1952 Five Nations Championship

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The 1952 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 12 and April 5. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Flag of Wales Wales 4 4 0 0 42 14 +28 8
2 Flag of England England 4 3 0 1 34 14 +20 6
3 Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 2 0 2 26 33 −7 4
4 Flag of France France 4 1 0 3 29 37 −8 2
5 Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 0 0 4 22 55 −33 0

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1952-01-12
Scotland Flag of Scotland 11–13 Flag of France France Edinburgh
1952-01-19
England Flag of England 6–8 Flag of Wales Wales London
1952-01-26
France Flag of France 8–11 Flag of Ireland Ireland Paris
1952-02-02
Wales Flag of Wales 11–0 Flag of Scotland Scotland Cardiff
1952-02-23
Ireland Flag of Ireland 12–8 Flag of Scotland Scotland Dublin
1952-03-08
Ireland Flag of Ireland 3–14 Flag of Wales Wales Dublin
1952-03-15
Scotland Flag of Scotland 3–19 Flag of England England Edinburgh
1952-03-22
Wales Flag of Wales 9–5 Flag of France France Swansea
1952-03-29
England Flag of England 3–0 Flag of Ireland Ireland London
1952-04-05
France Flag of France 3–6 Flag of England England Paris

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Preceded by
1951 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1952
Succeeded by
1953 Five Nations