1954 Five Nations Championship

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1954 Five Nations Championship
Date9 January - 10 April 1954
CountriesFile:Flag of England.svg England
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
File:Flag of France.svg France
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg Wales
Tournament statistics
ChampionsFile:Flag of England.svg England, File:Flag of France.svg France and File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg Wales
Triple CrownFile:Flag of England.svg England (12th title)
Matches played10
← 1953 (Previous) (Next) 1955 →

The 1954 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixtieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 9 January and 10 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales, England and France shared the championship; this marked France's first title. England won the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup.

England missed out on a seventh Grand Slam after losing to France at Stade Colombes.

Participants

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
File:Flag of England.svg England Twickenham London Bob Stirling
File:Flag of France.svg France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Jean Prat
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill Dublin/Belfast Jackie Kyle/Jim McCarthy
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Norman Davidson/Doug Elliot
File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg Wales National Stadium/St Helen's Cardiff/Swansea Ken Jones/Rees Stephens/Rex Willis

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg Wales 4 3 0 1 52 34 +18 6
1 File:Flag of England.svg England 4 3 0 1 39 23 +16 6
1 File:Flag of France.svg France 4 3 0 1 35 22 +13 6
4 File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland 4 1 0 3 18 34 −16 2
5 File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 4 0 0 4 6 37 −31 0
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Results

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1954-01-09
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg0–3File:Flag of France.svg France
Edinburgh
1954-01-16
England File:Flag of England.svg9–6File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg Wales
London
1954-01-23
France File:Flag of France.svg8–0File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
Paris
1954-02-13
England File:Flag of England.svg14–3File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland
London
1954-02-27
Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg6–0File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Belfast

This was the last Ireland international played at Ravenhill until 2007.[1] Players from the Republic of Ireland threatened not to line out for the UK anthem unless their anthem and flag were also used. The IRFU resolved the issue by moving all future home matches to Dublin.[2]

1954-03-13
Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg9–12File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg Wales
Dublin
1954-03-20
Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg3–13File:Flag of England.svg England
Edinburgh
1954-03-27
Wales File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg19–13File:Flag of France.svg France
Cardiff
1954-04-10
France File:Flag of France.svg11–3File:Flag of England.svg England
Paris
1954-04-10
Wales File:Flag of Wales (1953–1959).svg15–3File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Swansea

References

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