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 | ||
Calcutta Cup | Scotland | ||
Matches played | 8 | ||
Tries scored | 28 (3.5 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | Barry John (35) | ||
Top try scorer(s) | Bernard Duprat (2) G Davies (2) 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.
The 1980–81 British Home Championship, contested by England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, was cancelled on similar grounds, after England and Wales refused to travel to Northern Ireland to play games.
Participants[]
The teams involved were:
Nation | Venue | City | Head coach | Captain |
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England | Twickenham | London | John Elders | Bob Hiller/Peter Dixon |
France | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | Colombes | Fernand Cazenave | Benoit Dauga/Walter Spanghero/Pierre Villepreux |
Ireland | Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Syd Millar | Tom Kiernan |
Scotland | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Bill Dickinson | Peter Brown |
Wales | Cardiff Arms Park | Cardiff | Clive Rowlands | John Lloyd |
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
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Scotland | 20–9 | France |
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Tries: Renwick Telfer Con. A. Brown Pen.: P. Brown Drops: Telfer |
Tries: Dauga Con.: Villepreux Pen.: Villepreux |
Round 2[]
29 January 1972
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France | 9–14 | Ireland |
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Tries: Lux Con.: Villepreux Pen.: Villepreux |
Tries: McLoughlin Moloney Pen.: Kiernan (2) |
Round 3[]
5 February 1972
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Wales | 35–12 | Scotland |
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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
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England | 12–16 | Ireland |
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Tries: Ralston Con.: Hiller Pen.: Hiller (2) |
Tries: Flynn Grace Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan Drops: |
Round 5[]
26 February 1972
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France | 37–12 | England |
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Tries: Duprat (2) Lux Spanghero Con.: Villepreux (5) Pen.: Villepreux |
Tries: Con.: Old Pen.: Old (2) |
Round 6[]
Round 7[]
18 March 1972
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Scotland | 23–9 | England |
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Tries: Brown MacEwan Pen.: A. Brown P. Brown (3) Drops: Telfer |
Pen.: Old (3) |
Round 8[]
25 March 1972
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Wales | 20–6 | France |
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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
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Ireland | 24–14 | France |
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Tries: Flynn Moloney Con.: Kiernan (3) Pen.: Kiernan (2) |
Tries: Duprat (2) Lux Con.: Villepreux |
References[]
- ^ "Scoring history". Rugby Football History. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
External links[]
- Six Nations Championship seasons
- 1972 rugby union tournaments for national teams
- 1971–72 in Irish rugby union
- 1971–72 in English rugby union
- 1971–72 in Welsh rugby union
- 1971–72 in Scottish rugby union
- 1971–72 in French rugby union
- 1971–72 in European rugby union
- January 1972 sports events in Europe
- February 1972 sports events in Europe
- March 1972 sports events in Europe
- April 1972 sports events in Europe