1971 Five Nations Championship

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1971 Five Nations Championship
Date16 January - 27 March 1971
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales (17th title)
Grand Slam Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales (6th title)
Triple Crown Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales (12th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored35 (3.5 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Flag of England.svg Bob Hiller (35)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Davies (5)
1970 (Previous)(Next) 1972

The 1971 Five Nations Championship was the forty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. This was the last Five Nations tournament where a try was worth 3 points. [1] Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Contents

Wales won all their four matches to win the championship for the seventeenth time outright, excluding shared titles. They won the Triple Crown for the second time in three seasons and the twelfth time overall, and completed the Grand Slam for the first time since 1952 and the sixth time overall.

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityHead coachCaptain
Flag of England.svg  England Twickenham London Don White Tony Bucknall/John Spencer
Flag of France.svg  France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Fernand Cazenave Benoît Dauga/Christian Carrère
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Ronnie Dawson Tom Kiernan/Mike Gibson
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Bill Dickinson Peter Brown
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales National Stadium Cardiff Clive Rowlands John Dawes

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 44007338+358
2Flag of France.svg  France 41214140+14
3IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 4112414653
3Flag of England.svg  England 41124458143
5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 41034764172
Source: [ citation needed ]

Squads

Results

1971-01-16
France  Flag of France.svg13–8Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Tries: Sillières
Villepreux
Con: Villepreux (2)
Pen: Villepreux
Tries: Steele
Con: Brown
Pen: Smith
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 32,466
Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)
1971-01-16
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg22–6Flag of England.svg  England
Tries: Bevan
Davies (2)
Con: Taylor (2)
Pen: Williams
Drop: John (2)
Tries: Hannaford
Pen: Rossborough
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

1971-01-30
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg9–9Flag of France.svg  France
Tries: Grant
Pen: O'Driscoll (2)
Pen: Villepreux (2)
Drop: Bérot
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: G. C. Lamb (England)
1971-02-06
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg18–19Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tries: Carmichael
Rea
Pen: Brown (4)
Tries: Taylor
Edwards
John
Davies
Con: John
Taylor
Pen: John
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England)
1971-02-13
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg6–9Flag of England.svg  England
Tries: Grant
Duggan
Pen: Hiller (3)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: M. Joseph (Wales)
1971-02-27
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg5–17IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Tries: Frame
Con: Brown
Tries: Duggan (2)
Grant
Con: Gibson
Pen: Gibson (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: W. K. M. Jones (Wales)
1971-02-27
England  Flag of England.svg14–14Flag of France.svg  France
Tries: Hiller
Con: Hiller
Pen: Hiller (3)
Tries: Bertranne
Cantoni
Con: Villepreux
Pen: Villepreux
Drop: Bérot
Twickenham, London
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: A. R. Lewis (Wales)
1971-03-13
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg23–9IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Tries: Davies (2)
Edwards (2)
Con: John
Pen: John (2)
Drop: John
Pen: Gibson (3)
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: R. F. Johnson (England)
1971-03-20
England  Flag of England.svg15–16Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Tries: Hiller
Neary
Pen: Hiller (3)
Tries: Brown
Paterson
Rea
Con: Brown (2)
Drop: Paterson
Twickenham, London
Referee: C. Durand (France)
1971-03-27
France  Flag of France.svg5–9Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tries: Dauga
Con: Villepreux
Tries: Edwards
John
Pen.: John
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 50,703
Referee: J. Young (Scotland)

References

  1. "Scoring history". Rugby Football History. Retrieved 15 November 2016.