1976 Five Nations Championship

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The 1976 Five Nations Championship was the forty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 10 and March 20, 1976.

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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 0 102 37 +65 8
2 Flag of France France 4 3 0 1 82 37 +45 6
3 Flag of Scotland Scotland 4 2 0 2 49 59 +10 4
4 Flag of Ireland Ireland 4 1 0 3 31 87 −56 2
5 Flag of England England 4 0 0 4 42 86 −44 0

[edit] Results

1976-01-10
Scotland Flag of Scotland 6–13 Flag of France France Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1976-01-17
England Flag of England 9–21 Flag of Wales Wales Twickenham, London

1976-02-07
France Flag of France 26–3 Flag of Ireland Ireland Parc des Princes, Paris
1976-02-07
Wales Flag of Wales 18–6 Flag of Scotland Scotland National Stadium, Cardiff

1976-02-21
Ireland Flag of Ireland 9–34 Flag of Wales Wales Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1976-02-21
Scotland Flag of Scotland 22–12 Flag of England England Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1976-03-06
Wales Flag of Wales 19–13 Flag of France France National Stadium, Cardiff
1976-03-06
England Flag of England 12–13 Flag of Ireland Ireland Twickenham, London

1976-03-20
France Flag of France 30–9 Flag of England England Parc des Princes, Paris
1976-03-20
Ireland Flag of Ireland 6–15 Flag of Scotland Scotland Lansdowne Road, Dublin

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Preceded by
1975 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1976
Succeeded by
1977 Five Nations