1949 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1949 Five Nations Championship 15 January - 26 March 1949 ENGIREFRASCOWAL 1807 IRE 6 IRE (4th title) 10 1948 1948 Five Nations Championship 1950 1950 Five Nations Championship The 1949 Five Nations Championship was the twentieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Ireland won their 6th title and the Triple Crown. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonNim Hall/Ivor PreeceFRAStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy BasquetIRELansdowne Road/RavenhillDublin/BelfastKarl MullenSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghDoug KellerWAL 1953National Stadium/St. HelensCardiff/SwanseaHaydn Tanner Table thumb|Team of France that opened the season vs Scotland in Paris main WDL Q 2 points IRE IRE ENG ENG FRA 2 FRA SCO 2 SCO WAL WAL 1807 3 0 1 41 24 2 0 2 35 29 2 0 2 24 28 2 0 2 20 37 1 0 3 17 19 #ccffcc A complete Results 1949-01-15 FRA 0–8 SCO Paris 1949-01-15 WAL 1807 9–3 ENG Cardiff 1949-01-29 IRE 9–16 FRA Dublin 1949-02-05 SCO 6–5 WAL 1807 Edinburgh 1949-02-12 IRE 14–5 ENG Dublin 1949-02-26 ENG 8–3 FRA Twickenham 1949-02-26 SCO 3–13 IRE Edinburgh 1949-03-12 WAL 1807 0–5 IRE Swansea 1949-03-19 ENG 19–3 SCO Twickenham 1949-03-26 FRA 5–3 WAL 1807 Paris External links The official RBS Six Nations Site Amateur footage by Norman Hodgson of matches and buildup, now in the Raidió Teilifís Éireann archives: Wales–Ireland, Ireland–France Category:Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations