1984 Five Nations Championship

Rugby Union tournament 1984 Five Nations Championship 21 January - 17 March 1984 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL SCO 12 SCO (2nd title) SCO (9th title) 10 27 FRA 1974 Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (54 points) FRA 1974 Philippe Sella (3 tries) 1983 1983 Five Nations Championship 1985 1985 Five Nations Championship The 1984 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninetieth edition of the competition. Ten matches were played between 21 January and 17 March. Scotland won the championship outright for the first time since 1938. It was their twelfth outright championship, excluding a further seven shared titles. Their four wins gave them the Grand Slam for the first time since 1925 and the second in all, and the Triple Crown for the ninth time and the first since 1938. It was also the second time, after 1978, in which two teams with three victories each faced off against each other in the final round of matches, with both capable of completing a Grand Slam with a victory. Participants NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenham StadiumLondonDick GreenwoodPeter WheelerFRA 1974Parc des PrincesParisJacques FourouxJean-Pierre RivesIRELansdowne RoadDublinWillie John McBrideWillie Duggan/Ciaran FitzgeraldSCOMurrayfield StadiumEdinburghJim TelferJim AitkenWALNational StadiumCardiffJohn BevanEddie Buttler/Mike Watkins Table main WDL Q points 2 SCO SCO FRA FRA 1974 WAL WAL ENG ENG IRE IRE 4 0 0 86 36 3 0 1 90 67 2 0 2 67 60 1 0 3 51 83 0 0 4 39 87 #ccffcc A complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1984 Five Nations Championship 1984 Five Nations Championship squads Results 21 January 1984 FRA 1974 25–12 IRE GallionSella Lescarboura Lescarboura (4) Lescarboura Campbell (4) Parc des Princes, Paris 45,023 C. Norling (Wales) 21 January 1984 WAL 9–15 SCO Titley Davies Davies PaxtonAitken Dods (2) Dods National Stadium, Cardiff O. E. Doyle (Ireland) 4 February 1984 IRE 9–18 WAL Campbell (3) Ackerman Davies Davies (2) Bowen (2) Lansdowne Road, Dublin R. G. Byres (Australia) 4 February 1984 SCO 18–6 ENG JohnstonKennedy Dods (2) Dods (2) Hare (2) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland) 18 February 1984 WAL 16–21 FRA 1974 DaviesButler Davies Davies (2) Sella Lescarboura Lescarboura (4) Lescarboura National Stadium, Cardiff 62,000 R. G. Byers (Australia) 18 February 1984 ENG 12–9 IRE Hare (3) Cusworth Ward (3) Twickenham Stadium, London René Hourquet France 3 March 1984 FRA 1974 32–18 ENG CodorniouSellaEstèveBeguGallion Lescarboura (3) Lescarboura Lescarboura HareUnderwood Hare (2) Hare (2) Parc des Princes, Paris 45,240 Alan Hosie (Scotland) 3 March 1984 IRE 9–32 SCO Kiernan Murphy Murphy Laidlaw (2)Penalty tryRobertsonDods Dods (3) Dods (2) Lansdowne Road, Dublin F. A. Howard (England) 17 March 1984 SCO 21–12 FRA 1974 Calder Dods Dods (5) Gallion Lescarboura Lescarboura Lescarboura Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 62,000 W. Jones (Wales) 17 March 1984 ENG 15–24 WAL Hare (5) Hadley Davies Davies (4) Dacey (2) Twickenham Stadium, London J. B. Anderson (Scotland) References 1984 Five Nations Championship results Category:Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations