Editing Six Nations Championship (section)

== Trophies ==
=== Championship Trophy ===
[[File:The Six Nations Championship Trophy at the Thomas Lyte workshop.jpg|alt=The Guinness Six Nations (M6N) Championship Trophy designed and made by Thomas Lyte|thumb|The current Six Nations Championship Trophy (2015–present) in situ at Thomas Lyte's London workshop]]
The winners of the Six Nations are presented with the Championship Trophy.<ref name="trophy">{{cite web|url=http://www.rbs6nations.com/trophy_english.htm |title=Six Nations Championship Trophy Trust |publisher=RBS 6 Nations |access-date=5 February 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202013827/http://www.rbs6nations.com/trophy_english.htm |archive-date=2 February 2007 }}</ref> This was originally conceived by the [[David Anthony Thomas Fane, 15th Earl of Westmorland|Earl of Westmorland]], and was first presented to the winners of the 1993 Five Nations Championship; France. It was a [[sterling silver]] trophy, designed by James Brent-Ward and made by a team of eight silversmiths from the London firm William Comyns. The current championship trophy for the Six Nations Championship was designed and made in 2015 by [[Thomas Lyte]], London silversmiths and Royal Warrant holders to His Majesty the King.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Phoenix Luxury Co Ltd T/A Thomas Lyte {{!}} Royal Warrant Holders Association |url=https://www.royalwarrant.org/company/phoenix-luxury-co-ltd-ta-thomas-lyte |access-date=2025-02-04 |website=www.royalwarrant.org}}</ref>

The old trophy had 15 side panels representing the 15 members of the team and with three handles to represent the three officials (referee and two touch judges). The cup has a capacity of 3.75 litres – sufficient for five bottles of champagne. Within the mahogany base is a concealed drawer which contains six alternative [[finial]]s, each a silver replica of one of the team emblems, which can be screwed on the detachable lid.

A new trophy was introduced for the [[2015 Six Nations Championship|2015 Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/six-nations-2015/rugby/story/254215.html|title=New Six Nations trophy unveiled|date=28 January 2015|publisher=ESPN|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-date=9 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309182544/http://en.espn.co.uk/six-nations-2015/rugby/story/254215.html|url-status=live}}</ref>	
Designed and handcrafted over 200 hours by [[Thomas Lyte]] silversmiths in the company's London workshop, it replaced the old Five Nations Trophy which had been awarded to the winners since 1993. The trophy was hand spun from a single sheet of 925 sterling silver and contains over fifty individual pieces. It stands at a height of 75cm and has a distinctive six-sided design; each face representing the nations that compete annually for European rugby’s most prestigious prize. Ireland were the last team to win the old trophy and the first team to win the new one.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/six-nations/will-ireland-be-getting-their-hands-on-this-new-trophy-for-the-rbs-six-nations-unveiled-30944386.html|title=Will Ireland be getting their hands on this? New trophy for the RBS Six Nations unveiled|date=28 January 2015|work=Irish Independent|access-date=28 January 2015|archive-date=9 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109181951/http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/six-nations/will-ireland-be-getting-their-hands-on-this-new-trophy-for-the-rbs-six-nations-unveiled-30944386.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Grand Slam and Triple Crown ===
A team that wins all its games wins the '[[Grand Slam (rugby union)|Grand Slam]]'.

The [[Triple Crown (rugby union)|Triple Crown]] may only be won by one of the [[Home Nations]] of England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, when one nation wins all three of their matches against the others. The Triple Crown dates back to the original Home Nations Championship, but the physical Triple Crown Trophy has been awarded only since 2006, when the Royal Bank of Scotland (the primary sponsor of the competition) commissioned [[Hamilton & Inches]] to design and create a dedicated Triple Crown Trophy. As of 2025, the trophy has been won five times by Ireland, four times by Wales, three times by England, and yet to be won by Scotland.

=== Rivalry trophies ===
Several individual competitions take place under the umbrella of the tournament. Some of these trophies are also awarded for other matches between the two teams outside the Six Nations. Only Scotland play for a 'rivalry' or challenge trophy in every Six Nations match, as well as for the oldest such trophy, the [[Calcutta Cup]]. Wales became the last nation to contest such a trophy, the [[Doddie Weir Cup]] in 2018, while the newest such trophy is the [[Cuttitta Cup]] introduced between Scotland and Italy in 2022.

