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The Women's Six Nations Championship, known as the Guinness Women's Six Nations for sponsorship purposes, is an international rugby union competition contested between six European women's national teams. It started in the 1995–96 season as the Home Nations, with four teams: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

In the 1998–99 season it became the Five Nations, with France joining the original four. The following season, Spain replaced Ireland for two seasons.

In 2001–02 the women's Six Nations competition was born with England, France, Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Wales playing, after Ireland rejoined the competition. Spain, at that time, were higher ranked than Italy and therefore deserved their place in the competition on merit.

In 2006, a championship trophy was commissioned from silversmith Thomas Lyte, to be followed by a second trophy commissioned for the Under 20 Six Nations championship. Designed and created by Thomas Lyte, the trophies are made from sterling silver and feature engraving detail with the logos of the competing countries.

In 2007, the Six Nations committee formally adopted Italy as the sixth national team member in the championship, replacing Spain. This aligned the women's competition with the men's competition.

England have been the dominant team in the competition, winning 19 of 28 editions entering 2024.

Das "Women's Six Nations" ist ein jährliches Rugby-Union-Turnier, an dem sechs Mannschaften aus der nördlichen Hemisphäre teilnehmen: England, Frankreich, Irland, Italien, Schottland und Wales. Das Turnier wird seit 1996 ausgetragen und ist das wichtigste Ereignis im internationalen Frauen-Rugby. Die Spiele werden im Februar und März gespielt, wobei jedes Team gegen jedes andere Team in Hin- und Rückspielen antritt. Die Mannschaft mit den meisten Punkten am Ende des Turniers gewinnt den Titel. England hat das Turnier am häufigsten gewonnen, mit 18 Titeln. Frankreich hat den zweitmeisten Siege mit 6 Titeln, gefolgt von Irland mit 3 Titeln. Das Turnier ist ein hart umkämpftes Turnier und gilt als das höchste Niveau im internationalen Frauen-Rugby.