1954 Five Nations Championship

1954 Five Nations Championship
1954 Five Nations Championship
Date	9 January - 10 April 1954
Countries	England; Ireland; France; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England, France and Wales
Triple Crown	England (12th title)
Matches played	10
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The 1954 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixtieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 9 January and 10 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales, England and France shared the championship; this marked France's first title. England won the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup.

England missed out on a seventh Grand Slam after losing to France at Stade Colombes.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Bob Stirling
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Jean Prat
Ireland	Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill	Dublin/Belfast	Jackie Kyle/Jim McCarthy
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Norman Davidson/Doug Elliot
Wales	National Stadium/St Helen's	Cardiff/Swansea	Ken Jones/Rees Stephens/Rex Willis

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wales	4	3	1	52	34	+18	6
1	England	4	3	1	39	23	+16	6
1	France	4	3	1	35	22	+13	6
4	Ireland	4	1	3	18	34	−16	2
5	Scotland	4	0	4	6	37	−31	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

1954-01-09

Scotland	0–3	France

Edinburgh

1954-01-16

England	9–6	Wales

London

1954-01-23

France	8–0	Ireland

Paris

1954-02-13

England	14–3	Ireland

London

1954-02-27

Ireland	6–0	Scotland

Belfast

This was the last Ireland international played at Ravenhill until 2007.^[1] Players from the Republic of Ireland threatened not to line out for the UK anthem unless their anthem and flag were also used. The IRFU resolved the issue by moving all future home matches to Dublin.^[2]

1954-03-13

Ireland	9–12	Wales

Dublin

1954-03-20

Scotland	3–13	England

Edinburgh

1954-03-27

Wales	19–13	France

Cardiff

1954-04-10

France	11–3	England

Paris

1954-04-10

Wales	15–3	Scotland

Swansea

References

^ "Rugby Union : Ireland 23-20 Italy". BBC Online. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2017. The 14,000 full house watching Ireland's first Ravenhill international in 53 years
^ Cronin, Mike (7 May 2007). "Rugby globalisation and Irish identity". In Maguire, Joseph (ed.). Power and Global Sport: Zones of Prestige, Emulation and Resistance. Routledge. pp. 122–124. ISBN 9781134527274. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

External links

The official RBS Six Nations Site

[1] "Rugby Union : Ireland 23-20 Italy". BBC Online. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 22 November 2017. The 14,000 full house watching Ireland's first Ravenhill international in 53 years

[Cronin2007-2] Cronin, Mike (7 May 2007). "Rugby globalisation and Irish identity". In Maguire, Joseph (ed.). Power and Global Sport: Zones of Prestige, Emulation and Resistance. Routledge. pp. 122–124. ISBN 9781134527274. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

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