1956 Five Nations Championship

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The 1956 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 14 and April 14. 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	25	20	+5	6
2	England	4	2	0	2	43	28	+15	4
2	France	4	2	0	2	31	34	−3	4
2	Ireland	4	2	0	2	33	47	−14	4
5	Scotland	4	1	0	3	31	34	−3	0

[edit] Results

1956-01-14
	Scotland	12–0	France	Edinburgh

1956-01-21
	England	3–8	Wales	London

1956-01-28
	France	14–8	Ireland	Paris

1956-02-04
	Wales	9–3	Scotland	Cardiff

1956-02-11
	England	20–0	Ireland	London

1956-02-25
	Ireland	14–10	Scotland	Dublin

1956-03-10
	Ireland	11–3	Wales	Dublin

1956-03-17
	Scotland	6–11	England	Edinburgh

1956-03-24
	Wales	5–3	France	Cardiff

1956-03-24
	France	14–9	England	Paris

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site