1979 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1979 Five Nations Championship 20 January – 17 March 1979 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL WAL 21 WAL (16th title) 10 32 WAL Steve Fenwick (38) IRE rugby union Colin Patterson (3) SCO Andy Irvine (3) 1978 1978 Five Nations Championship 1980 1980 Five Nations Championship The 1979 Five Nations Championship was the 50th 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 Championship, it was the 85th edition of the competition. Ten matches were played between 20 January and 17 March. Wales were the champions for the second consecutive season, winning a record 21st outright title. They had also shared the championship on nine other occasions. In beating Scotland, Ireland and England they also won the Triple Crown for a record fourth successive season and extended their record number of Triple Crown wins to 16. This was the last time that Wales won back-to-back championships until 2013. Participants NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenham StadiumLondonPeter ColstonRoger UttleyFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisJean DesclauxJean-Pierre RivesIRELansdowne RoadDublinNoel MurphyFergus SlatterySCOMurrayfield StadiumEdinburghNairn McEwanIan McGeechanWALNational StadiumCardiffJohn DawesJ. P. R. Williams Table main WDL Q points 2 WAL WAL FRA FRA 1974 IRE IRE ENG ENG SCO SCO 3 0 1 83 51 2 1 1 50 46 1 2 1 53 51 1 1 2 24 52 0 2 2 48 58 #ccffcc A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1979 Five Nations Championship 1979 Five Nations Championship squads Results 20 January 1979 IRE 9–9 FRA 1974 Ward (3) Caussade Aguirre Aguirre Lansdowne Road, Dublin 51,000 R. C. Quittenton (England) 20 January 1979 SCO 13–19 WAL Irvine Irvine (3) HolmesRees Fenwick Fenwick (3) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh F. Palmade (France) 3 February 1979 WAL 24–21 IRE MartinRinger Fenwick (2) Fenwick (4) McLennanPatterson Ward (2) Ward (3) National Stadium, Cardiff Alan Hosie (Scotland) 3 February 1979 ENG 7–7 SCO Slemen Bennett Rutherford Irvine Twickenham Stadium, London C. Norling (Wales) 17 February 1979 FRA 1974 14–13 WAL Gourdon (2) Aguirre (2) Holmes Fenwick (3) Parc des Princes, Paris 45,259 D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland) 17 February 1979 IRE 12–7 ENG McLennan Ward Ward Ward Bennett Bennett Lansdowne Road, Dublin Alan Hosie (Scotland) 3 March 1979 ENG 7–6 FRA 1974 Bennett Bennett Costes Aguirre Twickenham Stadium, London 67,800 J. R. West (Ireland) 3 March 1979 SCO 11–11 IRE IrvineRobertson Irvine Patterson (2) Ward Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh C. Thomas (Wales) 17 March 1979 FRA 1974 21–17 SCO BélascainMalquier (2) AguerreAguirre Aguerre DicksonIrvineRobertson Irvine Irvine Parc des Princes, Paris 45,000 R. C. Quittenton (England) 17 March 1979 WAL 27–3 ENG ReesRichardsRingerRobertsWilliams FenwickMartin G. Davies Bennett National Stadium, Cardiff J. P. Bonnet (France) 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