The 1971 Five Nations Championship was the forty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. This was the last Five Nations tournament where a try was worth 3 points.[1] Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
| 1971 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 16 January - 27 March 1971 | ||
| Countries |  England Ireland France Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Wales (17th title) | ||
| Grand Slam | Wales (6th title) | ||
| Triple Crown | Wales (12th title) | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Tries scored | 35 (3.5 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Bob Hiller (35) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Davies (5) | ||
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Wales won all their four matches to win the championship for the seventeenth time outright, excluding shared titles. They won the Triple Crown for the second time in three seasons and the twelfth time overall, and completed the Grand Slam for the first time since 1952 and the sixth time overall.
Participants
editThe teams involved were:
Table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wales | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 8 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Ireland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 3 |
| 3 | England | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 3 |
| 5 | Scotland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 2 |
Squads
editResults
edit| 1971-01-16 |
| France | 13–8 | Scotland |
| Tries: Sillières Villepreux Con: Villepreux (2) Pen: Villepreux | Tries: Steele Con: Brown Pen: Smith |
| Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 32,466 Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland) |
| 1971-01-16 |
| Wales | 22–6 | England |
| Tries: Bevan Davies (2) Con: Taylor (2) Pen: Williams Drop: John (2) | Tries: Hannaford Pen: Rossborough |
| National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland) |
| 1971-01-30 |
| Ireland | 9–9 | France |
| Tries: Grant Pen: O'Driscoll (2) | Pen: Villepreux (2) Drop: Bérot |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 55,000 Referee: G. C. Lamb (England) |
| 1971-02-06 |
| Scotland | 18–19 | Wales |
| Tries: Carmichael Rea Pen: Brown (4) | Tries: Taylor Edwards John Davies Con: John Taylor Pen: John |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England) |
| 1971-02-13 |
| Ireland | 6–9 | England |
| Tries: Grant Duggan | Pen: Hiller (3) |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: M. Joseph (Wales) |
| 1971-02-27 |
| Scotland | 5–17 | Ireland |
| Tries: Frame Con: Brown | Tries: Duggan (2) Grant Con: Gibson Pen: Gibson (2) |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: W. K. M. Jones (Wales) |
| 1971-02-27 |
| England | 14–14 | France |
| Tries: Hiller Con: Hiller Pen: Hiller (3) | Tries: Bertranne Cantoni Con: Villepreux Pen: Villepreux Drop: Bérot |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 70,000 Referee: A. R. Lewis (Wales) |
| 1971-03-13 |
| Wales | 23–9 | Ireland |
| Tries: Davies (2) Edwards (2) Con: John Pen: John (2) Drop: John | Pen: Gibson (3) |
| National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: R. F. Johnson (England) |
| 1971-03-20 |
| England | 15–16 | Scotland |
| Tries: Hiller Neary Pen: Hiller (3) | Tries: Brown Paterson Rea Con: Brown (2) Drop: Paterson |
| Twickenham, London Referee: C. Durand (France) |
| 1971-03-27 |
| France | 5–9 | Wales |
| Tries: Dauga Con: Villepreux | Tries: Edwards John Pen.: John |
| Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 50,703 Referee: J. Young (Scotland) |
References
edit- ^ "Scoring history". Rugby Football History. Retrieved 15 November 2016.