<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 . The winners of the Six Nations Championship are sometimes unofficially referred to in the media as the European Champions or Northern Hemisphere Champions . </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 outright 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 expanded in 2000 to become the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy . </P> <P> Following the relative success of the Tier 2 nations in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, there were calls by Octavian Morariu, the president of Rugby Union's governing body for promotion and development, to let Georgia and Romania join the Six Nations due to their consistent success in the European Nations Cup and ability to compete in the Rugby World Cup . </P>

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