1985 Five Nations Championship

1985 Rugby union tournament 1985 Five Nations Championship 2 February - 20 April 1985 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL IRE 10 IRE (6th title) 10 19 IRE rugby union Michael Kiernan (42 points) IRE rugby union Trevor Ringland (3 tries) 1984 1984 Five Nations Championship 1986 1986 Five Nations Championship The 1985 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 February and 20 April. The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The championship winner was Ireland, winning their tenth title (excluding eight other shared titles); it would prove to be their last in 24 years, until their Grand Slam in 2009. Ireland also claimed the Triple Crown, their sixth, which would be their last until 2004. The tournament suffered three match postponements due to bad weather. The opening fixtures, Ireland v England and France v Wales, were postponed to late March and the Wales v England match was put back from February to April because of a frozen pitch in Cardiff. The rescheduled match was notable for the debut, at fly half for Wales, of Jonathan Davies.Griffiths John Postponed Championship matches, father and son England players and the career of Squire Wilkins http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/story/159481.html espn.co.uk 1 December 2014 13 February 2012 Participants NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonDick GreenwoodPaul DodgeFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisJacques FourouxPhilippe DintransIRELansdowne RoadDublinMick DoyleCiaran FitzgeraldSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghDerrick GrantRoy Laidlaw/David LeslieWALNational StadiumCardiffJohn BevanTerry Holmes Table main WDL Q points 2 IRE IRE FRA FRA 1974 WAL WAL ENG ENG SCO SCO 3 1 0 67 49 2 2 0 49 30 2 0 2 61 71 1 1 2 44 53 0 0 4 46 64 #cfc A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1985 Five Nations Championship 1985 Five Nations Championship squads Results 1985-02-02 ENG 9–9 FRA 1974 report Pen.: Andrew (2)Drops: Andrew Drops: Lescarboura (3) Twickenham, London 60,000 D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland) 1985-02-02 SCO 15–18 IRE Report Pen.: Dods (4)Drops: Rutherford Tries: Ringland (2)Con.: Kiernan (2)Pen.: KiernanDrops: Kiernan Murrayfield, Edinburgh Steve Strydom (South Africa) 1985-02-16 FRA 1974 11–3 SCO Report Tries: Blanco (2)Pen.: Lescarboura Pen.: Dods Parc des Princes, Paris 45,146 L. M. Prideaux (England) 1985-03-02 SCO 21–25 WAL Report Tries: Paxton (2)Con.: Dods (2)Pen.: DodsDrops: Rutherford (2) Tries: Pickering (2)Con.: WyattPen.: Wyatt (4)Drops: G. Davies Murrayfield, Edinburgh René Hourquet (France) 1985-03-02 IRE 15–15 FRA 1974 Report Pen.: Kiernan (5) Tries: Codorniou EstèveCon.: Lescarboura (2)Pen.: Lescarboura Lansdowne Road, Dublin 56,000 Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia) 1985-03-16 ENG 10–7 SCO Report Tries: S. SmithPen.: Andrew (2) Tries: RobertsonPen.: Dods Twickenham, London C. Norling (Wales) 1985-03-16 WAL 9–21 IRE Report Tries: LewisCon.: WyattDrops: G. Davies Tries: CrossanRinglandCon. Kiernan (2)Pen.: Kiernan (3) National Stadium, Cardiff Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia) 1985-03-30 IRE 13–10 ENG Report Tries: MullinPen.: Kiernan (2)Drops: Kiernan Tries: R. UnderwoodPen.: Andrew (2) Lansdowne Road, Dublin J. M. Fleming (Scotland) 1985-03-30 FRA 1974 14–3 WAL Report Tries: EstèveGallionPen.: Lescarboura (2) Pen.: Thorburn Parc des Princes, Paris 49,164 Steve Strydom (South Africa) 1985-04-20 WAL 24–15 ENG Report Tries: J. DaviesRobertsCon.: Thorburn (2)Pen.: Thorburn (3)Drops: J. Davies Tries: S. SmithCon.: AndrewPen.: Andrew (2)Drops: Andrew National Stadium, Cardiff F. Palmade (France) References 1985 Five Nations results External links Sports The official RBS Six Nations Site 1985 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