Six Nations Triple Crown

Six Nations Triple Crown

The Six Nations Triple crown is contested by the original home nations in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland and the idea is to the complete capture by one kingdom of the crowns of the other three in a single season.

This is one of the excellent things about the Six Nations Betting in that there are a number of competitions within the tournament and while a team may have lost out on the title or the grand Slam they can still possible go for the Triple Crown as is the rivalry between the home nations that it means so much to the teams to beat their home nation opposition.

Every year the matches between Ireland and England, Wales and England and Scotland against England are the big matches in the Triple Crown with the Calcutta Cup between Scotland and England holding additional significance. As you can see beating England is the match that the other nations have top of their minds and priority each year.

England are the lead nation in Triple Crown wins with over 20 wins followed by Wales and then Scotland and Ireland are well behind in wins for this title.