1971 Five Nations Championship

Date

16 January 1971 - 27 March 1971

Countries

England

Ireland

France

Scotland

Wales

Tournament statistics

Wales (17th title)

Wales (6th title)

Wales (12th title)

Matches played

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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 first Five Nations tournament where a try was worth 4 points. Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Position	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Table points
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

Results

1971-01-16

France	13–8	Scotland
Tries:Sillieres c Villepreux c Con:Villepreux(2) Pen:Villepreux		Try:Steele c Con:Brown Pen:Smith

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 32466

1971-01-16

Wales	22–6	England
Tries:Bevan m Davies (2)c Con:Taylor (2/3) Pen:Williams Drop:John (2)		Try:Hannaford m Pen:Rossbourough

National Stadium, Cardiff

1971-01-30

Ireland	9–9	France
Try:Grant m Pen:O'Driscoll (2)		Pen:Villepreux (2) Drop:Berot

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 55000

1971-02-06

Scotland	18–19	Wales
Tries:Carmichael m Rea m Pen:Brown (4)		Tries:Taylor c Edwards m John m Davies c Con:John Taylor

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1971-02-13

Ireland	6–9	England
Tries:Grant m Duggan m		Pen:Hiller (3)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1971-02-27

Scotland	5–17	Ireland
Try:Frame c Con:Brown		Tries:Duggan (2)m,c Grant m Con:Gibson Pen:Gibson

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1971-02-27

England	14–14	France
Try:Hiller c Con:Hiller Pen:Hiller (3)		Tries:Bertranne m Cantoni c Con:Villepreux Pen:Villepreux Drop:Berot

Twickenham, London
Attendance: 70000

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

1971-03-20

England	15–16	Scotland
Tries: Hiller m Neary c Con: Hiller Pen: Hiller (3)		Tries: Brown c Paterson m Rea c Con: Brown(2/3) Drop:Paterson

Twickenham, London

1971-03-27

France	5–9	Wales
Try:Dauga c Con: Villepreux		Tries:Edwards m John m Pen:John

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 50703

External links

The official RBS Six Nations Site

Preceded by 1970 Five Nations	Five Nations Championship 1971	Succeeded by 1972 Five Nations

Six Nations Championship

Teams

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Tournaments

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Six	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Honours

Championship records • Hat-tricks • Under 20s Championship • Women's Championship

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