The 2007 Women's Six Nations will be remembered for several reasons, not just for England winning back to back Grand Slams, but also for a few personal milestones and the 20th anniversary of a country's first ever match.

England though were certainly the team to watch, scoring 183 points in five games - including 28 tries - and conceding a mere 12 points with France the only team to score against them in the Championship when they lost 38-12 at Old Albanians.

By that time an England side missing eight of the players who helped them reach the Women's Rugby World Cup final last September, had already beaten Scotland 60-0, Championship debutants Italy 23-0 at Twickenham and Ireland 32-0 in Limerick.

So only Wales stood between England and successive Grand Slams. Wales had never beaten the English before, although to do so on the 20th anniversary of the first Welsh women's international against the same side would yield a first ever Triple Crown.

Amazingly Liza Burgess played in both games, having been the first ever Welsh women's captain in a 22-4 defeat in April 1987. Burgess won her 86th cap at Taffs Wells RFC in Cardiff, but their was to be no fairytale victory, England winning 30-0.

Cause to celebrate

England coach Geoff Richards described the occasion as "a marvellous occasion" and "a fantastic celebration of those 20 years of Welsh-English rugby" when Total Rugby Radio caught up with him to look back on another Women's Six Nations title.

"We are absolutely ecstatic to win again and to have Grand Slams back to back was a fabulous achievement, especially considering the changes that we have had to the team after the World Cup," enthused Richards.

"We had a lot of retirements and with a relatively new side - I think we had eight new caps in the squad - the team gelled very well and produced the goods when it mattered, so I was very pleased indeed."

Richards added: "I think we do have the measure of the other sides and I think that is because of one, the work the players put in and two the structures that we have in place to allow the players to develop.

"I think that the new crop of players coming through is hopefully going to keep us strong."

First for women's rugby

England though weren't the only side to have a lost a number of the players since the Women's Rugby World Cup. The same was true of Scotland, although they did have the boost of Donna Kennedy reversing her retirement decision to lead an inexperienced side.

Kennedy had retired on 95 caps - all of them in the starting line up - but returned for one final hurrah after realising she "wasn't ready to give up" and last weekend against France wrote her name into the history books as the first woman - or Scot - to win 100 caps.

"I treat every game as I normally would do, regardless of what number cap it was, but obviously I was aware it was my 100th cap and the fact it was my final game for Scotland as well, so it just made it that extra bit special," Kennedy told Total Rugby Radio.

Sadly for Kennedy there was no victory to accompany her milestone after France proved unstoppable in the second half to win 18-10, although Scotland did achieve their "target win for the season" by beating Italy 26-6 after a "shaky start" and 60-0 loss to England.

"We started off fantastically in the first half [against France]. We were 10-0 up, we scored two very good tries and I have got to say at half time we really thought that we could go out there and pull in the win," Kennedy added.

Future bright for Scotland

"But all credit to France, they came out and they were outstanding in the second half. They came out with a lot of power and a lot of passion and we just couldn't beat that and the tries they scored were outstanding tries, so all credit to France."

Kennedy though believes that this campaign - which ended with Scotland fifth behind England, runners up France, Wales and Ireland - will stand Scotland in good stead in the years to come.

"We have taken a lot from this Six Nations, we knew it was going to be very tough for us with this young and inexperienced side that we had, but our goals were to improve with every game and we did," the number 8 added.

"I think it is a bright future for the guys, I mean it certainly has been a tough season, but we have progressed … and the team will go forward. These guys have now been exposed to international rugby at a level they know now where they have to be playing at."

Kennedy's record tally though could soon be under threat from Welsh winger Louise Rickard, who won her 94th cap in the defeat by England to extend her record as Wales' most capped player of all time and has admitted the century is firmly in her mind.