1995 Five Nations Championship

Rugby Union tournament 1995 Five Nations Championship 21 January – 18 March 1995 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL ENG 21 ENG (11th title) ENG (18th title) 10 31 ENG Rob Andrew (53 points) FRA 1974 Philippe Saint-André (4 tries) 1994 1994 Five Nations Championship 1996 1996 Five Nations Championship The 1995 Five Nations Championship was the 66th Five Nations Championship, the annual Northern Hemisphere rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It was also the last Five Nations held in the sport's amateur era, as rugby union's governing body, the International Rugby Football Board, opened the sport to professionalism on August 26 of that year. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 21 January to 18 March. It was also the fifth occasion, after 1978, 1984, 1990 and 1991, on 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, and the second time that the Triple Crown had also been at stake at the same time, as a result of England and Scotland's earlier victories over the other Home Nations. The tournament took a surprisingly similar course to five years earlier, where England and Scotland both won their first three matches and met in the final week, with an undefeated record, a Grand Slam, Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup all at stake for the victor: however, this time it was England who prevailed in the deciding match. Even the minor placings were the same as in 1990, as France came third, Ireland fourth and Wales were whitewashed. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonJack RowellWill CarlingFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisPierre BerbizierPhilippe Saint-AndréIRELansdowne RoadDublinGerry MurphyBrendan MullinSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghJim TelferGavin HastingsWALNational StadiumCardiffAlan DaviesGareth Llewellyn Squads each nation's squad for the 1995 Five Nations Championship 1995 Five Nations Championship squads Table main WDL Q points 2 ENG ENG SCO SCO FRA FRA 1974 IRE IRE WAL WAL 4 0 0 98 39 3 0 1 87 71 2 0 2 77 70 1 0 3 44 83 0 0 4 43 86 #ccffcc A complete Results 21 January 1995 FRA 1974 21–9 Report WAL NtamackSaint-André Lacroix Lacroix (3) Jenkins (3) Parc des Princes, Paris 45,400 J. J. M. Pearson (England) 21 January 1995 IRE 8–20 Report ENG Foley Burke CarlingClarkeT. Underwood Andrew Andrew Lansdowne Road, Dublin P. Thomas (France) 4 February 1995 ENG 31–10 Report FRA 1974 GuscottT. Underwood (2) Andrew (2) Andrew (4) Viars Lacroix Lacroix Twickenham, London 59,450 Ken McCartney (Scotland) 4 February 1995 SCO 26–13 Report IRE CroninJoiner G. Hastings (2) G. Hastings (4) BellMullin Burke Murrayfield, Edinburgh Derek Bevan (Wales) 18 February 1995 FRA 1974 21–23 Report SCO SadournySaint-André (2) Lacroix Deylaud G. HastingsTownsend G. Hastings (2) G. Hastings (3) Parc des Princes, Paris David McHugh (Ireland) 18 February 1995 15:05 Report WAL 9–23 ENG Jenkins (3) UboguR. Underwood (2) Andrew Andrew (2) National Stadium, Cardiff D. Mené (France) 4 March 1995 IRE 7–25 Report FRA 1974 Geoghegan Elwood CecillonY. DelaigueNtamackSaint-André Ntamack Ntamack Lansdowne Road, Dublin 62,000 C. Thomas (Wales) 4 March 1995 SCO 26–13 Report WAL HiltonPeters G. Hastings (2) G. Hastings (4) Jones Jenkins Jenkins (2) Murrayfield, Edinburgh S. J. Lander (England) 18 March 1995 ENG 24–12 SCO Andrew (7) Andrew G. Hastings (2) Chalmers (2) Twickenham, London B. W. Stirling (Ireland) 18 March 1995 WAL 12–16 IRE Jenkins (4) Mullin Burke Burke (2) Burke National Stadium, Cardiff R. J. Megson (Scotland) External links 1995 Five Nations Championship at ESPN Category:1995 rugby union tournaments for national teams 1995 Category:1994–95 in European rugby union Category:1994–95 in Irish rugby union Category:1994–95 in English rugby union Category:1994–95 in Welsh rugby union Category:1994–95 in Scottish rugby union Category:1994–95 in French rugby union Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations