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Six Nations Championship
England: 4th
How England performed
England opened the 2006 Six Nations in convincing fashion under head coach Andy Robinson and captain Martin Corry, beating Wales 47–13 at Twickenham and Italy 31–16 at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome. The second half of the championship was a different story. Scotland won 18–12 at Murrayfield, and France then inflicted the heaviest defeat of the campaign, 31–6 at the Stade de France.
The final round brought a third successive loss, Ireland winning 28–24 at Twickenham. England finished with two wins and three defeats, scoring 120 points and conceding 106, and were fourth for the second year in a row. Having won their first two matches by a combined 49 points, they failed to win any of the last three and scored only 42 points across those games.
England fixtures
England
47–13
Wales
England won
England tries: Mark Cueto 15', Lewis Moody 32', Mike Tindall 65', Lawrence Dallaglio 75', Matt Dawson 78', Tom Voyce 87'
Wales tries: Martyn Williams 35'
Italy
16–31
England
England won
England tries: Mike Tindall 25', Charlie Hodgson 55', Mark Cueto 66', James Simpson-Daniel 80'
Italy tries: Mirco Bergamasco 77'
Scotland
18–12
England
England lost
France
31–6
England
England lost
England tries: None
France tries: Florian Fritz 1', Damien Traille 70', Christophe Dominici 83'
England
24–28
Ireland
England lost
England tries: Jamie Noon 2', Steve Borthwick 52'
Ireland tries: Shane Horgan 8', Denis Leamy 59', Shane Horgan 87'
England statistics
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