1972 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1972 Five Nations Championship 15 January - 29 April 1972 ENGIREFRASCOWAL Not completed 8 28 WAL Barry John (35) FRA Bernard Duprat (2)WAL Gerald Davies (2)WAL Gareth Edwards (2) 1971 1971 Five Nations Championship 1973 1973 Five Nations Championship The 1972 Five Nations Championship was the 43rd Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the 78th since it began as the Home Nations Championship. For the first time since the Second World War, the championship was not completed. Scotland and Wales did not travel to Dublin to play Ireland because of escalating political tensions in the wake of Bloody Sunday. Although the remaining fixtures of the schedule were fulfilled, as both Ireland and Wales won all their matches, neither could claim the title. To fill the gap of the missing two fixtures, France played a friendly match in Dublin (in addition to the scheduled match in Paris). In total, nine matches were played between 15 January and 29 April 1972. This was the first Five Nations Championship in which a try was worth four points.Scoring history http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/scoring.htm Rugby Football History 15 November 2016 This tournament saw France play its last matches at its decades-long home ground, Stade Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. The opening of the rebuilt Parc des Princes that June saw France move its Five Nations matches to that ground. Participants NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonJohn EldersBob Hiller/Peter DixonFRAStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesFernand CazenaveBenoit Dauga/Walter Spanghero/Pierre VillepreuxIRELansdowne RoadDublinSyd MillarTom KiernanSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghBill DickinsonPeter BrownWALCardiff Arms ParkCardiffClive RowlandsJohn Lloyd Table main WDL Q 2 points WAL WAL IRE IRE SCO SCO FRA FRA ENG ENG 3 0 0 67 21 2 0 0 30 21 2 0 1 55 53 1 0 3 61 66 0 0 4 36 88 complete Squads each nation's squad for the 1972 Five Nations Championship 1972 Five Nations Championship squads Fixtures 15 January 1972 ENG 3–12 WAL Hiller J. P. R. Williams John John (2) Twickenham Stadium, London J. Young (Scotland) 15 January 1972 SCO 20–9 FRA FrameRenwickTelfer A. Brown P. Brown Telfer Dauga Villepreux Villepreux Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 50,000 M. Joseph (Wales) 29 January 1972 FRA 9–14 IRE Lux Villepreux Villepreux McLoughlinMoloney Kiernan (2) Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 26,939 A. R. Lewis (Wales) 5 February 1972 WAL 35–12 SCO BergiersDaviesEdwards (2)Taylor John (3) John (3) Clark P. Brown P. BrownRenwick National Stadium, Cardiff G. A. Jamison (Ireland) 12 February 1972 ENG 12–16 IRE Ralston Hiller Hiller (2) FlynnGrace Kiernan Kiernan McGann Twickenham Stadium, London R. Austry (France) 26 February 1972 IRE Cancelled SCO Lansdowne Road, Dublin 26 February 1972 FRA 37–12 ENG BiemouretDuprat (2)LuxSillièresSpanghero Villepreux (5) Villepreux Beese Old Old (2) Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes 33,860 T. F. E. Grierson (Scotland) 11 March 1972 IRE Cancelled WAL Lansdowne Road, Dublin 18 March 1972 SCO 23–9 ENG P. BrownMacEwan A. BrownP. Brown (3) Telfer Old (3) Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh M. Joseph (Wales) 25 March 1972 WAL 20–6 FRA BevanDavies John (4) Villepreux (2) National Stadium, Cardiff 50,000 M. H. Titcomb (England) Friendly match 29 April 1972 IRE 24–14 FRA DugganFlynnMoloney Kiernan (3) Kiernan (2) Duprat (2)Lux Villepreux Lansdowne Road, Dublin 35,000 R. F. Johnson (England) References External links Sports The official RBS Six Nations Site http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/team/match_results.html?id=650;type=tournament Category:Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Category:The Troubles (Northern Ireland)