Editing Six Nations Championship (section)

==History and expansion==
The tournament was first played in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship among the then four [[Home Nations|Home Nations of the United Kingdom]] – England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. However, England was excluded from the 1888 and 1889 tournaments due to their refusal to join the [[International Rugby Football Board]]. The tournament then became the Five Nations Championship in 1910 with the addition of France. The tournament was expanded in 2000 to become the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy.

Following the relative success of the Tier 2 nations in the [[2015 Rugby World Cup]], there were calls by [[Octavian Morariu]], the president of [[Rugby Europe]], to let [[Georgia national rugby union team|Georgia]] and [[Romania national rugby union team|Romania]] join the Six Nations due to their consistent success in the [[Rugby Europe International Championships|European Nations Cup]] and ability to compete in the [[Rugby World Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/sixnations/11495245/Open-up-the-Six-Nations-and-let-Georgia-in.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325210959/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/sixnations/11495245/Open-up-the-Six-Nations-and-let-Georgia-in.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 March 2015|title=Open up the Six Nations and let Georgia in|date=25 March 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=23 September 2015|last1=Brown|first1=Oliver}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/26/six-nations-georgia-romania|title=let in Georgia and Romania, says governing body|work=The Guardian|access-date=25 February 2016|archive-date=24 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524111227/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/26/six-nations-georgia-romania|url-status=live}}</ref>