1988 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union tournament 1988 Five Nations Championship 16 January – 19 March 1988 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL FRA 1974 and WAL WAL (17th title) 10 31 SCO Gavin Hastings (41 points) ENG Chris Oti (3 tries) 1987 1987 Five Nations Championship 1989 1989 Five Nations Championship The 1988 Five Nations Championship was the 59th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety–fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 16 January and 19 March. Wales and France were declared joint winners with six points each; it was the most recent time the Championship was shared between two or more nations as the rules were changed in 1994 to make such an event unlikely.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2011/feb/18/joy-of-six-five-nations The Joy of Six: Five Nations memories 2011-02-18 Guardian 3 July 2013 London Scott Murray The final match of the tournament, England's victory over Ireland, was notable for the crowd bursting into song with "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" as a response to the hat-trick of tries scored by England's Chris Oti (only the second black player, and the first for 80 years, to be capped by England). The song subsequently became the unofficial rugby anthem for England.http://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/six-nations/comment-analysis/oti-the-man-to-blame-as-swing-low-sweet-chariot-continues-to-roll-26429933.html Oti the man to blame as 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' continues to roll 13 March 2008 Irish Independent 3 July 2013 Wales missed out on a ninth Grand Slam after losing to France at Cardiff Arms Park. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonGeoff CookeMike Harrison/Nigel MelvilleFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisJacques FourouxDaniel DubrocaIRELansdowne RoadDublinJim DavidsonDonal LenihanSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghJim TelferGary CallanderWALNational StadiumCardiffTony GrayBleddyn Bowen Squads each nation's squad for the 1988 Five Nations Championship 1988 Five Nations Championship squads Table main WDL Q points 2 WAL WAL FRA 1 FRA 1974 ENG ENG SCO SCO IRE 4 IRE 3 0 1 57 42 3 0 1 57 47 2 0 2 56 30 1 0 3 67 68 1 0 3 40 90 #ccffcc A A complete Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988-89 1988 Queen Anne Press London 17th Stephen Jones Results Round 1 16 January 1988 IRE 22–18 SCO Report KiernanMacNeillMullin Kiernan (2) Kiernan Kiernan S. HastingsLaidlaw G. Hastings (2) G. Hastings (2) Lansdowne Road, Dublin Roger Quittenton (England) 16 January 1988 FRA 1974 10–9 ENG Report Rodriguez Bérot (2) Webb (2) Cusworth Parc des Princes, Paris 45,071 Owen Doyle (Ireland) Round 2 6 February 1988 SCO 23–12 FRA 1974 Report G. HastingsTukalo G. Hastings (4) Cramb Lagisquet Bérot Bérot Lescarboura Murrayfield, Edinburgh 65,000 Fransie Muller (South Africa) 6 February 1988 ENG 3–11 WAL Report Webb Hadley (2) J. Davies Twickenham, London Stephen Hilditch (Ireland) Round 3 20 February 1988 FRA 1974 25–6 IRE Report BlancoCamberaberoCarminatiLagisquetSella Bérot Camberabero Kiernan (2) Parc des Princes, Paris 49,130 Fransie Muller (South Africa) 20 February 1988 WAL 25–20 SCO Report J. DaviesI. EvansWatkins Thorburn (2) Thorburn J. Davies (2) CalderDuncan G. Hastings (4) National Stadium, Cardiff Yves Bressy (France) Round 4 5 March 1988 IRE 9–12 WAL Report Kingston Kiernan Kiernan Moriarty Thorburn Thorburn J. Davies Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ray Megson (Scotland) 5 March 1988 SCO 6–9 ENG Report G. Hastings (2) Webb (2) Andrew Murrayfield, Edinburgh Winston Jones (Wales) Round 5 19 March 1988 WAL 9–10 FRA 1974 Report I. Evans Thorburn Thorburn Lescarboura Lafond (2) National Stadium, Cardiff 63,000 Fred Howard (England) 19 March 1988 ENG 35–3 IRE Report Oti (3)ReesR. Underwood (2) Andrew (3) Webb Webb Kiernan Twickenham, London Clive Norling (Wales) References External links 1988 Five Nations Championship at ESPN Category:Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations