1985 Five Nations Championship

1985 Five Nations Championship
1985 Five Nations Championship
Date	2 February - 20 April 1985
Countries	England; Ireland; France; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland (10th title)
Triple Crown	Ireland (6th title)
Calcutta Cup	England
Matches played	10
Tries scored	19 (1.9 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Michael Kiernan (42 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Trevor Ringland (3 tries)
← 1984 (Previous)	(Next) 1986 →

The 1985 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 February and 20 April. The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The championship winner was Ireland, winning their tenth title (excluding eight other shared titles); it would prove to be their last in 24 years, until their Grand Slam in 2009. Ireland also claimed the Triple Crown, their sixth, which would be their last until 2004.

The tournament suffered three match postponements due to bad weather. The opening fixtures, Ireland v England and France v Wales, were postponed to late March and the Wales v England match was put back from February to April because of a frozen pitch in Cardiff. The rescheduled match was notable for the debut, at fly half for Wales, of Jonathan Davies.^[1]

Participants[]

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Dick Greenwood	Paul Dodge
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux	Philippe Dintrans
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Mick Doyle	Ciaran Fitzgerald
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Derrick Grant	Roy Laidlaw/David Leslie
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	John Bevan	Terry Holmes

Table[]

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Table points
1	Ireland	4	3	1	0	67	49	+18	7
2	France	4	2	2	0	49	30	+19	6
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	61	71	−10	4
4	England	4	1	1	2	44	53	−9	3
5	Scotland	4	0	0	4	46	64	−18	0

Squads[]

Results[]

1985-02-02

England	9–9	France
Pen.: Andrew (2) Drops: Andrew	report	Drops: Lescarboura (3)

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)

1985-02-02

Scotland	15–18	Ireland
Pen.: Dods (4) Drops: Rutherford	Report	Tries: Ringland (2) Con.: Kiernan (2) Pen.: Kiernan Drops: Kiernan

Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: S. Strydom (South Africa)

1985-02-16

France	11–3	Scotland
Tries: Blanco (2) Pen.: Lescarboura	Report	Pen.: Dods

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,146
Referee: L. M. Prideaux (England)

1985-03-02

Scotland	21–25	Wales
Tries: Paxton (2) Con.: Dods (2) Pen.: Dods Drops: Rutherford (2)	Report	Tries: (2) Con.: Wyatt Pen.: Wyatt (4) Drops: G. Davies

Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: R. Hourquet (France)

1985-03-02

Ireland	15–15	France
Pen.: Kiernan (5)	Report	Tries: Codorniou Estève Con.: Lescarboura (2) Pen.: Lescarboura

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 56,000
Referee: Kieran Fitzgerald (Australia)

1985-03-16

England	10–7	Scotland
Tries: S. Smith Pen.: Andrew (2)	Report	Tries: Robertson Pen.: Dods

Twickenham, London
Referee: C. Norling (Wales)

1985-03-16

Wales	9–21	Ireland
Tries: Con.: Wyatt Drops: G. Davies	Report	Tries: Crossan Ringland Con. Kiernan (2) Pen.: Kiernan (3)

National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Kieran Fitzgerald (Australia)

1985-03-30

Ireland	13–10	England
Tries: Mullin Pen.: Kiernan (2) Drops: Kiernan	Report	Tries: R. Underwood Pen.: Andrew (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: J. M. Fleming (Scotland)

1985-03-30

France	14–3	Wales
Tries: Estève Gallion Pen.: Lescarboura (2)	Report	Pen.: Thorburn

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,164
Referee: S. Strydom (South Africa)

1985-04-20

Wales	24–15	England
Tries: J. Davies Roberts Con.: Thorburn (2) Pen.: Thorburn (3) Drops: J. Davies	Report	Tries: S. Smith Con.: Andrew Pen.: Andrew (2) Drops: Andrew

National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: F. Palmade (France)

References[]

^ Griffiths, John (13 February 2012). "Postponed Championship matches, father and son England players and the career of Squire Wilkins". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

1985 Five Nations results

External links[]

Preceded by 1984 Five Nations	Five Nations Championship 1985	Succeeded by 1986 Five Nations

[1] Griffiths, John (13 February 2012). "Postponed Championship matches, father and son England players and the career of Squire Wilkins". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2014.

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