1985 Five Nations Championship

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1985 Five Nations Championship
Date2 February - 20 April 1985
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 (10th title)
Triple Crown IRFU flag.svg  Ireland (6th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored19 (1.9 per match)
Top point scorer(s) IRFU flag.svg Michael Kiernan (42 points)
Top try scorer(s) IRFU flag.svg Trevor Ringland (3 tries)
1984 (Previous)(Next) 1986

The 1985 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 February and 20 April. The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Contents

The championship winner was Ireland, winning their tenth title (excluding eight other shared titles); it would prove to be their last in 24 years, until their Grand Slam in 2009. Ireland also claimed the Triple Crown, their sixth, which would be their last until 2004.

The tournament suffered three match postponements due to bad weather. The opening fixtures, Ireland v England and France v Wales, were postponed to late March and the Wales v England match was put back from February to April because of a frozen pitch in Cardiff. The rescheduled match was notable for the debut, at fly half for Wales, of Jonathan Davies. [1]

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityHead coachCaptain
Flag of England.svg  England Twickenham London Dick Greenwood Paul Dodge
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Parc des Princes Paris Jacques Fouroux Philippe Dintrans
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Mick Doyle Ciaran Fitzgerald
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Derrick Grant Roy Laidlaw/David Leslie
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales National Stadium Cardiff John Bevan Terry Holmes

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 43106749+187
2Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 42204930+196
3Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 42026171104
4Flag of England.svg  England 4112445393
5Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 40044664180
Source: [ citation needed ]

Squads

Results

1985-02-02
England  Flag of England.svg99Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Pen.: Andrew (2)
Drops: Andrew
report Drops: Lescarboura (3)
Twickenham, London
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)
1985-02-02
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1518IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Pen.: Dods (4)
Drops: Rutherford
Report Tries: Ringland (2)
Con.: Kiernan (2)
Pen.: Kiernan
Drops: Kiernan
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Steve Strydom (South Africa)

1985-02-16
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg113Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Tries: Blanco (2)
Pen.: Lescarboura
Report Pen.: Dods
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,146
Referee: L. M. Prideaux (England)

1985-03-02
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg2125Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tries: Paxton (2)
Con.: Dods (2)
Pen.: Dods
Drops: Rutherford (2)
Report Tries: Pickering (2)
Con.: Wyatt
Pen.: Wyatt (4)
Drops: G. Davies
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: René Hourquet (France)
1985-03-02
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg1515Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France
Pen.: Kiernan (5) Report Tries: Codorniou
Estève
Con.: Lescarboura (2)
Pen.: Lescarboura
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)

1985-03-16
England  Flag of England.svg107Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Tries: S. Smith
Pen.: Andrew (2)
Report Tries: Robertson
Pen.: Dods
Twickenham, London
Referee: C. Norling (Wales)
1985-03-16
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg921IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Tries: Lewis
Con.: Wyatt
Drops: G. Davies
Report Tries: Crossan
Ringland
Con. Kiernan (2)
Pen.: Kiernan (3)
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)

1985-03-30
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg1310Flag of England.svg  England
Tries: Mullin
Pen.: Kiernan (2)
Drops: Kiernan
Report Tries: R. Underwood
Pen.: Andrew (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: J. M. Fleming (Scotland)
1985-03-30
France  Flag of France (lighter variant).svg143Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Tries: Estève
Gallion
Pen.: Lescarboura (2)
Report Pen.: Thorburn
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,164
Referee: Steve Strydom (South Africa)

1985-04-20
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg2415Flag of England.svg  England
Tries: J. Davies
Roberts
Con.: Thorburn (2)
Pen.: Thorburn (3)
Drops: J. Davies
Report Tries: S. Smith
Con.: Andrew
Pen.: Andrew (2)
Drops: Andrew
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: F. Palmade (France)

References

  1. Griffiths, John (13 February 2012). "Postponed Championship matches, father and son England players and the career of Squire Wilkins". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2014.