\n When you put a bet on the winner of the Wooden Spoon, you are placing a wager on the team that you believe will finish at the bottom of the Six Nations table. For the record, since joining the competition in 2000, Italy have finished bottom on 12 occasions, while Scotland have finished last four times, leaving Wales and France to prop up the table one time each.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n
History of the Six Nations<\/h2>\n \n\n
\n The inaugural Six Nations Championship was held in 1883, 12 years after England and Scotland contested the first ever Rugby Union International. The championship only included England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, which was still part of the United Kingdom at the time.<\/p>\n\n
\n Back then, the event was labelled the Home Nations Championship and was initially won by the English and the Scottish before Wales enjoyed a period of domination. It wasn\u2019t until 1894 that Ireland recorded their first ever Six Nations win. In 1888 and 1889, England were excluded from competing after their refusal to sign up to the International Rugby Football Board<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n Although they had competed in four tournaments previously, France didn\u2019t officially join until 1910. This, naturally, meant that the tourney became known as the Five Nations. In 1931, following professionalism accusations, France were expelled from the competition, not participating again until re-joining in 1939.<\/p>\n\n
\n However, due to conflict in Europe,
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