1982 Five Nations Championship

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1982 Five Nations Championship
Date16 January - 20 March 1982
CountriesFlag of England.svg  England
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions IRFU flag.svg  Ireland (9th title)
Triple Crown IRFU flag.svg  Ireland (5th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored25 (2.5 per match)
Top point scorer(s) IRFU flag.svg Ollie Campbell (46)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Serge Blanco (2)
Flag of England.svg John Carleton (2)
Flag of England.svg Mike Slemen (2)
Flag of Scotland.svg John Rutherford (2)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Terry Holmes (2)
IRFU flag.svg Moss Finn (2)
1981 (Previous)(Next) 1983

The 1982 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 16 January and 20 March. The winner of the championship was Ireland, with three wins and one defeat. It was the team's ninth title (excluding seven previous other titles which were shared). Ireland also won the Triple Crown, its fifth such honour, its first since 1949 and last one until 1985. The team's only defeat came on the final day of the competition, losing 22-9 to France in Paris, denying the Irish what would have been only their second ever Grand Slam.

Contents

Wales's defeat by Scotland was their first loss at home in a Five Nations championship match since France won at Cardiff in March 1968.

The Ireland vs Wales game was delayed by a week due to a frozen pitch in Dublin.

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityHead coachCaptain
Flag of England.svg  England Twickenham London Mike Davis Bill Beaumont
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Parc des Princes Paris Jacques Fouroux Jean-Pierre Rives
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Tom Kiernan Ciaran Fitzgerald/Willie Duggan
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Jim Telfer Andy Irvine
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales National Stadium Cardiff John Lloyd Gareth Davies

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 43016661+56
2Flag of England.svg  England 42116847+215
2Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 42117155+165
4Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 41035674182
4Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 41035983242
Source: [ citation needed ]

Squads

Results

1982-01-16
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg99Flag of England.svg  England
Pen.: Irvine (2)
Drops: Rutherford
Pen.: Dodge (2)
Rose
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: K. Rowland (Wales)

1982-01-23
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg2012Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tries: Finn (2)
Ringland
Con.: Campbell
Pen.: Campbell (2)
Tries: Holmes
Con.: Evans
Pen.: Evans
Drops: Pearce
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: J. A. Short (Scotland)

1982-02-06
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg2212Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Tries: Holmes
Pen.: Evans (6)
Tries: Blanco
Con.: Sallefranque
Pen.: Martinez
Sallefranque
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)
1982-02-06
England  Flag of England.svg1516IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Tries: Slemen
Con.: Rose
Pen.: Rose (3)
Tries: McLoughlin
MacNeill
Con.: Campbell
Pen.: Campbell (2)
Twickenham, London
Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)

1982-02-20
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg1527Flag of England.svg  England
Tries: Pardo
Con.: Sallefranque
Pen.: Sallefranque (2)
Drops: Lescarboura
Tries: Carleton
Woodward
Con.: Hare (2)
Pen.: Hare (5)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: M. D. M. Rea (Ireland)
1982-02-20
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg2112Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Pen.: Campbell (6)
Drops: Campbell
Tries: Rutherford
Con.: Irvine
Pen.: Renwick (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Clive Norling (Wales)

1982-03-06
England  Flag of England.svg177Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tries: Carleton
Slemen
Pen.: Hare (3)
Tries: Lewis
Drops: Davies
Twickenham, London
Referee: F. Palmade (France)
1982-03-06
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg167Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Tries: Rutherford
Pen.: Irvine (3)
Drops: Renwick
Tries: Rives
Pen.: Sallefranque
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 70,000
Referee: J. A. F. Trigg (England)

1982-03-20
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg229IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Tries: Blanco
Mesny
Con.: Gabernet
Pen.: Blanco (2)
Gabernet (2)
Pen.: Campbell (3)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,238
Referee: A. Welsby (England)
1982-03-20
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg1834Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Tries: Butler
Con.: Evans
Pen.: Evans (4)
Tries: Calder
Johnston
Pollock
Renwick
White
Con.: Irvine (4)
Drops: Renwick
Rutherford
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: J. P. Bonnet (France)

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