1996 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1996 Five Nations Championship 20 January - 16 March 1996 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL ENG 22 ENG (19th title) 10 30 ENG Paul Grayson (64 points) SCO Michael Dods FRA 1974 Émile Ntamack (3 tries) 1995 1995 Five Nations Championship 1997 1997 Five Nations Championship The 1996 Five Nations Championship was the sixty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship, and the first in the sport's professional era, which officially began in August 1995. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 20 January to 16 March. England were the winners, losing only the first game with France, thus missing the Grand Slam, but winning the Triple Crown. France went into the final week needing a victory to clinch the championship themselves thanks to superior points difference, but lost by a single point to Wales, who not only avoided a whitewash but climbed above Ireland on points difference in doing so. Scotland missed out on a fourth Grand Slam after losing to England at Murrayfield, this was the second successive season Scotland lost out on a Grand Slam. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonJack RowellWill CarlingFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisJean-Claude SkrelaPhilippe Saint-AndréIRELansdowne RoadDublinMurray KiddJim Staples/Niall HoganSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghJim TelferRob WainwrightWALNational StadiumCardiffKevin BowringJonathan Humphreys Squads each nation's squad for the 1996 Five Nations Championship 1996 Five Nations Championship squads Standings main WDL Q points 2 ENG ENG SCO SCO FRA FRA 1974 WAL WAL IRE IRE 3 0 1 79 54 3 0 1 60 56 2 0 2 89 57 1 0 3 62 82 1 0 3 65 106 #ccffcc A complete Results 20 January 1996 15:00 FRA 1974 15–12 ENG Pen: Lacroix (3) Drops:: Castaignède Lacroix Pen: Grayson (2) Drops: Grayson (2) Parc des Princes, Paris 45,000 David McHugh (Ireland) 20 January 1996 15:00 IRE 10–16 SCO Tries: Clohessy Con: Elwood Pen: Elwood Tries: Dods McKenzie Pen: Dods Drops: Townsend Lansdowne Road, Dublin Brian Campsall (England) 3 February 1996 15:00 ENG 21–15 WAL Tries: Guscott R. Underwood Con: Grayson Pen: Grayson (3) Tries: Howley Taylor Con: A. Thomas Pen: A. Thomas Twickenham, London Ken McCartney (Scotland) 3 February 1996 15:00 SCO 19–14 FRA 1974 Tries: Dods (2) Pen: Dods (3) Tries: Benazzi Pen: Castaignède Lacroix (2) Murrayfield, Edinburgh 65,000 Clayton Thomas (Wales) 17 February 1996 15:00 FRA 1974 45–10 IRE Tries: Accoceberry Campan Castel (2) Ntamack (2) Saint-André Con: Castaignède (5) Tries: Penalty try Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys Parc des Princes, Paris Ed Morrison (England) 17 February 1996 15:00 WAL 14–16 SCO Tries: Proctor Pen: A. Thomas (3) Tries: Townsend Con: Dods Pen: Dods (3) National Stadium, Cardiff 47,000 Joel Dume (France) 2 March 1996 15:00 IRE 30–17 WAL Tries: Corkery Fulcher Geoghegan Woods Con: Mason (2) Pen: Mason (2) Tries: I. Evans (2) Con: A. Thomas (2) Pen: A. Thomas Lansdowne Road, Dublin Didier Mene (France) 2 March 1996 15:00 SCO 9–18 ENG Pen: Dods (3) Pen: Grayson (6) Murrayfield, Edinburgh 67,000 Derek Bevan (Wales) 16 March 1996 15:00 ENG 28–15 IRE Tries: Sleightholme Con: Grayson Pen: Grayson (6) Drops: Grayson Pen: Mason (4) Drops: Humphreys Twickenham, London 75,000 Edward Murray (Scotland) 16 March 1996 15:00 WAL 16–15 FRA 1974 Tries: Howley Con: Jenkins Pen: Jenkins (3) Tries: Castaignède Ntamack Con: Castaignède Pen: Castaignède National Stadium, Cardiff 52,000 Brian Stirling (Ireland) External links 1996 Five Nations Championship at ESPN Category:1996 rugby union tournaments for national teams 1996 Category:1995–96 in European rugby union Category:1995–96 in Irish rugby union Category:1995–96 in English rugby union Category:1995–96 in Welsh rugby union Category:1995–96 in Scottish rugby union Category:1995–96 in French rugby union Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations