1978 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1978 Five Nations Championship 21 January - 18 March 1978 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL WAL 20 WAL (8th title) WAL (15th title) 10 24 IRE rugby union Tony Ward (38) FRA 1974 Jérôme Gallion (3) 1977 1977 Five Nations Championship 1979 1979 Five Nations Championship The 1978 Five Nations Championship was the forty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 21 January and 18 March. The tournament was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The championship was won by Wales, their twentieth outright win in the competition. The Welsh had shared another nine titles with other teams. Having won all four of their games, Wales also won the Grand Slam for a record eighth time - Wales had formerly shared the record of seven with England. Victories over England, Ireland and Scotland (the Home Nations), also meant Wales won the Triple Crown for the third consecutive time, a record, given no other team had ever won the Triple Crown more than twice in a row. It was Wales' fifteenth in total, also a record, surpassing the fourteen won by England. The tournament was the first Five Nations Championship in which two teams each with three victories faced off against each other in the final round of matches, with both capable of completing a Grand Slam with a victory. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonPeter ColstonBill BeaumontFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisJean DesclauxJean-Pierre BastiatIRELansdowne RoadDublinNoel MurphyJohn MoloneySCOMurrayfieldEdinburghNairn McEwanDougie MorganWALNational StadiumCardiffJohn DawesPhil Bennett Table main WDL Q points 2 WAL WAL FRA FRA 1974 ENG ENG IRE IRE SCO SCO 4 0 0 67 43 3 0 1 51 47 2 0 2 42 33 1 0 3 46 54 0 0 4 39 68 #ccffcc A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1978 Five Nations Championship 1978 Five Nations Championship squads Results 1978-01-21 FRA 1974 15–6 ENG Tries: AverousGallionCon.: Aguirre (2)Pen.: Aguirre Drops: Old (2) Parc des Princes, Paris 43,643 N. Sanson (Scotland) 1978-01-21 IRE 12–9 SCO Tries: McKinneyCon.: WardPen.: Ward (2) Pen.: Morgan (3) Lansdowne Road, Dublin P. E. Hughes (England) 1978-02-04 SCO 16–19 FRA 1974 Tries: IrvineSheddenCon.: MorganPen.: MorganDrops: Morgan Tries: GallionHagetCon.: AguirrePen.: Aguirre (3) Murrayfield, Edinburgh 55,000 C. G. P. Thomas (Wales) 1978-02-04 ENG 6–9 WAL Pen.: Hignell (2) Pen.: Bennett (3) Twickenham, London N. Sanson (Scotland) 1978-02-18 WAL 22–14 SCO Tries: EdwardsFenwickGravellQuinnellPen.: BennettDrops: Bennett Tries: RenwickTomesPen.: Morgan (2) National Stadium, Cardiff J. R. West (Ireland) 1978-02-18 FRA 1974 10–9 IRE Tries: GallionPen.: Aguirre (2) Pen.: Ward (3) Parc des Princes, Paris 43,639 C. G. P. Thomas (Wales) 1978-03-04 SCO 0–15 ENG Tries: NelmesSquiresCon.: Young (2)Pen.: Dodge Murrayfield, Edinburgh J. R. West (Ireland) 1978-03-04 IRE 16–20 WAL Tries: MoloneyPen.: Ward (3)Drops: Ward Tries: FenwickWilliamsPen.: Fenwick (4) Lansdowne Road, Dublin G. Domercq (France) 1978-03-18 WAL 16–7 FRA 1974 Tries: Bennett (2)Con.: BennettDrops: EdwardsFenwick Tries: SkrelaDrops: Vivies National Stadium, Cardiff 60,000 A. Welsby (England) 1978-03-18 ENG 15–9 IRE Tries: DixonSlemenCon.: Young (2)Pen.: Young Pen.: Ward (2)Drops: Ward Twickenham, London F. Palmade (France) References 1978 Five Nations results 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