1947 Five Nations Championship

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The 1947 Five Nations Championship was the eighteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 1 and April 19. 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	0	1	37	17	+20	6
1	England	4	3	0	1	39	36	+3	6
3	Ireland	4	2	0	2	33	18	+15	4
3	France	4	2	0	2	23	20	+3	4
5	Scotland	4	0	0	4	16	57	−41	0

[edit] Results

1947-01-01
	France	8–3	Scotland	Paris

1947-01-18
	Wales	6–9	England	Cardiff

1947-01-25
	Ireland	8–12	France	Dublin

1947-02-01
	Scotland	8–22	Wales	Edinburgh

1947-02-08
	Ireland	22–0	England	Dublin

1947-02-22
	Scotland	0–3	Ireland	Edinburgh

1947-03-15
	England	24–5	Scotland	London

1947-03-22
	France	0–3	Wales	Paris

1947-03-29
	Wales	6–0	Ireland	Swansea

[edit] External links

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