1976 Five Nations Championship

1976 Five Nations Championship
Date	10 January - 20 March 1976
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (19th title)
Grand Slam	Wales (7th title)
Triple Crown	Wales (13th title)
Calcutta Cup	Scotland
Matches played	10
Tries scored	30 (3 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Phil Bennett (38)
Top try scorer(s)	Gareth Edwards (3)
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The 1976 Five Nations Championship was the forty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 10 January and 20 March.

Wales won their 7th title, with a Grand Slam, and the Triple Crown.

The Scotland vs France game was played one week earlier than the England vs Wales game, to allow the BBC to cover both the latter game, and the Ireland v. Australia game in Dublin on the same day. Bill Mclaren thus, unusually, commentated on the opening two games of a Five Nations Championship for the first time since the two games per weekend format was introduced in 1974.

Participants[]

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London		Tony Neary
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jean Desclaux	Jacques Fouroux
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Roly Meates	Mike Gibson
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Bill Dickinson	Ian McLauchlan
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	John Dawes	Mervyn Davies

Table[]

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	4	0	0	102	37	+65	8
2	France	4	3	0	1	82	37	+45	6
3	Scotland	4	2	0	2	49	59	−10	4
4	Ireland	4	1	0	3	31	87	−56	2
5	England	4	0	0	4	42	86	−44	0

Squads[]

Results[]

1976-01-10

Scotland	6–13	France
Pen.: Renwick Drops: Morgan		Tries: Pen.: Romeu (3)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 55,000 Referee: K. A. Pattinson (England)

1976-01-17

England	9–21	Wales
Pen.: Hignell (3)		Tries: Edwards J.P.R. Williams (2) Con.: Fenwick (3) Pen.: Martin

Twickenham, London Referee: G. Domercq (France)

1976-02-07

France	26–3	Ireland
Tries: Cholley Fouroux Rives Con.: Bastiat Romeu Pen.: Bastiat Romeu		Pen.: Robbie

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 42,585 Referee: A. Welsby (England)

1976-02-07

Wales	28–6	Scotland
Tries: Edwards Evans J.J. Williams Con.: Bennett (2) Pen.: Bennett (3) Drops: Fenwick		Tries: Irvine Con.: Morgan

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: A. Cuny (France)

1976-02-21

Ireland	9–34	Wales
Pen.: (3)		Tries: Bennett Davies (2) Edwards Con.: Bennett (3) Pen.: Bennett (3) Martin

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: N. Sanson (Scotland)

1976-02-21

Scotland	22–12	England
Tries: Lawson (2) Leslie Con.: Irvine (2) Pen.: Irvine (2)		Tries: Maxwell Con.: Old Pen.: Old (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 70,000 Referee: D. M. M. Lloyd (Wales)

1976-03-06

Wales	19–13	France
Tries: J.J. Williams Pen.: Bennett (2) Fenwick (2) Martin		Tries: Gourdon Con.: Romeu Pen.: Romeu

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 55,000 Referee: J. R. West (Ireland)

1976-03-06

England	12–13	Ireland
Pen.: Old (4)		Tries: Grace Pen.: (2) Drops:

Twickenham, London Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)

1976-03-20

France	30–9	England
Tries: Bastiat Fouroux Gourdon Paparemborde (2) Romeu Con.: Romeu (3)		Tries: Dixon Con.: Butler Pen.: Butler

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 43,611 Referee: K. H. Clark (Ireland)

1976-03-20

Ireland	6–15	Scotland
Pen.: (2)		Pen.: Irvine (4) Drops:

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: M. S. Lewis (Wales)

External links[]

• The official RBS Six Nations Site