1979 Five Nations Championship

1979 Five Nations Championship
Date 20 January 1979 - 17 March 1979
Countries  England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  Wales (21st title)
Triple Crown  Wales
Matches played 10
1978 (Previous) (Next) 1980

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 20 January and 17 March.

Wales were the champions for the second consecutive season, winning a record twenty-first outright title. They had also shared the championship on nine other occasions. In beating Scotland, Ireland and England they also won the Triple Crown for a record fourth successive season and extended their record number of Triple Crown wins to sixteen.

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

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 Parc des Princes, Paris
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

Preceded by
1978 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1979
Succeeded by
1980 Five Nations

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