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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 827074" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>It has happened a lot more than you might think, 6 times in 17 years, just over 1/3 of the time</p><p></p><p>First team listed won 6N - next team(s) listed finished on the same table points</p><p>2001 - England - Ireland</p><p>2006 - France - Ireland</p><p>2007 - France - Ireland*</p><p>2013 - Wales - England</p><p>2014 - Ireland - England </p><p>2015 - Ireland - England - Wales</p><p></p><p>*In 2007 the result might have changed. Ireland would have got two 4 try bonus points and one close loss bonus point to France's single 4 try bonus point, so Ireland would probably have won the 6N in that year. I say "might" and "probably" because knowing that bonus points were needed, teams might have played differently.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 827074, member: 20605"] It has happened a lot more than you might think, 6 times in 17 years, just over 1/3 of the time First team listed won 6N - next team(s) listed finished on the same table points 2001 - England - Ireland 2006 - France - Ireland 2007 - France - Ireland* 2013 - Wales - England 2014 - Ireland - England 2015 - Ireland - England - Wales *In 2007 the result might have changed. Ireland would have got two 4 try bonus points and one close loss bonus point to France's single 4 try bonus point, so Ireland would probably have won the 6N in that year. I say "might" and "probably" because knowing that bonus points were needed, teams might have played differently. [/QUOTE]
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