1977 Five Nations Championship
| 1977 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 15 January - 19 March 1977 | ||
| Countries |  EnglandFile:IRFU flag.svg Ireland File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions |  France (6th title) | ||
| Grand Slam | France (2nd title) | ||
| Triple Crown | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales (14th title) | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Tries scored | 25 (2.5 per match) | ||
| Top point scorers |
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| Top try scorers | |||
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The 1977 Five Nations Championship was the forty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 19 March.
France won the championship for the sixth time outright. Including shared titles this was France's tenth championship overall. France won the Grand Slam for the second time and did so with the same fifteen players in all four matches (a unique feat for a Grand Slam winner) and without conceding a try.[1][2] England, in 1913, are the only other Grand Slam winners not to concede a try.[3] France also registered the lowest points total, 58, of any Grand Slam winner in the four point-try era (1972–92).[2] Wales won the Triple Crown for the second consecutive season and the fourteenth time overall, equalling England's record of Triple Crown wins. They were the first Triple Crown winners to finish as runners-up in the championship.[1]
The third game of the tournament — France v. Wales in Paris — was the subject of the 1978 film Grand Slam; the ending had to be rewritten when Wales unexpectedly lost.[4]
Participants
[edit | edit source]The teams involved were:
Table
[edit | edit source]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 8 |
| 2 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 43 | +23 | 6 |
| 3 | England
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 4 |
| 4 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 85 | −46 | 2 |
| 5 | File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 0 |
Squads
[edit | edit source]Results
[edit | edit source]| 1977-01-15 |
| Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg | 25–9 | File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland |
| Tries: Burgess Davies J. P. R. Williams Con.: Bennett (2) Pen.: Bennett (2) Drops: Fenwick | Pen.: Gibson (3) |
| National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: N. Sanson (Scotland) |
| 1977-01-15 |
| England | 26–6 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| Tries: Kent Slemen Uttley Young Con.: Hignell (2) Pen.: Hignell (2) | Pen.: Irvine (2) |
| Twickenham, London Referee: M. Joseph (Wales) |
| 1977-02-05 |
| France File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg | 16–9 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| Tries: Harize Skrela Con.: Romeu Pen.: Romeu (2) | Pen.: Fenwick (3) |
| Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 43,666 Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland) |
| 1977-02-05 |
| Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg | 0–4 | England |
| Tries: Cooper |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: F. Palmade (France) |
| 1977-02-19 |
| England | 3–4 | File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France |
| Pen.: Hignell | Tries: Sangalli |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 70,000 Referee: J. C. Kelleher (Wales) |
| 1977-02-19 |
| Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg | 21–18 | File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland |
| Tries: Gammell (2) Madsen Pen.: Irvine (2) Drops: Morgan | Tries: Gibson Con.: Gibson Pen.: Gibson (2) Quinn Drops: Quinn |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: M. Joseph (Wales) |
| 1977-03-05 |
| France File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg | 23–3 | File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland |
| Tries: Bertranne Harize Paco Paparemborde Con.: Romeu (2) Pen.: Romeu | Pen.: Irvine (3) |
| Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 43,660 Referee: M. Joseph (Wales) |
| 1977-03-05 |
| Wales File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg | 14–9 | England |
| Tries: Edwards J. P. R. Williams Pen.: Fenwick (2) | Pen.: Hignell (3) |
| National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland) |
| 1977-03-19 |
| Ireland File:IRFU flag.svg | 6–15 | File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France |
| Pen.: Gibson Quinn | Tries: Bastiat Con.: Aguirre Pen.: Aguirre (2) Romeu |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland) |
| 1977-03-19 |
| Scotland File:Flag of Scotland.svg | 9–18 | File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales |
| Tries: Irvine Con.: Irvine Drops: McGeechan | Tries: Bennett J.J. Williams Con.: Bennett (2) Pen.: Bennett (2) |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: G. Domercq (France) |
References
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