Talk:Grand Slam (rugby union)

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Why is the Grand Slam not possible when France weren't taking part? According to the description, the title is according when a team beats all other teams - that's possible no matter how many other teams are playing, surely...?

Huga 08:50, 9th July 2007

It is but back then it was called the "Triple Crown".GordyB 09:41, 9 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Changes

I took out a load of stuff about NZ in 2005 as it was irrelevent on a page purporting to be about the Rugby Grand Slam. 88.105.117.122 22:57, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And I also added the French name for it - Le Grand Schlem 88.105.117.122 23:00, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ireland is a home nation

This is a sports term, it has never been used as a political term. Even the Irish media and the IRFU use it with regard to the Irish rugby union team. Will people stop vandalising pages containing the term?GordyB 13:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reference http://www.irishrugby.ie/6855_5128.php —The preceding unsigned comment was added by GordyB (talk • contribs) 16:04, 21 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

"it has never been used as a political term" - if it sounds political, looks political and is used in a political fashion, I suspect that's good evidence that it is, ergo, political! --MacRusgail (talk) 14:59, 12 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Is it really necessary to have every year where it was not achieved listed separately? Why can't we just do what we do with the wars etc. and just say something like "1958-67: Not achieved"? It would save a lot of time browsing down the page. Ygoloxelfer 15:53, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Amended accordingly.GordyB 16:35, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Grand Slam Tours

ENGLAND ONLY

New Zealand 1905, 1925, 1936, 1954, 1964, 1967, 1973
Australia 1909, 1928, 1948, 1958, 1967, 1973, 1976
South Africa 1906, 1913, 1932, 1952, 1969 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.32.154.250 (talk) 20:44, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What on earth? How do you get a grand slam tour of just England?GordyB (talk) 23:35, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That was quickly edited.:) NB a team cannot achieve a grand slam tour of Europe unless they defeat, Ireland, Italy, France, England, Scotland, Wales, this feat must be achieved on one tour. The concept of a grand slam tour is worth debate!

Not, it isn't. The "grand slam" is defined in the article's sources as the four home nations adding France and Italy is original research.GordyB (talk) 14:47, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Which of the article's sources? jnestorius^(talk) 00:02, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Grand Slam tours article

There is an article called Grand Slam tours. Do we need to duplicate the information in this one?--Victor Yus (talk) 08:33, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In my opinion, Grand Slam tours should be merged into this article and then deleted. It is confusing having both. I agree with your earlier comments too, esp. the hidden part. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 11:18, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea. I made a note on the talk page of the tours article.--Victor Yus (talk) 12:37, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. I have registered my support there. Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 13:10, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge

(from the Grand Slam tours talk page)

Proposed to merge this article into the article Grand Slam (rugby union), which already covers this topic. Please see the other article's talk page.--Victor Yus (talk) 12:35, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I support this merging

Gareth Griffith-Jones (talk) 13:14, 6 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I've done this.--Victor Yus (talk) 08:30, 15 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Argentina

Presumably a grand slam tour could be won by any touring team that wins all four matches against the Home Nations. The only other contender at the moment might be Argentina. But, the point I am making is I that think the section would be improved if it indicated that this is not the exclusive to NZ, AU and ZA, its just that to date only those teams have had the ability to win a Grand Slam Tour. -- PBS (talk) 17:43, 27 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Won Grand Slams

