The 2001 Six Nations Championship was the second series of the

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, and the 107th international championship overall. The tournament was affected by an outbreak of the highly infectious livestock disease

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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

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for the second year running, although they once again missed out on the

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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

Squads

Table

Results

Round 1

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Round 2

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Round 3

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Round 4

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Round 5

Notes: *Referee Tappe Henning was injured during the game and replaced by touch judge

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Postponed matches

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