1974 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1974 Five Nations Championship 19 January – 16 March 1974 ENGIREFRASCOWAL IRE 8 10 22 ENG Alan Old (33) IRE rugby union Mike Gibson (2)WAL J. J. Williams (2) ENG David Duckham (2) 1973 1973 Five Nations Championship 1975 1975 Five Nations Championship The 1974 Five Nations Championship was the 45th season of the Five Nations Championship, a rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Including its previous incarnations as the Home Nations, this was the competition's 80th season. Ten matches were played between 19 January and 16 March. The championship was won by Ireland, the team's eighth outright title (seven other titles had been shared with other teams). This was the first time ever that two games were played on the same weekend. This was brought in after the request from some teams, who complained that they had to always play early on in the year when bad weather prevailed, but others played in March, when the weather was better. To get round this problem, the new format saw each team play each other's fixtures in a rotational period of scheduling. As an example, Scotland played England last in 1975, 1980, 1985. In 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, the Scotland v England fixture was on the second weekend. The 1974 tournament was closely contested with three of the matches ending in draws. Ireland topped the table after four rounds but had to sit out the final round of matches. Both France and Wales had chances to win the title, but both lost their last games. Welsh winger J. J. Williams appeared to score a winning try late in their game against England, but it was disallowed by referee John West, an Irishman, leading singer and Welsh rugby fan Max Boyce to compose a song about "blind Irish referees".The Sporting 'Wests' http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/8906.php 4 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131111010437/http://www.irishrugby.ie/news/8906.php 11 November 2013 14 February 2007 Participants NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenham StadiumLondonJohn EldersJohn PullinFRAParc des PrincesParisJean DesclauxMax Barrau/Elie CesterIRELansdowne RoadDublinSyd MillarWillie John McBrideSCOMurrayfield StadiumEdinburghBill DickinsonIan McLauchlanWALNational StadiumCardiffClive RowlandsGareth Edwards Table main WDL Q 2 points IRE IRE SCO SCO WAL 2 WAL FRA 2 FRA ENG ENG 2 1 1 50 45 2 0 2 41 35 1 2 1 43 41 1 2 1 43 53 1 1 2 63 66 #ccffcc A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1974 Five Nations Championship 1974 Five Nations Championship squads Results 19 January 1974 FRA 9–6 IRE Boffelli Aguirre Bérot Ensor (2) Parc des Princes, Paris 43,694 Alan Hosie (Scotland) 19 January 1974 WAL 6–0 SCO Cobner Bennett National Stadium, Cardiff R. F. Johnson (England) 2 February 1974 IRE 9–9 WAL Ensor (3) J. J. Williams Bennett Bennett Lansdowne Road, Dublin K. A. Pattinson (England) 2 February 1974 SCO 16–14 ENG IrvineLauder Irvine Irvine (2) CottonNeary Old Rossborough Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh J. Saint-Guilhem (France) 16 February 1974 WAL 16–16 FRA J. J. Williams Bennett (3) Edwards Lux Romeu (3) Romeu National Stadium, Cardiff 60,000 N. Sanson (Scotland) 16 February 1974 ENG 21–26 IRE Squires Old Old (5) Gibson (2)Moloney Moore Gibson (2) Ensor Quinn Twickenham Stadium, London M. Joseph (Wales) 2 March 1974 IRE 9–6 SCO Milliken Gibson McKinney Irvine (2) Lansdowne Road, Dublin F. Palmade (France) 2 March 1974 FRA 12–12 ENG Romeu Romeu Romeu Romeu Duckham Old Old Evans Parc des Princes, Paris 43,964 J. C. Kelleher (Wales) 16 March 1974 SCO 19–6 FRA DickMcHarg Irvine Irvine (2)Morgan Romeu Romeu Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 60,000 K. H. Clark (Ireland) 16 March 1974 ENG 16–12 WAL DuckhamRipley Old Old (2) Davies Bennett Bennett (2) Twickenham Stadium, London J. R. West (Ireland) External links 1974 Five Nations Results Sports The official RBS Six Nations Site References 1974 Category:1974 rugby union tournaments for national teams Category:1973–74 in Irish rugby union Category:1973–74 in English rugby union Category:1973–74 in Welsh rugby union Category:1973–74 in Scottish rugby union Category:1973–74 in French rugby union Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations