1951 Five Nations Championship

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The 1951 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 13 and April 7. 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	Ireland	4	3	1	0	21	16	+5	7
2	France	4	3	0	1	41	27	−14	6
3	Wales	4	1	1	2	29	35	−6	3
4	Scotland	4	1	0	3	39	25	−14	2
4	England	4	1	0	3	13	40	−27	2

[edit] Results

1951-01-13
	France	14–12	Scotland	Paris

1951-01-20
	Wales	23–5	England	Swansea

1951-01-27
	Ireland	9–8	France	Dublin

1951-02-03
	Scotland	19–0	Wales	Edinburgh

1951-02-10
	Ireland	3–0	England	Dublin

1951-02-24
	England	3–11	France	London

1951-02-24
	Scotland	5–6	Ireland	Edinburgh

1951-03-10
	Wales	3–3	Ireland	Cardiff

1951-03-17
	England	5–3	Scotland	London

1951-04-07
	France	8–3	Wales	Paris

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site