By Gary Watton
April 28 2013

I have compiled a small list which records how many tries England have scored, followed by how many that they have conceded in each year of the Six Nations.

  England in the Six Nations - 2000-2013

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Gary Watton

These statistics confirm that England are simply not the free-scoring demons of a dozen years ago, and that the England team of that vintage era stand head and shoulders above the current lot.   I would have to state that until England rediscover their try-scoring touch of yesteryear, or the personnel capable of emulating it, then the national team will continue to come up just short in the Six Nations.

One notable statistic is that England generally have conceded approximately five tries per tournament which amounts to an average of one per match. This is fairly impressive and stands the national team in good stead, but clearly, moving forward, England need to put more tries on the board if they are to take the honours, and more particularly the elusive Grand Slam, once again in the Six Nations.

]Indeed a paltry five tries in the most recent tournament doesn't suggest that England are yet the all-conquering team that their fans and media had rather hoped that they were.   Okay, feel free to inspect the following figures. Statistics rarely lie, and the following figures are indeed most revealing.

2000:20-5
2001:29-6
2002:23-4
2003:18-4
2004:17-6
2005:16-6
2006:12-8
2007:10-9
2008:8-5
2009:16-5
2010:6-5
2011:13-5
2012:7-4
2013:5-6

[the author of this piece Gary Watton can be found at http://gw930.blog.com]