1949 Five Nations Championship

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The 1949 Five Nations Championship was the twentieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 15 and March 26. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

[edit] Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ireland	4	3	0	1	41	24	+17	6
2	England	4	2	0	2	35	29	+6	4
2	France	4	2	0	2	24	28	−4	4
2	Scotland	4	2	0	2	20	37	−17	4
5	Wales	4	1	0	3	17	19	−2	2

[edit] Results

1949-01-15
	France	0–8	Scotland	Paris

1949-01-15
	Wales	9–3	England	Cardiff

1949-01-29
	Ireland	9–16	France	Dublin

1949-02-05
	Scotland	6–5	Wales	Edinburgh

1949-02-12
	Ireland	14–5	England	Dublin

1949-02-26
	England	8–3	France	London

1949-02-26
	Scotland	3–13	Ireland	Edinburgh

1949-03-12
	Wales	0–5	Ireland	Swansea

1949-03-19
	England	19–3	Scotland	Paris

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site