1976 Five Nations Championship

1976 Five Nations Championship
Date 10 January 1976 - 20 March 1976
Countries  England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  Wales (19th title)
Grand Slam  Wales
Triple Crown  Wales
Matches played 10
1975 (Previous) (Next) 1977

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 10 January and 20 March.

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  Wales 4 4 0 0 102 37 +65 8
2  France 4 3 0 1 82 37 +45 6
3  Scotland 4 2 0 2 49 59 +10 4
4  Ireland 4 1 0 3 31 87 −56 2
5  England 4 0 0 4 42 86 −44 0

Results

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

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

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

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

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

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

External links

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