1954 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1954 Five Nations Championship 9 January - 10 April 1954 ENGIREFRASCOWAL 1953 ENG, FRA and WAL 1953 ENG (12th title) 10 1953 1953 Five Nations Championship 1955 1955 Five Nations Championship The 1954 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixtieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 9 January and 10 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales, England and France shared the championship; this marked France's first title. England won the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup. England missed out on a seventh Grand Slam after losing to France at Stade Colombes. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonBob StirlingFRAStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesJean PratIRELansdowne Road/RavenhillDublin/BelfastJackie Kyle/Jim McCarthySCOMurrayfieldEdinburghNorman Davidson/Doug ElliotWAL 1953National Stadium/St Helen's Cardiff/SwanseaKen Jones/Rees Stephens/Rex Willis Table main WDL Q 2 points WAL WAL 1953 ENG 1 ENG FRA 1 FRA IRE IRE SCO SCO 3 0 1 52 34 3 0 1 39 23 3 0 1 35 22 1 0 3 18 34 0 0 4 6 37 #ccffcc A A A complete Results 1954-01-09 SCO 0–3 FRA Edinburgh 1954-01-16 ENG 9–6 WAL 1953 London 1954-01-23 FRA 8–0 IRE Paris 1954-02-13 ENG 14–3 IRE London 1954-02-27 IRE 6–0 SCO Belfast This was the last Ireland international played at Ravenhill until 2007.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/irish/6963016.stm Rugby Union : Ireland 23-20 Italy 24 August 2007 The 14,000 full house watching Ireland's first Ravenhill international in 53 years BBC Online 22 November 2017 Players from the Republic of Ireland threatened not to line out for the UK anthem unless their anthem and flag were also used. The IRFU resolved the issue by moving all future home matches to Dublin.Maguire Joseph Cronin Mike Power and Global Sport: Zones of Prestige, Emulation and Resistance https://books.google.com/books?id=bhqCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 22 November 2017 7 May 2007 Routledge 9781134527274 122–124 Rugby globalisation and Irish identity 1954-03-13 IRE 9–12 WAL 1953 Dublin 1954-03-20 SCO 3–13 ENG Edinburgh 1954-03-27 WAL 1953 19–13 FRA Cardiff 1954-04-10 FRA 11–3 ENG Paris 1954-04-10 WAL 1953 15–3 SCO Swansea 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