1970 Five Nations Championship

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The 1970 Five Nations Championship was the forty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 10 and April 18. 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	France	4	3	0	1	60	33	+27	6
1	Wales	4	3	0	1	46	42	+4	6
3	Ireland	4	2	0	2	33	28	+5	4
4	Scotland	4	1	0	3	43	50	−7	2
4	England	4	1	0	3	40	69	−19	2

[edit] Results

1970-01-10
	Scotland	9–11	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1970-01-24
	France	8–0	Ireland	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

1970-02-07
	Wales	18–9	Scotland	National Stadium, Cardiff

1970-02-14
	England	9–3	Ireland	Twickenham, London

1970-02-28
	England	13–17	Wales	Twickenham, London

1970-02-28
	Ireland	16–11	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1970-03-14
	Ireland	14–0	Wales	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1970-03-21
	Scotland	14–5	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1970-04-04
	Wales	11–6	France	National Stadium, Cardiff

1970-04-18
	France	35–13	England	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site