1973 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1973 Five Nations Championship 13 January - 14 April 1973 ENGIREFRASCOWAL Shared 10 28 FRA Jean-Pierre Romeu (26) SCO William Steele (3) 1972 1972 Five Nations Championship 1974 1974 Five Nations Championship The 1973 Five Nations Championship was the 44th Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the 79th since it began as the Home Nations Championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 14 April 1973. As each nation won their two home matches (and therefore lost their two away matches), the championship was shared between all five teams; no further tie-break was applied to separate teams finishing level on match points. This was the only time that the Five Nations championship finished in a five-way tie. Due to the Troubles occurring in Ireland, which had resulted in 13 civilians being killed by the British Army in Derry and in the loss of over 100 British soldiers in 1972 and the potential security risks, both Scotland and Wales had refused to play Ireland in Dublin in 1972. Defying expectations to the contrary, England agreed to travel in 1973. Despite a poor performance, resulting in an 18–9 loss, the crowd in the Lansdowne Road stadium gave a standing ovation to the England team. England captain John Pullin delivered a quip at a post-match dinner - "Well we might not be any good but at least we turned up" - to great applause.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/international/ireland/9857630/Six-Nations-2013-the-day-John-Pullins-England-turned-up-40-years-ago-to-revive-Irish-rugby-during-Troubles.html Memory of England Rugby's Travel to Dublin in Troubles The Telegraph 8 February 2013 20 August 2015 Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonJohn EldersJohn PullinFRAParc des PrincesParisJean DesclauxWalter SpangheroIRELansdowne RoadDublinSyd MillarTom Kiernan/Willie John McBrideSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghBill DickinsonPeter BrownWALNational StadiumCardiffClive RowlandsArthur Lewis Table main WDL Q 2 points WAL WAL IRE 1 IRE FRA 1 FRA SCO 1 SCO ENG 1 ENG 2 0 2 53 43 2 0 2 50 48 2 0 2 38 36 2 0 2 55 59 2 0 2 52 62 #ccffcc A A A A A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1973 Five Nations Championship 1973 Five Nations Championship squads Results 1973-01-13 FRA 16–13 SCO Tries: DourthePen.: Romeu (3)Drops: Romeu Tries: LawsonPen.: Brown (2)Drops: McGeechan Parc des Princes, Paris 37,232 K. Pattinson (England)F. Palmade (France) 1973-01-20 WAL 25–9 ENG Tries: Bevan (2)DaviesEdwardsLewisCon.: BennettPen.: Taylor Pen.: Doble (2)Drops: Cowman National Stadium, Cardiff G. Domercq (France) 1973-02-03 SCO 10–9 WAL Tries: SteeleTelferCon.: Morgan Pen.: Bennett (2)Taylor Murrayfield, Edinburgh F. Palmade (France) 1973-02-10 IRE 18–9 ENG Tries: GraceMillikenCon.: McGann (2)Pen.: McGannDrops: McGann Tries: NearyCon.: JordenPen.: Jorden Lansdowne Road, Dublin 50,000 Alan Hosie (Scotland) 1973-02-24 SCO 19–14 IRE Tries: ForsythPen.: Morgan (2)Drops: McGeechanMorgan (2) Tries: KiernanMcMasterPen.: McGann (2) Murrayfield, Edinburgh A. R. Lewis (Wales) 1973-02-24 ENG 14–6 FRA Tries: Duckham (2)Pen.: Jorden (2) Tries: BertranneCon.: Romeu Twickenham, London 70,000 K. H. Clark (Ireland) 1973-03-10 WAL 16–12 IRE Tries: EdwardsShanklinCon.: BennettPen.: Bennett (2) Tries: GibsonCon.: McGannPen.: McGann (2) National Stadium, Cardiff T. F. E. Grierson (Scotland) 1973-03-17 ENG 20–13 SCO Tries: Dixon (2)EvansSquiresCon.: Jorden (2) Tries: Steele (2)Con.: IrvinePen.: Morgan Twickenham, London J. C. Kelleher (Wales) 1973-03-24 FRA 12–3 WAL Pen.: Romeu (3)Drops: Romeu Drops: Bennett Parc des Princes, Paris 50,000 D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland) 1973-04-14 IRE 6–4 FRA Pen.: EnsorGibson Tries: Phliponeau Lansdowne Road, Dublin 50,000 R. F. Johnson (England) References External links Sports The official RBS Six Nations Site Category:Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations