL	4	Jeremy Davidson	71'
TP	3	John Hayes	32'
HK	2	Keith Wood (c)
LP	1	Peter Clohessy
Substitutions:
HK	16	Frankie Sheahan
PR	17	Emmet Byrne	32'
LK	18	Gary Longwell	71'
FL	19	David Wallace	61'
SH	20	Peter Stringer	52'
FH	21	David Humphreys	61'
CE	22	Kevin Maggs	20'
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

13 October 2001

Wales	6–36	Ireland
Pen: S. Jones (2) 11', 52'	Report	Try: Hickie 73' c O'Driscoll 75' c Horgan 79' c Con: D. Humphreys (2) 74', 76' O'Gara 79' Pen: D. Humphreys (5) 1', 9', 15', 26', 34'

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 72,500
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)


FB	15	Kevin Morgan	76'
RW	14	Dafydd James
OC	13	Allan Bateman
IC	12	Leigh Davies
LW	11	Shane Williams
FH	10	Stephen Jones
SH	9	Rob Howley
N8	8	Geraint Lewis
OF	7	Brett Sinkinson
BF	6	Colin Charvis	59'
RL	5	Andy Moore	78'
LL	4	Chris Wyatt
TP	3	Dai Young (c)	66'
HK	2	Robin McBryde	59'
LP	1	Iestyn Thomas
Substitutions:
HK	16	Barry Williams	59'
PR	17	Chris Anthony	66'
LK	18	Craig Quinnell	78'
FL	19	Gavin Thomas	59'
SH	20	Dwayne Peel
CE	21	Gavin Henson
FB	22	Rhys Williams	76'
Coach:
Graham Henry


FB	15	Girvan Dempsey
RW	14	Shane Horgan
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll
IC	12	Kevin Maggs
LW	11	Denis Hickie
FH	10	David Humphreys	76'
SH	9	Peter Stringer	79'
N8	8	Anthony Foley
OF	7	David Wallace
BF	6	Eric Miller
RL	5	Malcolm O'Kelly
LL	4	Mick Galwey	62' to 72'
TP	3	John Hayes
HK	2	Keith Wood (c)	78'
LP	1	Peter Clohessy	66'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Frankie Sheahan	78'
PR	17	Emmet Byrne	66'
LK	18	Trevor Brennan	62'	72'
FL	19	Kieron Dawson
SH	20	Guy Easterby	79'
FH	21	Ronan O'Gara	76'
CE	22	Mike Mullins
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

20 October 2001

Ireland	20–14	England
Try: Wood 17' m Pen: D. Humphreys (3) 11', 29', 47' O'Gara (2) 59', 72'	Report	Try: Healey 74' m Pen: Wilkinson (3) 9', 40', 52'

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 49,000
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)


FB	15	Girvan Dempsey
RW	14	Shane Horgan
OC	13	Brian O'Driscoll	76'
IC	12	Kevin Maggs
LW	11	Denis Hickie
FH	10	David Humphreys	58'
SH	9	Peter Stringer
N8	8	Anthony Foley	76'
OF	7	David Wallace
BF	6	Eric Miller
RL	5	Malcolm O'Kelly
LL	4	Mick Galwey	65'
TP	3	John Hayes
HK	2	Keith Wood (c)
LP	1	Peter Clohessy	65'
Substitutions:
HK	16	Frankie Sheahan
PR	17	Emmet Byrne	65'
LK	18	Trevor Brennan	65'
FL	19	Kieron Dawson	76'
SH	20	Guy Easterby
FH	21	Ronan O'Gara	58'
CE	22	Mike Mullins	76'
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan


FB	15	Iain Balshaw
RW	14	Dan Luger	60'
OC	13	Will Greenwood
IC	12	Mike Catt
LW	11	Jason Robinson
FH	10	Jonny Wilkinson
SH	9	Matt Dawson (c)	37'
N8	8	Richard Hill
OF	7	Neil Back
BF	6	Martin Corry	74'
RL	5	Danny Grewcock
LL	4	Simon Shaw
TP	3	Julian White	74'
HK	2	Phil Greening	40'
LP	1	Jason Leonard
Substitutions:
HK	16	Dorian West	40'
PR	17	Graham Rowntree	74'
LK	18	Steve Borthwick
FL	19	Lewis Moody	74'
SH	20	Kyran Bracken	37'
WG	21	Austin Healey	60'
FB	22	Matt Perry
Coach:
Clive Woodward