1972 Five Nations Championship
| 1972 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 15 January 1972 - 29 April 1972 | ||
| Countries |  England Ireland France Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Not completed | ||
| Matches played | 8 | ||
| Tries scored | 28 (3.5 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Barry John (32) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Bernard Duprat (2) Jean-Pierre Lux (2) Gareth Edwards (2) | ||
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The 1972 Five Nations Championship was the forty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The championship was not completed for the first time since World War II. This was the first Five Nations Championship where a try was worth four points.[1] Scotland and Wales did not want to travel to Dublin to play Ireland because of the escalating political situation. 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. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
This tournament saw France play its last matches at its decades-long home ground of Colombes. The opening of the rebuilt Parc des Princes that June saw France move its Five Nations matches to that ground.
Participants
The teams involved were:
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | Wales
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 21 | +46 | 6 |
| 2 | Ireland
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 21 | +9 | 4 |
| 3 | Scotland
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 4 |
| 4 | France
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 66 | −5 | 2 |
| 5 | England
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 88 | −52 | 0 |
Squads
Results
| 1972-01-15 |
| England | 3–12 | Wales |
| Pen.: Hiller | Tries: J.P.R. Williams Con.: John Pen.: John (2) |
| Twickenham, London Referee: J. Young (Scotland) |
| 1972-01-15 |
| Scotland | 20–9 | France |
| Tries: Frame Renwick Telfer Con. A. Brown Pen.: P. Brown Drops: Telfer | Tries: Dauga Con.: Villepreux Pen.: Villepreux |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 50,000 Referee: M. Joseph (Wales) |
| 1972-01-29 |
| France | 9–14 | Ireland |
| Tries: Lux Con.: Villepreux Pen.: Villepreux | Tries: McLoughlin Moloney Pen.: Kiernan (2) |
| Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 26,939 Referee: A. R. Lewis (Wales) |
| 1972-02-05 |
| Wales | 35–12 | Scotland |
| Tries: Bergiers Davies Edwards (2) Taylor Con.: John (3) Pen.: John (3) | Tries: Clark Con.: P. Brown Pen.: P. Brown Renwick |
| National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: G. A. Jamison (Ireland) |
| 1972-02-12 |
| England | 12–16 | Ireland |
| Tries: Ralston Con.: Hiller Pen.: Hiller (2) | Tries: Flynn Grace Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan Drops: McGann |
| Twickenham, London Referee: R. Austry (France) |
| 1972-02-26 |
| France | 37–12 | England |
| Tries: Biemouret Duprat (2) Lux Sillieres Spanghero Con.: Villepreux (5) Pen.: Villepreux | Tries: Beese Con.: Old Pen.: Old (2) |
| Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 33,860 Referee: T. F. E. Grierson (Scotland) |
| 1972-03-18 |
| Scotland | 23–9 | England |
| Tries: Brown MacEwan Pen.: A. Brown P. Brown (3) Drops: Telfer | Pen.: Old (3) |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: M. Joseph (Wales) |
| 1972-03-25 |
| Wales | 20–6 | France |
| Tries: Bevan Davies Pen.: John (4) | Pen.: Villepreux (2) |
| National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 50,000 Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England) |
Friendly match
| 1972-04-29 |
| Ireland | 24–14 | France |
| Tries: Duggan Flynn Moloney Con.: Kiernan (3) Pen.: Kiernan (2) | Tries: Duprat (2) Lux Con.: Villepreux |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 35,000 Referee: R. F. Johnson (England) |
References
- ^ "Scoring history". Rugby Football History. Retrieved 15 November 2016.