<P> The Six Nations Championship (recently known as the NatWest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales . The current champions are Ireland, having won the 2018 tournament . </P> <P> The Six Nations is the successor to the Home Nations Championship (1883--1909 and 1932--39), played between teams from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, which was the first international rugby union tournament . With the addition of France, this became the Five Nations Championship (1910--31 and 1947--99), which in turn became the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy . </P> <P> England hold the record for outright wins of the Home Nations, Five Nations and Six Nations tournaments, with 28 titles, although Wales follow closely with 26 outright wins with the addition of 12 shared victories to England's 10 . Since the Six Nations era started in 2000, only Italy and Scotland have failed to win the Six Nations title, although Scotland were the last winners of the Five Nations . </P> <P> The tournament was first played in 1883 as the Home Nations Championship among the four Home Nations--England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales . The tournament then became the Five Nations Championship in 1910 with the addition of France . The tournament was expanded in 2000 to become the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy . </P>

Who has won the most 5 and 6 nations