1980 Five Nations Championship

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1980 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 19 and March 15.

[edit] Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Flag of England England 4 4 0 0 80 48 +32 8
2 Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 2 0 2 70 65 +5 4
2 Flag of Wales Wales 4 2 0 2 50 45 +5 4
4 Flag of France France 4 1 0 3 55 75 −20 2
4 Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 1 0 3 61 83 −22 2

[edit] Results

1980-01-19
Wales Flag of Wales 18–9 Flag of France France National Stadium, Cardiff
1980-01-19
England Flag of England 24–9 Flag of Ireland Ireland Twickenham, London

1980-02-02
France Flag of France 13–17 Flag of England England Parc des Princes, Paris
1980-02-02
Ireland Flag of Ireland 22–15 Flag of Scotland Scotland Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1980-02-16
Scotland Flag of Scotland 22–14 Flag of France France Murrayfield, Edinburgh
1980-02-16
England Flag of England 9–8 Flag of Wales Wales Twickenham, London

1980-03-01
France Flag of France 19–18 Flag of Ireland Ireland Parc des Princes, Paris
1980-03-01
Wales Flag of Wales 17–6 Flag of Scotland Scotland National Stadium, Cardiff

1980-03-15
Ireland Flag of Ireland 21–7 Flag of Wales Wales Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1980-03-15
Scotland Flag of Scotland 18–30 Flag of England England Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Preceded by
1979 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1980
Succeeded by
1981 Five Nations

[edit] External links