Games which form part of the Triple Crown are marked <sup>TC</sup>.
{|class="wikitable"
!Trophy!!Teams!!Since!!Notes
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| [[Calcutta Cup]] || England–Scotland<sup>TC</sup> || 1879<ref name="CalcuttaCup">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishrugby.org/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=A25BAF90-A653-B702-1F28-A89E8D4D5CD8&siteName=sru |title=The Calcutta Cup: the legacy of a club that died |publisher=Scottish Rugby|access-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214034619/http://www.scottishrugby.org/shadomx/apps/fms/fmsdownload.cfm?file_uuid=A25BAF90-A653-B702-1F28-A89E8D4D5CD8&siteName=sru |archive-date=14 February 2007 }}</ref> || Made from melted-down Indian rupees donated by the Calcutta Club
|-
| [[Millennium Trophy]] || England–Ireland<sup>TC</sup> || 1988 || Presented to celebrate [[Dublin's millennium]] in 1988<ref name="RFUAboutUs">{{cite web|url=http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.Simple_Detail/StoryTypeId/26/SectionId/43 |title=About Us |publisher=Rugby Football Union|access-date=29 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906075533/http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.Simple_Detail/StoryTypeId/26/SectionId/43 |archive-date=6 September 2007 }}</ref>
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| [[Centenary Quaich]] || Ireland–Scotland<sup>TC</sup> || 1989<ref name="NeverIresQuaich">{{cite news |title=Lamenting the sad decline of the fighting Irish |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=19 February 2000 |page=31 |last=Massie |first=Alan}}</ref><ref name="QuaichAnnual">{{cite news |title=Scotland now have quality in quantity |work=The Herald|date=22 March 1999 |page=1 |last=Ferrie |first=Kevin}}</ref><ref name="quaich">{{cite news |title=Scots torn apart by Irish mean machine |newspaper=The Sunday Times |date=13 February 2005|page=Sport 2 |last=Walsh |first=David}}</ref> || Named for the [[quaich]], a traditional [[Gaels|Gaelic]] drinking vessel. Marked the centenary of the founding of the [[International Rugby Football Board]].
|-
| [[Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy]] || France–Italy || 2007 || Commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], leader in the [[Italian unification|unification of Italy]] and volunteer in the [[Army of the Vosges|French Republican Army]] against [[Prussia]]
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| [[Auld Alliance Trophy]] || France–Scotland || 2018 || In memory of the war dead from the rugby communities of Scotland and France<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/18/02/09/auld-alliance-trophy-unveiled|title=Auld Alliance Trophy unveiled {{!}} Scottish Rugby Union|website=scottishrugby.org|access-date=9 February 2018|archive-date=19 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219162320/http://www.scottishrugby.org/news/18/02/09/auld-alliance-trophy-unveiled|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Doddie Weir Cup]] || Wales–Scotland<sup>TC</sup> || 2018 || In recognition of [[Doddie Weir]], who founded the My Name's Doddie Foundation which supports research into [[motor neurone disease]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/02/doddie-weir-cup-scotland-wales-gregor-townsend|title=Doddie Weir Cup {{!}}|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=2 November 2018|access-date=9 March 2019|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108141030/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/nov/02/doddie-weir-cup-scotland-wales-gregor-townsend|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| [[Cuttitta Cup]] || Scotland–Italy || 2022 || Commemorates [[Massimo Cuttitta]], a former Italian captain and Scotland scrum coach, who died in 2021 at the age of 54 from [[COVID-19]].<ref name="scottishrugby">{{cite web|url=https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/the-cuttitta-cup-is-unveiled|title=The Cuttitta Cup is unveiled|website=Scottish Rugby Union|date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022|archive-date=7 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307220440/https://www.scottishrugby.org/news/the-cuttitta-cup-is-unveiled|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
Currently the following matches have no additional trophy contested:
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* England–France
* England–Italy
* England–Wales<sup>TC</sup>
* France–Ireland
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* France–Wales
* Ireland–Italy
* Ireland–Wales<sup>TC</sup> 
* Italy–Wales
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