1931 Five Nations Championship

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The 1931 Five Nations Championship was the seventeenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the forty-fourth series of the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 1 and April 6. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

[edit] Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	3	1	0	74	25	+49	7
2	Scotland	4	2	0	2	47	44	+3	4
2	Ireland	4	2	0	2	17	28	−11	4
2	France	4	2	0	2	24	54	−30	4
5	England	4	0	1	3	48	59	−11	1

[edit] Results

1931-01-01
	France	3–0	Ireland	Paris

1931-01-17
	England	11–11	Wales	London

1931-01-24
	Scotland	6–4	France	Edinburgh

1931-02-07
	Wales	13–8	Scotland	Cardiff

1931-02-14
	England	5–6	Ireland	London

1931-02-28
	Wales	35–3	France	Swansea

1931-02-28
	Ireland	8–5	Scotland	Dublin

1931-03-14
	Ireland	3–15	Wales	Belfast

1931-03-21
	Scotland	28–19	England	Edinburgh

1931-04-06
	France	14–13	England	Edinburgh

[edit] External links

• 6 Nations History. rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.