1961 Five Nations Championship

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The 1961 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 7 and April 15. 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	France	4	3	1	0	39	14	+25	7
2	Wales	4	2	0	2	21	14	+7	4
2	Scotland	4	2	0	2	19	25	−6	4
4	England	4	1	1	2	22	22	0	3
5	Ireland	4	1	0	3	22	48	−26	2

[edit] Results

1961-01-07
	France	11–0	Scotland	Paris

1961-01-21
	Wales	6–3	England	Cardiff

1961-02-11
	Ireland	11–8	England	Dublin

1961-02-11
	Scotland	3–0	Wales	Edinburgh

1961-02-25
	England	5–5	France	London

1961-02-25
	Scotland	16–8	Ireland	Edinburgh

1961-03-11
	Wales	9–0	Ireland	Cardiff

1961-03-18
	England	6–0	Scotland	London

1961-03-25
	France	8–6	Wales	Paris

1961-04-15
	Ireland	3–15	France	Dublin

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site