1963 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1963 Five Nations Championship 12 January - 23 March 1963 ENGIREFRASCOWAL ENG 17 10 1962 1962 Five Nations Championship 1964 1964 Five Nations Championship The 1963 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-ninth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 12 January and 23 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England won their 17th title. Ireland v England finished 0-0, the first scoreless draw between both teams since 1910.http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2015/0226/682977-video-ireland-0-0-england-1963/ VIDEO: Ireland 0-0 England in 1963 RTÉ Sport 26 February 2015 26 February 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150226195344/http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/2015/0226/682977-video-ireland-0-0-england-1963/ 26 February 2015 This is also (as of 2025) the last 0-0 draw to have happened in the Five or Six Nations Championship, and the second-last known scoreless draw in international rugby (being followed only by a Scotland/NZ shutout in 1964). Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonRichard SharpFRAStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesPierre LacroixIRELansdowne RoadDublinTom Kiernan/Bill MulcahySCOMurrayfieldEdinburghKen ScotlandWALNational StadiumCardiffClive Rowlands Table main WDL Q 2 points ENG ENG FRA FRA SCO 2 SCO IRE IRE WAL WAL 3 1 0 29 19 2 0 2 40 25 2 0 2 22 22 1 1 2 19 33 0 0 4 21 32 #ccffcc A complete Results 1963-01-12 FRA 6–11 SCO Paris 1963-01-19 WAL 6–13 ENG Cardiff 1963-01-26 IRE 5–24 FRA Dublin 1963-02-02 ENG 6–5 FRA London 1963-02-02 SCO 3–0 IRE Edinburgh 1963-02-23 SCO 0–6 WAL Edinburgh 1963-02-23 IRE 0–0 ENG Dublin 1963-03-09 WAL 6–14 IRE Cardiff 1963-03-16 ENG 10–8 SCO London 1963-03-23 FRA 5–3 WAL Paris 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