1972 Five Nations Championship
1972 Five Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 15 January - 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.
Scotland and Wales did not 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 was the first Five Nations Championship where a try was worth four points.[1]
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 | |||||
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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
Fixtures
Round 1
15 January 1972 |
England | 3–12 | Wales |
Pen.: Hiller | Tries: J.P.R. Williams Con.: John Pen.: John (2) |
Twickenham, London Referee: J. Young (Scotland) |
15 January 1972 |
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) |
Round 2
29 January 1972 |
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) |
Round 3
5 February 1972 |
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) |
Round 4
12 February 1972 |
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) |
Round 5
26 February 1972 |
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) |
Round 6
Round 7
18 March 1972 |
Scotland | 23–9 | England |
Tries: Brown MacEwan Pen.: A. Brown P. Brown (3) Drops: Telfer | Pen.: Old (3) |
Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: M. Joseph (Wales) |
Round 8
25 March 1972 |
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
29 April 1972 |
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.
External links
http://stats.espnscrum.com/scrum/rugby/records/team/match_results.html?id=650;type=tournament
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- 1971–72 in English rugby union
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