1948 Five Nations Championship

1948 Five Nations Championship
Date	1 January 1948 - 29 March 1948
Countries	England  France  Ireland  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland (5th title)
Grand Slam	Ireland (1st title)
Triple Crown	Ireland (3rd title)
Calcutta Cup	Scotland
Matches played	10
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The 1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 1 January and 29 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was won by Ireland, who achieved a Grand Slam by defeating all the other participants—a feat they would not accomplish again until 2009.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Ireland	4	4	0	0	36	19	+17	8
2	France	4	2	0	2	40	25	+15	4
3	Scotland	4	2	0	2	15	31	−16	4
4	Wales	4	1	1	2	23	20	+3	3
5	England	4	0	1	3	16	35	−19	1

Results

1 January 1948

France	6–13	Ireland

Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

17 January 1948

England	3–3	Wales

Twickenham, London

24 January 1948

Scotland	9–8	France

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

7 February 1948

Wales	14–0	Scotland

National Stadium, Cardiff

14 February 1948

England	10–11	Ireland

Twickenham, London

14 February 1948

Wales	3–11	France

National Stadium, Cardiff

28 February 1948

Ireland	6–0	Scotland

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

13 March 1948

Ireland	6–3	Wales

Ravenhill, Belfast

20 March 1948

Scotland	6–3	England

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

29 March 1948

France	15–0	England

Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site