1981 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1981 Five Nations Championship 17 January – 21 March 1981 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL FRA 7 FRA 1974 (3rd title) 10 25 ENG Dusty Hare (30) FRA 1974 Laurent Pardo (2)SCO Steve Munro (2) 1980 1980 Five Nations Championship 1982 1982 Five Nations Championship The 1981 Five Nations Championship was the 52nd series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 87th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 21 March. France were the winners, winning the championship outright for the eighth time. They had also shared the title on four other occasions. In winning all their four matches they also won the Grand Slam for the third time. Participants NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenham StadiumLondonMike DavisBill BeaumontFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisJacques FourouxJean-Pierre RivesIRELansdowne RoadDublinTom KiernanFergus SlatterySCOMurrayfield StadiumEdinburghJim TelferAndy IrvineWALNational StadiumCardiffJohn LloydSteve Fenwick Table main WDL Q points 2 FRA FRA 1974 ENG ENG SCO 2 SCO WAL 2 WAL IRE IRE 4 0 0 70 49 2 0 2 64 60 2 0 2 51 54 2 0 2 51 61 0 0 4 36 48 #ccffcc A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1981 Five Nations Championship 1981 Five Nations Championship squads Results 17 January 1981 FRA 1974 16–9 SCO BlancoBertranne Caussade GabernetViviès Rutherford Renwick Irvine Parc des Princes, Paris 44,448 K. Rowlands (Wales) 17 January 1981 WAL 21–19 ENG Davis Fenwick Fenwick (4) Davies Hare Hare (5) National Stadium, Cardiff J. B. Anderson (Scotland) 7 February 1981 IRE 13–19 FRA 1974 MacNeill Campbell (3) Pardo Laporte (2)Gabernet Laporte (2) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 51,000 C. Norling (Wales) 7 February 1981 SCO 15–6 WAL TomesPenalty try Renwick (2) Renwick Fenwick (2) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland) 21 February 1981 WAL 9–8 IRE Evans (2) Pearce SlatteryMacNeill National Stadium, Cardiff F. Palmade (France) 21 February 1981 ENG 23–17 SCO DaviesSlemenWoodward Hare Hare (3) Munro (2)Calder Irvine Irvine Twickenham Stadium, London D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland) 7 March 1981 FRA 1974 19–15 WAL Gabernet Laporte (3)Gabernet (2) Richards Evans Evans (3) Parc des Princes, Paris 45,249 A. Welsby (England) 7 March 1981 IRE 6–10 ENG CampbellMacNeill DodgeRose Rose Lansdowne Road, Dublin J. P. Bonnett (France) 21 March 1981 ENG 12–16 FRA 1974 Rose (4) LacansPardo Laporte Laporte (2) Twickenham Stadium, London 62,000 Alan Hosie (Scotland) 21 March 1981 SCO 10–9 IRE Hay Irvine Rutherford Irwin Campbell Campbell Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh L. M. Prideaux (England) 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