1997 Five Nations Championship
1997 Five Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 18 January – 15 March 1997 | ||
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Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | ![]() | ||
Grand Slam | ![]() | ||
Triple Crown | ![]() | ||
Calcutta Cup | ![]() | ||
Millennium Trophy | ![]() | ||
Centenary Quaich | ![]() | ||
Matches played | 10 | ||
Tries scored | 50 (5 per match) | ||
Top point scorer(s) | ![]() | ||
Top try scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() | ||
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The 1997 Five Nations Championship was the sixty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 18 January to 15 March, the crucial match being in Weekend 4 where England inexplicably threw away a 20–6 lead at Twickenham with quarter of the match to go and were pipped by France. France went on to win their first Grand Slam in ten years; England defeated the other Home Nations by large margins to win the Triple Crown. It was the last time that France played at the Parc des Princes, in Paris. Since then, the French team has been playing in the Stade de France, also in Paris.[1]
Participants[]
The teams involved were:
Nation | Venue | City | Head coach | Captain |
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Twickenham | London | Jack Rowell | Phil de Glanville |
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Parc des Princes | Paris | Jean-Claude Skrela | Abdelatif Benazzi |
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Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Brian Ashton | Keith Wood/Jim Staples |
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Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Jim Telfer | Rob Wainwright |
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National Stadium | Cardiff | Kevin Bowring | Jonathan Humphreys |
Squads[]
Table[]
Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
1 | ![]() |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 77 | +52 | 8 |
2 | ![]() |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 141 | 55 | +86 | 6 |
3 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 94 | 106 | −12 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 90 | 132 | −42 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 141 | −84 | 2 |
Results[]
Week 1[]
18 January 1997
15:00 |
Ireland ![]() |
15 – 32 | ![]() |
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Pen: Elwood (5) | Report | Tries: Galthié (3) Con: Castaignède (3) Pen: Castaignède (2) |
18 January 1997
15:00 |
Scotland ![]() |
19 – 34 | ![]() |
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Try: S. Hastings Con: Shepherd Pen: Shepherd (3) Drop: Chalmers |
Report | Tries: Evans N. Jenkins S. Quinnell A. Thomas Con: N. Jenkins (4) Pen: N. Jenkins (2) |
Week 2[]
1 February 1997
15:00 |
England ![]() |
41 – 13 | ![]() |
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Tries: Penalty try Carling de Glanville Gomarsall Con: Grayson (3) Pen: Grayson (5) |
Report | Try: Eriksson Con: Shepherd Pen: Shepherd (2) |
1 February 1997
15:00 |
Wales ![]() |
25 – 26 | ![]() |
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Tries: Evans (2) S. Quinnell Con: N. Jenkins (2) Pen: N. Jenkins (2) |
Report | Tries: Bell Hickie Miller Con: Elwood (1) Pen: Elwood (3) |
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Wayne Erickson (Australia) |
Week 3[]
15 February 1997
15:00 |
France ![]() |
27 – 22 | ![]() |
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Tries: (2) Merle Con: Aucagne (1) Dourthe (1) Pen: Aucagne |
Report | Tries: Bateman Howley G. Thomas Con: N. Jenkins (2) Pen: N. Jenkins |
15 February 1997
15:00 |
Ireland ![]() |
6 – 46 | ![]() |
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Pen: Elwood (2) | Report | Tries: Gomarsall Hill Sleightholme (2) T. Underwood (2) Con: Grayson (2) Pen: Grayson (4) |
Week 4[]
1 March 1997
15:00 |
England ![]() |
20 – 23 | ![]() |
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Try: Dallaglio Pen: Grayson (4) Drop: Grayson |
Report | Tries: Lamaison Con: Lamaison (2) Pen: Lamaison (2) Drop: Lamaison |
1 March 1997
15:00 |
Scotland ![]() |
38 – 10 | ![]() |
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Tries: Stanger Tait Townsend Walton Weir Con: Shepherd (5) Pen: Shepherd |
Report | Try: Hickie Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys |
Week 5[]
15 March 1997
15:00 |
France ![]() |
47 – 20 | ![]() |
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Tries: Benazzi Magne Tournaire Con: Lamaison (3) Pen: Lamaison (6) Drop: Sadourny |
Report | Tries: Tait (2) Con: Shepherd (2) Pen: Shepherd (2) |
15 March 1997
15:00 |
Wales ![]() |
13 – 34 | ![]() |
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Try: Howley Con: J. Davies Pen: J. Davies (2) |
Report | Tries: de Glanville Hill Stimpson T. Underwood Con: Catt (4) Pen: Catt (2) |
References[]
- ^ Mick Cleary and John Griffiths, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7732 X.
External links[]
- 1997 Five Nations Championship at ESPN
- 1997 rugby union tournaments for national teams
- Six Nations Championship seasons
- 1996–97 in European rugby union
- 1996–97 in Irish rugby union
- 1996–97 in English rugby union
- 1996–97 in Welsh rugby union
- 1996–97 in Scottish rugby union
- 1996–97 in French rugby union
- January 1997 sports events in Europe
- February 1997 sports events in Europe
- March 1997 sports events in Europe