Year	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Note
1911	Wales	16–0	Ireland	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Triple Crown (Both Sides only for TC)
1913	England	3–0	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Triple Crown
1913	England	3–0	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Calcutta Cup
1914	France	13–39	England	Stade Colombes, Paris
1921	France	6–10	England	Stade Colombes, Paris
1923	France	3–12	England	Stade Colombes, Paris
1924	England	19–0	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup (Both Sides only for TC and CC)
1925	Scotland	14–11	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Triple Crown
1925	Scotland	14–11	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Calcutta Cup
1928	England	6–0	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Triple Crown
1928	England	6–0	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Calcutta Cup
1948	Ireland	6–0	Wales	Ravenhill, Belfast	Triple Crown
1950	Wales	21–0	France	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
1952	Wales	9–5	France	St. Helen's, Swansea
1957	England	16–3	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Triple Crown
1957	England	16–3	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Calcutta Cup
1968	Wales	9–14	France	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
1971	France	5–9	Wales	Stade Colombes, Paris
1976	Wales	19–13	France	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
1977	Ireland	6–15	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1978	Wales	16–7	France	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Grand Slam
1980	Scotland	18–30	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Triple Crown
1980	Scotland	18–30	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Calcutta Cup
1981	England	12–16	France	Twickenham, London
1984	Scotland	21–12	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Grand Slam
1987	Ireland	13–19	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1990	Scotland	13–7	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Grand Slam
					Triple Crown
					Calcutta Cup
1991	England	21–19	France	Twickenham, London	Grand Slam
1992	England	24–0	Wales	Twickenham, London	Triple Crown
1995	England	24–12	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Grand Slam
					Triple Crown
					Calcutta Cup
1997	France	47–20	Scotland	Parc des Princes, Paris
1998	Wales	0–51	France	Wembley Stadium, London
2002	France	44–5	Ireland	Stade de France, Paris
2003	Ireland	6–42	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Grand Slam
					Triple Crown
					Millennium Trophy
2004	France	24–21	England	Stade de France, Paris
2005	Wales	32–20	Ireland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Triple Crown (Both Sides only for TC)
2008	Wales	29–12	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2009	Wales	15–17	Ireland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Triple Crown (Both Sides only for TC)
2010	France	12–10	England	Stade de France, Paris
2012	Wales	16–9	France	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
2016	France	21–31	England	Stade de France, Paris
2018	England	15–24	Ireland	Twickenham, London	Triple Crown
2018	England	15–24	Ireland	Twickenham, London	Millennium Trophy
2019	Wales	25–7	Ireland	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Nation	Grand Slams	Home Grand Slams		Away Grand Slams
England	13	(7)	1913 London (Twickenham) 1924 London (Twickenham) 1928 London (Twickenham) 1957 London (Twickenham) 1991 London (Twickenham) 1992 London (Twickenham) 1995 London (Twickenham)	(6)	1914 Paris (Stade Colombes) 1921 Paris (Stade Colombes) 1923 Paris (Stade Colombes) 1980 Edinburgh (Murrayfield) 2003 Dublin (Lansdowne Road) 2016 Paris (Stade de France)
Wales	10	(9)	1911 Cardiff (Arms Park) 1950 Cardiff (Arms Park) 1952 Swansea (St. Helen's) 1976 Cardiff (Arms Park) 1978 Cardiff (Arms Park) 2005 Cardiff (Millennium Stadium) 2008 Cardiff (Millennium Stadium) 2012 Cardiff (Millennium Stadium) 2019 Cardiff (Millennium Stadium)	(1)	1971 Paris (Stade Colombes)
France	9	(4)	1997 Paris (Parc des Princes) 2002 Paris (Stade de France) 2004 Paris (Stade de France) 2010 Paris (Stade de France)	(5)	1968 Cardiff (Arms Park) 1977 Dublin (Lansdowne Road) 1981 London (Twickenham) 1987 Dublin (Lansdowne Road) 1998 London (Wembley Stadium)
Ireland	3	(1)	1948 Belfast (Ravenhill)	(2)	2009 Cardiff (Millennium Stadium) 2018 London (Twickenham)
Scotland	3	(3)	1925 Edinburgh (Murrayfield) 1984 Edinburgh (Murrayfield) 1990 Edinburgh (Murrayfield)	N/A	N/A

