1973 Five Nations Championship

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The 1973 Five Nations Championship was the forty-fourth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-ninth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 13 and April 14. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. This was the first Five Nations championship to be a five-way tie.

[edit] Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	2	0	2	53	43	+10	4
1	France	4	2	0	2	41	38	+3	4
1	Ireland	4	2	0	2	50	48	+2	4
1	Scotland	4	2	0	2	57	62	−5	4
1	England	4	2	0	2	52	62	−10	4

[edit] Results

1973-01-13
	France	19–15	Scotland	Parc des Princes, Paris

1973-01-20
	Wales	25–9	England	National Stadium, Cardiff

1973-02-03
	Scotland	10–9	Wales	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1973-02-10
	Ireland	18–9	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1973-02-24
	Scotland	19–14	Ireland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1973-02-24
	England	14–6	France	Twickenham, London

1973-03-10
	Wales	16–12	Ireland	National Stadium, Cardiff

1973-03-17
	England	20–13	Scotland	Twickenham, London

1973-03-24
	France	12–3	Wales	Parc des Princes, Paris

1973-04-14
	Ireland	6–4	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site

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