1980 Five Nations Championship

1980 Five Nations Championship
Date	19 January - 15 March 1980
Countries	England Ireland France Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (18th title)
Grand Slam	England (8th title)
Triple Crown	England (15th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	40 (4 per match)
Top point scorer	Ollie Campbell (46)
Top try scorer	John Carleton (4)
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The 1980 Five Nations Championship was the 51st Five Nations Championship series of the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 86th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament began on 19 January and concluded on 15 March.

England were the champions, winning the championship outright for the first time since 1963; they had also shared in the quintuple tie in 1973. It was England's 18th championship, excluding ten titles shared with other teams. In winning all four matches they won the Grand Slam for the eighth time, equalling the record held by Wales. It was England's first Grand Slam since 1957 and only their second since 1928. England's victories over Ireland, Wales and Scotland also gave them the Triple Crown for the first time since 1960 and the fifteenth time overall. Wales' close one point loss to England at Twickenham in a highly volatile match that took place during the 1980 British Steel strike, and Wales' later one-sided loss to Ireland at Lansdowne Road on the final weekend, signalled the end of Wales' glory days from the 1970s.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Mike Davis	Bill Beaumont
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jean Desclaux	Jean-Pierre Rives
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Tom Kiernan	Fergus Slattery
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Mike Biggar/Andy Irvine
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	John Lloyd	Jeff Squire

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	England	4	4	0	0	80	48	+32	8
2	Ireland	4	2	0	2	70	65	+5	4
2	Wales	4	2	0	2	50	45	+5	4
4	France	4	1	0	3	55	75	−20	2
4	Scotland	4	1	0	3	61	83	−22	2

Source:

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1980 Five Nations Championship, see 1980 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

19 January 1980

Wales	18–9	France
Tries: Holmes Price Rees Richards Con.: G. Davies		Tries: Marchal Con.: Caussade Drops: Caussade

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 53,749 Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)

19 January 1980

England	24–9	Ireland
Tries: Scott Slemen Smith Con.: Hare (3) Pen.: Hare (2)		Pen.: Campbell (3)

Twickenham, London Referee: C. Thomas (Wales)

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2 February 1980

France	13–17	England
Tries: Averous Rives Con.: Caussade Pen.: Caussade		Tries: Carleton Preston Pen.: Hare Drops: Horton (2)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,251 Referee: C. Norling (Wales)

2 February 1980

Ireland	22–15	Scotland
Tries: Keane Kennedy Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (3) Drops: Campbell		Tries: Johnston (2) Con.: Irvine (2) Pen.: Irvine

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: G. Chevrier (France)

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16 February 1980

Scotland	22–14	France
Tries: Irvine (2) Rutherford Con.: Irvine Renwick Pen.: Irvine (2)		Tries: Gabernet Gallion Pen.: Gabernet Drops: Caussade

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 60,000 Referee: J. R. West (Ireland)

16 February 1980

England	9–8	Wales
Pen.: Hare (3)		Tries: Rees Squire

Twickenham, London Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)

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1 March 1980

France	19–18	Ireland
Tries: Gourdon (2) Con.: Aguirre Pen.: Aguirre (2) Drops: Pedeutour		Tries: McLennan Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (3) Drops: Campbell

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,239 Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)

1 March 1980

Wales	17–6	Scotland
Tries: Holmes Keen Richards Con.: Blyth Pen.: Fenwick		Tries: Renwick Con.: Irvine

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: L. M. Prideaux (England)

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15 March 1980

Ireland	21–7	Wales
Tries: Fitzgerald Irwin O'Driscoll Con.: Campbell (3) Pen.: Campbell		Tries: Blyth Pen.: Fenwick

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: L. M. Prideaux (England)

15 March 1980

Scotland	18–30	England
Tries: Rutherford Tomes Con.: Irvine (2) Pen.: Irvine (2)		Tries: Carleton (3) Slemen Smith Con.: Hare (2) Pen.: Hare (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: J. P. Bonnet (France)

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site