1971 Five Nations Championship

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The 1971 Five Nations Championship was the forty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 16 and March 27. 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	4	0	0	73	38	+35	8
2	France	4	1	2	1	41	40	+1	4
3	Ireland	4	1	1	2	41	46	−5	3
3	England	4	1	1	2	44	58	−14	3
5	Scotland	4	1	0	3	47	64	−17	2

[edit] Results

1971-01-16
	France	13–8	Scotland	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

1971-01-16
	Wales	22–6	England	National Stadium, Cardiff

1971-01-30
	Ireland	9–9	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1971-02-06
	Scotland	18–19	Wales	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1971-02-13
	Ireland	6–9	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1971-02-27
	Scotland	5–17	Ireland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1971-02-27
	England	14–14	France	Twickenham, London

1971-03-13
	Wales	23–9	Ireland	National Stadium, Cardiff

1971-03-20
	England	15–16	Scotland	Twickenham, London

1971-03-27
	France	5–9	Wales	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site