1972 Five Nations Championship

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1972 Five Nations Championship
Date15 January - 29 April 1972
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 Not completed
Matches played8
Tries scored28 (3.5 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Barry John (35)
Top try scorer(s) Flag of France.svg Bernard Duprat (2)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gerald Davies (2)
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Gareth Edwards (2)
1971 (Previous)(Next) 1973

The 1972 Five Nations Championship was the 43rd Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the 78th since it began as the Home Nations Championship.

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For the first time since the Second World War, the championship was not completed. Scotland and Wales did not travel to Dublin to play Ireland because of escalating political tensions in the wake of Bloody Sunday. Although the remaining fixtures of the schedule were fulfilled, as both Ireland and Wales won all their matches, neither could claim the title. To fill the gap of the missing two fixtures, France played a friendly match in Dublin (in addition to the scheduled match in Paris). In total, nine matches were played between 15 January and 29 April 1972.

This was the first Five Nations Championship in which a try was worth four points. [1]

This tournament saw France play its last matches at its decades-long home ground, Stade Yves-du-Manoir in Colombes. The opening of the rebuilt Parc des Princes that June saw France move its Five Nations matches to that ground.

Participants

NationVenueCityHead coachCaptain
Flag of England.svg  England Twickenham London John Elders Bob Hiller/Peter Dixon
Flag of France.svg  France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Fernand Cazenave Benoit Dauga/Walter Spanghero/Pierre Villepreux
IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Syd Millar Tom Kiernan
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Bill Dickinson Peter Brown
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff Clive Rowlands John Lloyd

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 33006721+466
2IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 22003021+94
3Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 32015553+24
4Flag of France.svg  France 4103616652
5Flag of England.svg  England 40043688520
Source: [ citation needed ]

Squads

Fixtures

15 January 1972
England  Flag of England.svg3–12Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Pen: Hiller Try: J.P.R. Williams
Con: John
Pen: John (2)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: J. Young (Scotland)

15 January 1972
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg20–9Flag of France.svg  France
Try: Frame
Renwick
Telfer
Con: A. Brown
Pen: P. Brown
Drop: Telfer
Try: Dauga
Con: Villepreux
Pen: Villepreux
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: M. Joseph (Wales)

29 January 1972
France  Flag of France.svg9–14IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Try: Lux
Con: Villepreux
Pen: Villepreux
Try: McLoughlin
Moloney
Pen: Kiernan (2)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 26,939
Referee: A. R. Lewis (Wales)

5 February 1972
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg35–12Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Try: Bergiers
Davies
Edwards (2)
Taylor
Con: John (3)
Pen: John (3)
Try: Clark
Con: P. Brown
Pen: P. Brown
Renwick
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: G. A. Jamison (Ireland)

12 February 1972
England  Flag of England.svg12–16IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Try: Ralston
Con: Hiller
Pen: Hiller (2)
Try: Flynn
Grace
Con: Kiernan
Pen: Kiernan
Drop: McGann
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: R. Austry (France)

26 February 1972
Ireland  IRFU flag.svgCancelledFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Lansdowne Road, Dublin

26 February 1972
France  Flag of France.svg37–12Flag of England.svg  England
Try: Biemouret
Duprat (2)
Lux
Sillières
Spanghero
Con: Villepreux (5)
Pen: Villepreux
Try: Beese
Con: Old
Pen: Old (2)
Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 33,860
Referee: T. F. E. Grierson (Scotland)

11 March 1972
Ireland  IRFU flag.svgCancelledFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin

18 March 1972
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg23–9Flag of England.svg  England
Try: P. Brown
MacEwan
Pen: A. Brown
P. Brown (3)
Drop: Telfer
Pen: Old (3)
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: M. Joseph (Wales)

25 March 1972
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg20–6Flag of France.svg  France
Try: Bevan
Davies
Pen: John (4)
Pen: Villepreux (2)
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England)

Friendly match

29 April 1972
Ireland  IRFU flag.svg24–14Flag of France.svg  France
Try: Duggan
Flynn
Moloney
Con: Kiernan (3)
Pen: Kiernan (2)
Try: Duprat (2)
Lux
Con: Villepreux
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: R. F. Johnson (England)

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