1948 Five Nations Championship

The 1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 1 and March 29. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was won by Ireland, who achieved a Grand Slam by defeating all the other participants—a feat they would not accomplish again until 2009.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ireland	4	4	0	0	36	16	+20	8
2	France	4	2	0	2	40	25	+15	4
3	Scotland	4	2	0	2	15	31	−16	4
4	Wales	4	1	1	2	23	20	+3	3
5	England	4	0	1	3	16	35	−19	1

Results

1948-01-01	France	6–13	Ireland	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

1948-01-17	England	3–3	Wales	Twickenham, London

1948-01-24	Scotland	9–8	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1948-02-07	Wales	14–0	Scotland	National Stadium, Cardiff

1948-02-14	England	10–11	Ireland	Twickenham, London

1948-02-14	Wales	3–11	France	National Stadium, Cardiff

1948-02-28	Ireland	6–0	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1948-03-13	Ireland	6–3	Wales	Ravenhill, Belfast

1948-03-20	Scotland	6–3	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1948-03-29	France	15–0	England	Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

External links

Rugby union portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site

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