1995 Five Nations Championship

1995 Five Nations Championship
Date	21 January – 18 March 1995
Countries	England Ireland France Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (21st title)
Grand Slam	England (11th title)
Triple Crown	England (18th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	31 (3.1 per match)
Top point scorer	Rob Andrew (53 points)
Top try scorer	Philippe Saint-André (4 tries)
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The 1995 Five Nations Championship was the 66th Five Nations Championship, the annual Northern Hemisphere rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It was also the last Five Nations held in the sport's amateur era, as rugby union's governing body, the International Rugby Football Board, opened the sport to professionalism on August 26 of that year. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 21 January to 18 March. It was also the fifth occasion, after 1978, 1984, 1990 and 1991, on which two teams each with three victories faced off against each other in the final round of matches, with both capable of completing a Grand Slam with a victory, and the second time that the Triple Crown had also been at stake at the same time, as a result of England and Scotland's earlier victories over the other Home Nations. The tournament took a surprisingly similar course to five years earlier, where England and Scotland both won their first three matches and met in the final week, with an undefeated record, a Grand Slam, Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup all at stake for the victor: however, this time it was England who prevailed in the deciding match. Even the minor placings were the same as in 1990, as France came third, Ireland fourth and Wales were whitewashed.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Jack Rowell	Will Carling
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Pierre Berbizier	Philippe Saint-André
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Gerry Murphy	Brendan Mullin
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Gavin Hastings
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Alan Davies	Gareth Llewellyn

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1995 Five Nations Championship, see 1995 Five Nations Championship squads.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	England	4	4	0	0	98	39	+59	8
2	Scotland	4	3	0	1	87	71	+16	6
3	France	4	2	0	2	77	70	+7	4
4	Ireland	4	1	0	3	44	83	−39	2
5	Wales	4	0	0	4	43	86	−43	0

Source:

Results

21 January 1995

France	21–9	Wales
Try: Ntamack Saint-André Con: Lacroix Pen: Lacroix (3)	Report	Pen: Jenkins (3)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,400 Referee: J. J. M. Pearson (England)

21 January 1995

Ireland	8–20	England
Try: Foley Pen: Burke	Report	Try: Carling Clarke T. Underwood Con: Andrew Pen: Andrew

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: P. Thomas (France)

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4 February 1995

England	31–10	France
Try: Guscott T. Underwood (2) Con: Andrew (2) Pen: Andrew (4)	Report	Try: Viars Con: Lacroix Pen: Lacroix

Twickenham, London Attendance: 59,450 Referee: Ken McCartney (Scotland)

4 February 1995

Scotland	26–13	Ireland
Try: Cronin Joiner Con: G. Hastings (2) Pen: G. Hastings (4)	Report	Try: Bell Mullin Pen: Burke

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

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18 February 1995

France	21–23	Scotland
Try: Sadourny Saint-André (2) Pen: Lacroix Drop: Deylaud	Report	Try: G. Hastings Townsend Con: G. Hastings (2) Pen: G. Hastings (3)

Parc des Princes, Paris Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

18 February 1995 15:05

Wales	9–23	England
Pen: Jenkins (3)	Report	Try: Ubogu R. Underwood (2) Con: Andrew Pen: Andrew (2)

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: D. Mené (France)

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4 March 1995

Ireland	7–25	France
Try: Geoghegan Con: Elwood	Report	Try: Cecillon Y. Delaigue Ntamack Saint-André Con: Ntamack Pen: Ntamack

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 62,000 Referee: C. Thomas (Wales)

4 March 1995

Scotland	26–13	Wales
Try: Hilton Peters Con: G. Hastings (2) Pen: G. Hastings (4)	Report	Try: Jones Con: Jenkins Pen: Jenkins (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: S. J. Lander (England)

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18 March 1995

England	24–12	Scotland
Pen: Andrew (7) Drop: Andrew		Pen: G. Hastings (2) Drop: Chalmers (2)

Twickenham, London Referee: B. W. Stirling (Ireland)

18 March 1995

Wales	12–16	Ireland
Pen: Jenkins (4)		Try: Mullin Con: Burke Pen: Burke (2) Drop: Burke

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: R. J. Megson (Scotland)

External links

• 1995 Five Nations Championship at ESPN