The Home Nations Championship was played in all but five years (1885, 1888, 1889, 1897 and 1898) from 1883 until 1909, before ...

The Six Nations started life as the Home Nations Championship in 1883, a rugby tournament played between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. France were added in 1910 to make it the Five Nations ...

It originally began in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship, before France joined in 1910 to make it the Five Nations. Italy completed the Six Nations line-up when they joined in 2000.