2022 Six Nations Championship France 25–13 England Stade de France, Paris
2023 Six Nations Championship Ireland 29–16 England Aviva Stadium, Dublin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.147.218.65 (talk) 10:31, 24 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Lost Grand Slams

Year	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Venue	Note
1920	England	13–4	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Grand Slam, Triple Crown (Scotland) and Calcutta Cup (Both Sides)
1923	Scotland	6–8	England	Inverleith, Edinburgh	Grand Slam, Triple Crown (Scotland) and Calcutta Cup (Both Sides)
1926	Wales	11–8	Ireland	St. Helen's, Swansea	Grand Slam and Triple Crown (Ireland)
1951	Wales	3–3	Ireland	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Grand Slam and Triple Crown (Ireland)
1954	France	11–3	England	Stade Colombes, Paris	Grand Slam
1955	France	11–16	Wales	Stade Colombes, Paris	Grand Slam
1965	France	22–13	Wales	Stade Colombes, Paris	Grand Slam
1969	Wales	24–11	Ireland	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Grand Slam and Triple Crown (Ireland)
1978	Wales	16–7	France	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Grand Slam
1982	France	22–9	Ireland	Parc des Princes, Paris	Grand Slam
1984	Scotland	21–12	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Grand Slam
1988	Wales	9–10	France	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	Grand Slam
1990	Scotland	13–7	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Grand Slam, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup (Both Sides)
1991	England	21–19	France	Twickenham, London	Grand Slam
1994	England	15–8	Wales	Twickenham, London	Grand Slam and Triple Crown (Wales)
1995	England	24–12	Scotland	Twickenham, London	Grand Slam, Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup (Both Sides)
1996	Scotland	9–18	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Grand Slam, Triple Crown (Scotland) and Calcutta Cup (Both Sides)
1999	Wales	32–31	England	Wembley Stadium, London	Grand Slam and Triple Crown (England)
2000	Scotland	19–13	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh	Grand Slam, Triple Crown (England) and Calcutta Cup (Both Sides)
2001	Ireland	20–14	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Grand Slam, Triple Crown (England) and Millennium Trophy (Both Sides)
2003	Ireland	6–42	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	Grand Slam, Triple Crown and Millennium Trophy (Both Sides)
2011	Ireland	24–8	England	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	Grand Slam, Triple Crown (England) and Millennium Trophy (Both Sides)
2013	Wales	30–3	England	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	Grand Slam and Triple Crown (England)
2017	Ireland	13–9	England	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	Grand Slam, Triple Crown (England) and Millennium Trophy (Both Sides)
2021	France	32–30	Wales	Stade de France, Paris	Grand Slam

Nation	Lost Grand Slams	Home Grand Slams		Away Grand Slams
England	8	N/A	N/A	(8)	1954 Paris (Stade Colombes) 1990 Edinburgh (Murrayfield) 1999 London (Wembley Stadium) 2000 Edinburgh (Murrayfield) 2001 Dublin (Lansdowne Road) 2011 Dublin (Aviva Stadium) 2013 Cardiff (Millennium Stadium) 2017 Dublin (Aviva Stadium)
Ireland	5	(1)	2003 Dublin (Lansdowne Road)	(4)	1926 Swansea (St. Helen's) 1951 Cardiff (Arms Park) 1969 Cardiff (Arms Park) 1982 Paris (Parc des Princes)
France	4	(1)	1955 Paris (Stade Colombes)	(3)	1978 Cardiff (Arms Park) 1984 Edinburgh (Murrayfield) 1991 London (Twickenham)
Scotland	4	(2)	1923 Edinburgh (Inverleith) 1996 Edinburgh (Murrayfield)	(2)	1920 London (Twickenham) 1995 London (Twickenham)
Wales	3	(1)	1988 Cardiff (Arms Park)	(2)	1965 Paris (Stade Colombes) 1994 London (Twickenham)

2021 Six Nations Championship France 32-20 Wales Stade de France, Paris