1951 Five Nations Championship

1951 Five Nations Championship
Date	13 January 1951 - 7 April 1951
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland (7th title)
Matches played	10
← 1950 (Previous) (Next) 1952 →

The 1951 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 7 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ireland	4	3	1	0	21	16	+5	7
2	France	4	3	0	1	41	27	+14	6
3	Wales	4	1	1	2	29	35	−6	3
4	Scotland	4	1	0	3	39	25	+14	2
4	England	4	1	0	3	13	40	−27	2

Results

1951-01-13	France	14–12	Scotland	Paris

1951-01-20	Wales	23–5	England	Swansea

1951-01-27	Ireland	9–8	France	Dublin

1951-02-03	Scotland	19–0	Wales	Edinburgh

1951-02-10	Ireland	3–0	England	Dublin

1951-02-24	England	3–11	France	London

1951-02-24	Scotland	5–6	Ireland	Edinburgh

1951-03-10	Wales	3–3	Ireland	Cardiff

1951-03-17	England	5–3	Scotland	London

1951-04-07	France	8–3	Wales	Paris

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site

Preceded by 1950 Five Nations

Five Nations Championship 1951

Succeeded by 1952 Five Nations

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