Winners
There has been a Triple Crown winner in 63 of the 116 competitions held from 1883 through to 2012. (12 competitions were cancelled due to the two World Wars.)
Only two teams have achieved the Triple Crown in four consecutive years: Wales (1976–1979) and England (1995–1998). No other teams have won the triple crown more than twice in a row.
Unlike the Grand Slam, the Triple Crown winners are not necessarily the tournament winners, since France or Italy – or even another of the home nations – could outperform them within the Championship as a whole. To date, the Triple Crown winners who failed to win the Championship are Wales in 1977, England in 1997, 1998 and 2002, and Ireland in 2004, 2006 and 2007 (the champions being France on each occasion). Triple Crown winners who succeeded only in sharing the Championship were England in 1954 and 1960, and Wales in 1988.
The following table shows the number of Triple Crown wins by each country, and the years in which they were achieved.
| England | 23 | 1883, 1884, 1892, 1913, 1914, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1934, 1937, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1980, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003 |
| Wales | 20 | 1893, 1900, 1902, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1950, 1952, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988, 2005, 2008, 2012 |
| Ireland | 10 | 1894, 1899, 1948, 1949, 1982, 1985, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1891, 1895, 1901, 1903, 1907, 1925, 1933, 1938, 1984, 1990 |
The following table shows Triple Crown winners chronologically.
| 1883 | England |
| 1884 | England |
| 1885–90 | Not achieved |
| 1891 | Scotland |
| 1892 | England |
| 1893 | Wales |
| 1894 | Ireland |
| 1895 | Scotland |
| 1896–98 | Not achieved |
| 1899 | Ireland |
| 1900 | Wales |
| 1901 | Scotland |
| 1902 | Wales |
| 1903 | Scotland |
| 1904 | Not achieved |
| 1905 | Wales |
| 1906 | Not achieved |
| 1907 | Scotland |
| 1908 | Wales |
| 1909 | Wales |
| 1910 | Not achieved |
| 1911 | Wales |
| 1912 | Not achieved |
| 1913 | England |
| 1914 | England |
| 1915–19 | Not held due to World War I |
| 1920 | Not achieved |
| 1921 | England |
| 1922 | Not achieved |
| 1923 | England |
| 1924 | England |
| 1925 | Scotland |
| 1926–27 | Not achieved |
| 1928 | England |
| 1929–32 | Not achieved |
| 1933 | Scotland |
| 1934 | England |
| 1935–36 | Not achieved |
| 1937 | England |
| 1938 | Scotland |
| 1939 | Not achieved |
| 1940–46 | Not held due to World War II |
| 1947 | Not achieved |
| 1948 | Ireland |
| 1949 | Ireland |
| 1950 | Wales |
| 1951 | Not achieved |
| 1952 | Wales |
| 1953 | Not achieved |
| 1954 | England |
| 1955–56 | Not achieved |
| 1957 | England |
| 1958–59 | Not achieved |
| 1960 | England |
| 1961–64 | Not achieved |
| 1965 | Wales |
| 1966–68 | Not achieved |
| 1969 | Wales |
| 1970 | Not achieved |
| 1971 | Wales |
| 1972–75 | Not achieved |
| 1976 | Wales |
| 1977 | Wales |
| 1978 | Wales |
| 1979 | Wales |
| 1980 | England |
| 1981 | Not achieved |
| 1982 | Ireland |
| 1983 | Not achieved |
| 1984 | Scotland |
| 1985 | Ireland |
| 1986–87 | Not achieved |
| 1988 | Wales |
| 1989 | Not achieved |
| 1990 | Scotland |
| 1991 | England |
| 1992 | England |
| 1993–94 | Not achieved |
| 1995 | England |
| 1996 | England |
| 1997 | England |
| 1998 | England |
| 1999–01 | Not achieved |
| 2002 | England |
| 2003 | England |
| 2004 | Ireland |
| 2005 | Wales |
| 2006 | Ireland |
| 2007 | Ireland |
| 2008 | Wales |
| 2009 | Ireland |
| 2010–11 | Not achieved |
| 2012 | Wales |
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Famous quotes containing the word winners:
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—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)