1976 Five Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 10 January 1976 - 20 March 1976 | ||
Countries | England Ireland France Scotland Wales |
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Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | Wales (19th title) | ||
Grand Slam | Wales | ||
Triple Crown | Wales | ||
Matches played | 10 | ||
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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 10 January and 20 March.
Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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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 |
1976-01-10 |
Scotland | 6–13 | France | Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
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1976-01-17 |
England | 9–21 | Wales | Twickenham, London |
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1976-02-07 |
France | 26–3 | Ireland | Parc des Princes, Paris |
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1976-02-07 |
Wales | 18–6 | Scotland | National Stadium, Cardiff |
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1976-02-21 |
Ireland | 9–34 | Wales | Lansdowne Road, Dublin |
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1976-02-21 |
Scotland | 22–12 | England | Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
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1976-03-06 |
Wales | 19–13 | France | National Stadium, Cardiff |
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1976-03-06 |
England | 12–13 | Ireland | Twickenham, London |
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1976-03-20 |
France | 30–9 | England | Parc des Princes, Paris |
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1976-03-20 |
Ireland | 6–15 | Scotland | Lansdowne Road, Dublin |
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Preceded by 1975 Five Nations |
Five Nations Championship 1976 |
Succeeded by 1977 Five Nations |
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