1985 Five Nations Championship

1985 Five Nations Championship
Date	2 February 1985 - 20 April 1985
Countries	England Ireland France Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland (10th title)
Triple Crown	Ireland
Matches played	10
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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. 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. This was the last time the championship would be interrupted by weather conditions until the Six Nations of 2012.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach
England	Twickenham	London	Dick Greenwood
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Mick Doyle
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	John Bevan

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ireland	4	3	1	0	67	49	+18	7
2	France	4	2	2	0	49	30	+19	6
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	61	71	−10	4
4	England	4	1	1	2	44	53	−9	3
5	Scotland	4	0	0	4	46	64	−18	0

Results

1985-02-02	England	9–9	France	Twickenham, London

1985-02-02	Scotland	15–18	Ireland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

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1985-02-16	France	11–3	Scotland	Parc des Princes, Paris

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1985-03-02	Scotland	21–25	Wales	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1985-03-02	Ireland	15–15	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

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1985-03-16	England	10–7	Scotland	Twickenham, London

1985-03-16	Wales	9–21	Ireland	National Stadium, Cardiff

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1985-03-30	Ireland	13–10	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1985-03-30	France	14–3	Wales	Parc des Princes, Paris

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1985-04-20	Wales	24–15	England	National Stadium, Cardiff

References

• 1985 Five Nations results

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site

Preceded by 1984 Five Nations

Five Nations Championship 1985

Succeeded by 1986 Five Nations