1975 Five Nations Championship

1975 Five Nations Championship
Date 18 January 1975 - 15 March 1975
Countries  England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  Wales (18th title)
Matches played 10
1974 (Previous) (Next) 1976

The 1975 Five Nations Championship was the forty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 18 January and 15 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The championship was won by Wales, the team's eighteenth title (excluding another nine shared championships).

Contents

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  Wales 4 3 0 1 87 30 +57 6
2  Scotland 4 2 0 2 47 40 +7 4
2  Ireland 4 2 0 2 54 67 −13 4
2  France 4 2 0 2 53 79 −26 4
5  England 4 1 0 3 40 65 −25 2

Results

18 January 1975
France  10–25  Wales Parc des Princes, Paris
18 January 1975
Ireland  12–9  England Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1 February 1975
England  20–27  France Twickenham, London
1 February 1975
Scotland  20–13  Ireland Murrayfield, Edinburgh

15 February 1975
Wales  20–4  England National Stadium, Cardiff
15 February 1975
France  10–9  Scotland Parc des Princes, Paris

1 March 1975
Ireland  25–6  France Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1 March 1975
Scotland  12–10  Wales Murrayfield, Edinburgh

15 March 1975
Wales  32–4  Ireland National Stadium, Cardiff
15 March 1975
England  7–6  Scotland Twickenham, London

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Preceded by
1974 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1975
Succeeded by
1976 Five Nations