1939 Home Nations Championship

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The 1939 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fifth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between January 21 and March 18. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

[edit] Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	3	2	0	1	18	6	+12	4
1	Ireland	3	2	0	1	17	10	+7	4
1	England	3	2	0	1	12	11	+1	4
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	12	32	−20	0

[edit] Results

1939-01-21
	England	3–0	Wales	London

1939-02-04
	Wales	11–3	Scotland	Cardiff

1939-02-11
	England	0–5	Ireland	London

1939-02-25
	Ireland	12–3	Scotland	Dublin

1939-03-11
	Ireland	0–7	Wales	Belfast

1939-03-18
	Scotland	6–9	England	Edinburgh

[edit] External links

• 6 Nations History. rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.