1978 Five Nations Championship

1978 Five Nations Championship
Date	21 January 1978 - 18 March 1978
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (20th title)
Grand Slam	Wales
Triple Crown	Wales
Matches played	10
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The 1978 Five Nations Championship was the forty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 21 January and 18 March. The tournament was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The championship was won by Wales, the twentieth time the team won the competition outright. The Welsh had won another nine titles, which were shared with other teams. Having won all four of their games, Wales also won the Grand Slam, a record eighth occasion the team did so - Wales had formerly shared the record of seven with England. Victories over England, Ireland and Scotland (the Home Nations), also meant Wales won the Triple Crown for the third consecutive time, a record, given no other team had ever won the Triple Crown more than twice in a row. It was Wales' fifteenth in total, also a record, surpassing the fourteen won by England.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	4	0	0	67	43	+24	8
2	France	4	3	0	1	51	47	+4	6
3	England	4	2	0	2	42	33	+9	4
4	Ireland	4	1	0	3	46	54	−8	2
5	Scotland	4	0	0	4	39	68	−29	0

Results

1978-01-21	France	15–6	England	Parc des Princes, Paris

1978-01-21	Ireland	12–9	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1978-02-04	Scotland	16–19	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1978-02-04	England	6–9	Wales	Twickenham, London

1978-02-18	Wales	22–14	Scotland	National Stadium, Cardiff

1978-02-18	France	10–9	Ireland	Parc des Princes, Paris

1978-03-04	Scotland	0–15	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1978-03-04	Ireland	16–20	Wales	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1978-03-18	Wales	16–7	France	National Stadium, Cardiff

1978-03-18	England	15–9	Ireland	Twickenham, London

References

• 1978 Five Nations results

External links

Rugby union portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site