Answer: 2000
Italy was admitted to the tournament in 2000 joining the existing five nations, Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and France.
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Answer: Scotland
Italy made the perfect start to their time in the Six Nations with a 34-20 victory over Scotland at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. The first try-scorer for Italy was Giampiero de Carli and Diego Dominguez scored 29 points with the boot (conversion, 6 x penalties, 3 x field goals).
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Answer: The Home International Championships
Even though England and Scotland dominated the first years, Wales developed a strategy that would change the way rugby was played.
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Answer: England
England won the first 6 Nations in 2000 winning their first 4 matches but lost their 5th match to Scotland (which was their only win). France were runner-sup with three wins in their five matches.
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Answer: 80-23
Italy were generally competitive during the 2001 tournament, but lost 80-23 against a rampant England side at Twickenham. England scored 11 tries to the 2 tries for Italy with Wilkinson also adding 29 points with 9 conversions and 4 field-goals. Italy's points were the result of two converted tries and three penalties.
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Answer: France
It was in 1910. However, France ended up dropping out because of poor play and did not fully rejoin until after WWII.
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Answer: Win all their matches
A 'Grand Slam' occurs when a team wins the Six Nations by beating all of the other five competitors in that year. The first Grand Slam in the Six Nations tournament was achieved by France in 2002.
The last Grand Slam in the Five Nations tournament was also achieved by France, in 1998, when they won all four matches.
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Answer: Wales
Italy suffered some heavy defeats in the 2001 and 2002 tournaments, which saw the sacking of the coaching staff prior to the 2003 tournament. Italy made the best possible start with a 30-22 victory over Wales at the Stadio Flaminio in the 2003 Six Nations, scoring three tries and the boot of Diego Dominguez proving the difference between the two sides. Italy would finish above Wales after five games in 5th place, the first time Italy would not finish bottom of the table.
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Answer: Beating all the other sides
The Triple Crown came first. It's when a British Isle side(Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England) beats the other three in one tournament.
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Answer: Scotland
Scotland won the Five Nations in 1999, with three wins from four games.
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Answer: Wales
Continuing their improving form, it took a 63rd minute penalty from Simon Jones for Wales to prevent Italy taking their first every away win in the Six Nations. Italy were competitive in all five games, losing only by 10 to Ireland (away), 15 to England (home), 25 to France (away) and 3 to Scotland (home). Italy's Mirco Bergamasco finished equal top try scorer with 3 tries.
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Answer: Political Tensions
Wales and Scotland refused to travel to Ireland because of the turmoil there.
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Answer: 2007
With all other teams competing for various silverware during the Six Nations (Triple Crown, Calcutta Cup, Millennium Trophy, Centenary Quaich), the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy was first awarded during the 2007 Six Nations Championship, which was won 39-3 by France. Garibaldi was born in Nice in 1807, which at the time was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia. He is regarded as one of the fathers of Italian unification while also fought in the French Army during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.
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Answer: Wales
They won 6 titles and 3 Grand Slams. Ireland dominated the post-WWII era, and France came into strength starting in the late 1950s. England has always been a power with their Golden Era beginning in 1910.
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Answer: Scotland
They closed out the millennium by winning before a sixth side was added.
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Answer: Argentina
Argentina's national Ttam, the Pumas, joined the Tri-Nations of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa in 2012. The tournament was re-named The Rugby Championship.
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Answer: 5
Once again Italy were competitive throughout the tournament, but lost their first four games against Ireland (16-11 away), England (23-19 home), Wales (47-8 away) and France (25-13 away). Italy, playing at home, needed to beat Scotland by five or more points to finish fifth in the table. However, Italy could only manage a 23-20 victory which resulted in another sixth placed finish.
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Answer: Italy
Like France, Italy had gotten off to a slow start in the competition.
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Answer: Pablo Canavosio
In what was dubbed 'Battle for the Wooden Spoon', Italy recorded another victory over Scotland at the Stadio Flaminio. Canavosio scored the only try of the game in the 64th minute. Mirco Bergamasco also scored 11 points, converting the Canavosio try and kicking three penalties. However, this victory was not enough to prevent Italy finishing bottom. Scotland drew with England in their fourth game then beat Ireland in their final game to finish on 3 points and fifth overall.
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Answer: England
It opened in 1910 and brought along with it England's Golden Era, breaking the dominance of Wales.
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Answer: 5 bottles of Champagne
The trophy was designed to hold exactly 5 bottles of Champagne one for each of the original nations. The original inside of the trophy became tarnished from the champagne so it was lined in 22 carat gold.
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Answer: 22-21
For the first 65 minutes, it appeared France would win a fourth consecutive trophy as two tries (one converted) and three penalties had France leading 21-16 going into the final 15 minutes. But two penalties from Mirco Bergamasco in the 70th and 75th minutes handed Italy a famous first victory over the French and their first Garibaldi trophy. However, Italy still finished bottom of the table after losing their final game against Scotland.
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Answer: Italy
Stadio Flaminio only seated 24,973. Ireland: Lansdowne Road, Capacity:49,250. Wales: Millennium Stadium, Capacity:72,500. Stade de France, Capacity:78,750. Scotland: Murrayfield Rugby Ground, Capacity:67,500.
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Answer: 15
Each team plays the other 5 once per championship giving a total of 15 per tournament (aka there are three games each round, over five rounds). The teams swap hone field advantage in the following year's tournament.
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Answer: Stadio Olimpico
Italy played all their matches between 2000-2011 at the Stadio Flaminio, but with a capacity of only 32,000 and rugby getting ever more popular in Italy, the stadium was considered too small to continue to host international rugby. After much deliberation, Italy stayed in Rome but moved to the Stadio Olimpico for the 2012 Six Nations Championship. Once renovations are completed, increasing capacity to 42,000, there are plans for the Italian rugby team to return to the Stadio Flaminio.
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