1975 Five Nations Championship

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The 1975 Five Nations Championship was the forty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 18 and March 15, 1975. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The championship was won by Wales, the team's eighteenth title (excluding another nine shared championships).

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Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Flag of Wales Wales 4 3 0 1 87 30 +57 6
2 Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 2 0 2 47 40 +7 4
2 Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 2 0 2 54 67 −13 4
2 Flag of France France 4 2 0 2 53 79 −26 4
5 Flag of England England 4 1 0 3 40 65 −25 2

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1975-01-18
France Flag of France 10–25 Flag of Wales Wales Parc des Princes, Paris
1975-01-18
Ireland Flag of Ireland 12–9 Flag of England England Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1975-02-01
England Flag of England 20–27 Flag of France France Twickenham, London
1975-02-01
Scotland Flag of Scotland 20–13 Flag of Ireland Ireland Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1975-02-15
Wales Flag of Wales 20–4 Flag of England England National Stadium, Cardiff
1975-02-15
France Flag of France 10–9 Flag of Scotland Scotland Parc des Princes, Paris

1975-03-01
Ireland Flag of Ireland 25–6 Flag of France France Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1975-03-01
Scotland Flag of Scotland 12–10 Flag of Wales Wales Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1975-03-15
Wales Flag of Wales 32–4 Flag of Ireland Ireland National Stadium, Cardiff
1975-03-15
England Flag of England 7–6 Flag of Scotland Scotland Twickenham, London

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Preceded by
1974 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1975
Succeeded by
1976 Five Nations