1971 Five Nations Championship

Rugby Union tournament 1971 Five Nations Championship 16 January - 27 March 1971 ENGIREFRASCOWAL WAL 17 WAL (6th title) WAL (12th title) 10 35 ENG Bob Hiller (35) WAL Davies (5) 1970 1970 Five Nations Championship 1972 1972 Five Nations Championship The 1971 Five Nations Championship was the forty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. This was the last Five Nations tournament where a try was worth 3 points.Scoring history http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/scoring.htm Rugby Football History 15 November 2016 Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won all their four matches to win the championship for the seventeenth time outright, excluding shared titles. They won the Triple Crown for the second time in three seasons and the twelfth time overall, and completed the Grand Slam for the first time since 1952 and the sixth time overall. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonDon WhiteTony Bucknall/John SpencerFRAStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesFernand CazenaveBenoît Dauga/Christian CarrèreIRELansdowne RoadDublinRonnie DawsonTom Kiernan/Mike GibsonSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghBill DickinsonPeter BrownWALNational StadiumCardiffClive RowlandsJohn Dawes Table main WDL Q 2 points WAL WAL FRA FRA IRE IRE ENG 3 ENG SCO SCO 4 0 0 73 38 1 2 1 41 40 1 1 2 41 46 1 1 2 44 58 1 0 3 47 64 #ccffcc A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1971 Five Nations Championship 1971 Five Nations Championship squads Results 1971-01-16 FRA 13–8 SCO Tries: SillièresVillepreuxCon: Villepreux (2)Pen: Villepreux Tries: SteeleCon: BrownPen: Smith Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 32,466 K. D. Kelleher (Ireland) 1971-01-16 WAL 22–6 ENG Tries: BevanDavies (2)Con: Taylor (2)Pen: WilliamsDrop: John (2) Tries: HannafordPen: Rossborough National Stadium, Cardiff D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland) 1971-01-30 IRE 9–9 FRA Tries: GrantPen: O'Driscoll (2) Pen: Villepreux (2)Drop: Bérot Lansdowne Road, Dublin 55,000 G. C. Lamb (England) 1971-02-06 SCO 18–19 WAL Tries: CarmichaelReaPen: Brown (4) Tries: TaylorEdwardsJohnDavies Con: JohnTaylor Pen: John Murrayfield, Edinburgh M. H. Titcomb (England) 1971-02-13 IRE 6–9 ENG Tries: GrantDuggan Pen: Hiller (3) Lansdowne Road, Dublin M. Joseph (Wales) 1971-02-27 SCO 5–17 IRE Tries: FrameCon: Brown Tries: Duggan (2)GrantCon: GibsonPen: Gibson (2) Murrayfield, Edinburgh W. K. M. Jones (Wales) 1971-02-27 ENG 14–14 FRA Tries: HillerCon: HillerPen: Hiller (3) Tries: BertranneCantoniCon: VillepreuxPen: VillepreuxDrop: Bérot Twickenham, London 70,000 A. R. Lewis (Wales) 1971-03-13 WAL 23–9 IRE Tries: Davies (2)Edwards (2)Con: JohnPen: John (2)Drop: John Pen: Gibson (3) National Stadium, Cardiff R. F. Johnson (England) 1971-03-20 ENG 15–16 SCO Tries: HillerNearyPen: Hiller (3) Tries: BrownPatersonReaCon: Brown (2)Drop: Paterson Twickenham, London C. Durand (France) 1971-03-27 FRA 5–9 WAL Tries: DaugaCon: Villepreux Tries: EdwardsJohnPen.: John Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 50,703 J. Young (Scotland) 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