1967 Five Nations Championship

1967 Five Nations Championship
Date	14 January - 15 April 1967
Countries	England   Ireland   France   Scotland   Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (4th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	28 (2.8 per match)
Top point scorer	Roger Hosen (33)
Top try scorer	Colin McFadyean (3)
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The 1967 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 15 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. France won their fourth title, with a single loss.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	none	Phil Judd
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Jean Prat	Christian Darrouy
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	none	Noel Murphy
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	none	Pringle Fisher
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	none	Alun Pask/David Watkins

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	3	0	1	55	41	+14	6
2	England	4	2	0	2	68	67	+1	4
2	Ireland	4	2	0	2	17	22	−5	4
2	Scotland	4	2	0	2	37	45	−8	4
5	Wales	4	1	0	3	53	55	−2	2

Source: rugbyfootballhistory.com: ^[1]

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1967 Five Nations Championship, see 1967 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

1967-01-14

France	8–9	Scotland
Tries: Carrère Duprat Con.: Gachassin		Pen.: Wilson (2) Drops: Simmers

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 32,000 Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

1967-02-04

Scotland	11–5	Wales
Tries: Hinshelwood Telfer Con.: Wilson Drops: Chisholm		Tries: S. Watkins Con.: Price

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 70,000 Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

1967-02-11

Ireland	3–8	England
Pen.: Kiernan		Tries: McFadyean Con.: Hosen Pen.: Hosen

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)

1967-02-25

England	12–16	France
Pen.: Hosen (3) Drops: Finlan		Tries: Dourthe Duprat Con.: G. Camberabero (2) Pen.: G. Camberabero Drops: G. Camberabero

Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 70,000 Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

1967-02-25

Scotland	3–5	Ireland
Pen.: Wilson		Tries: Murphy Con.: Kiernan

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)

1967-03-11

Wales	0–3	Ireland
		Tries: Duggan

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England)

1967-03-18

England	27–14	Scotland
Tries: McFadyean (2) Taylor Webb Con.: Hosen (3) Pen.: Hosen (2) Drops: Finlan		Tries: Hinshelwood Turner Con.: Wilson Pen.: Wilson (2)

Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

1967-04-01

France	20–14	Wales
Tries: G. Camberabero Dauga Dourthe Con.: G. Camberabero Pen.: G. Camberabero Drops: G. Camberabero (2)		Tries: Bebb Con.: Price Pen.: Price (2) Drops: D. Watkins

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 39,367 Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

1967-04-15

Ireland	6–11	France
Tries: Molloy Pen.: Kiernan		Tries: Cabanier Con.: G. Camberabero Drops: G. Camberabero (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 50,000 Referee: R. P. Burrell (Scotland)

1967-04-15

Wales	34–21	England
Tries: Bebb G. Davies (2) Jarrett Morris Con.: Jarrett (5) Pen.: Jarrett (2) Drops: Raybould		Tries: Barton (2) Savage Pen.: Hosen (4)

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: D. C. J. McMahon (Scotland)

Source for match results and dates: ^[2]

References

1. "6 Nations History". Year by Year Analysis: 1967. rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
2. "Five Nations 1967 / Results". ESPN Scrum. ESPN Emea. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

External links

• Sports portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site