1979 Five Nations Championship

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The 1979 Five Nations Championship was the fiftieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 20 and March 17.

[edit] Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	3	0	1	83	51	+32	6
2	France	4	2	1	1	50	46	+4	5
3	Ireland	4	1	2	1	53	51	+2	4
4	England	4	1	1	2	24	52	−28	3
5	Scotland	4	0	2	2	48	58	−10	2

[edit] Results

1979-01-20
	Ireland	9–9	France	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1979-01-20
	Scotland	13–19	Wales	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1979-02-03
	Wales	24–21	Ireland	National Stadium, Cardiff

1979-02-03
	England	7–7	Scotland	Twickenham, London

1979-02-17
	France	14–13	Wales	National Stadium, Cardiff

1979-02-17
	Ireland	12–7	England	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1979-03-03
	England	7–6	France	Twickenham, London

1979-03-03
	Scotland	11–11	Ireland	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1979-03-17
	France	21–17	Scotland	Parc des Princes, Paris

1979-03-17
	Wales	27–3	England	National Stadium, Cardiff

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site

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