1956 Five Nations Championship

1956 Five Nations Championship
Date	14 January 1956 - 14 April 1956
Countries	England Ireland France Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (13th title)
Matches played	10
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The 1956 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 14 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	3	0	1	25	20	+5	6
2	England	4	2	0	2	43	28	+15	4
2	France	4	2	0	2	31	34	−3	4
2	Ireland	4	2	0	2	33	47	−14	4
5	Scotland	4	1	0	3	31	34	−3	2

Results

1956-01-14

Scotland	12–0	France

Edinburgh

1956-01-21

England	3–8	Wales

London

1956-01-28

France	14–8	Ireland

Paris

1956-02-04

Wales	9–3	Scotland

Cardiff

1956-02-11

England	20–0	Ireland

London

1956-02-25

Ireland	14–10	Scotland

Dublin

1956-03-10

Ireland	11–3	Wales

Dublin

1956-03-17

Scotland	6–11	England

Edinburgh

1956-03-24

Wales	5–3	France

Cardiff

1956-03-24

France	14–9	England

Paris

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site