1971 Five Nations Championship
| 1971 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 16 January 1971 - 27 March 1971 | ||
| Countries |
 England Ireland France Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions |
Wales (17th title) | ||
| Grand Slam |
Wales (6th title) | ||
| Triple Crown |
Wales (12th title) | ||
| Calcutta Cup |
Scotland | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
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The 1971 Five Nations Championship was the forty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Wales won all their four matches to win the championship for the seventeenth time outright, excluding shared titles. They won the Triple Crown for the second time in three seasons and the twelfth time overall, and completed the Grand Slam for the first time since 1952 and the sixth time overall.
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | Wales |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 38 | +35 | 8 |
| 2 | France |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 4 |
| 3 | Ireland |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 3 |
| 3 | England |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 3 |
| 5 | Scotland |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 2 |
Results
| 1971-01-16 |
| France |
13–8 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries:Sillieres c Villepreux c Con:Villepreux(2) Pen:Villepreux |
Try:Steele c Con:Brown Pen:Smith |
| 1971-01-16 |
| Wales |
22–6 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Tries:Bevan m Davies (2)c Con:Taylor (2/3) Pen:Williams Drop:John (2) |
Try:Hannaford m Pen:Rossbourough |
| 1971-02-06 |
| Scotland |
18–19 | Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Tries:Carmichael m Rea m Pen:Brown (4) |
Tries:Taylor c Edwards m John m Davies c Con:John Taylor |
| 1971-02-27 |
| Scotland |
5–17 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Try:Frame c Con:Brown |
Tries:Duggan (2)m,c Grant m Con:Gibson Pen:Gibson |
| 1971-02-27 |
| England |
14–14 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Try:Hiller c Con:Hiller Pen:Hiller (3) |
Tries:Bertranne m Cantoni c Con:Villepreux Pen:Villepreux Drop:Berot |
| 1971-03-13 |
| Wales |
23–9 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Davies (2) Edwards (2) Con: John Pen: John (2) Drop:John |
Pen: Gibson (3) |
| 1971-03-20 |
| England |
15–16 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Hiller m Neary c Con: Hiller Pen: Hiller (3) |
Tries: Brown c Paterson m Rea c Con: Brown(2/3) Drop:Paterson |
External links
| Preceded by 1970 Five Nations |
Five Nations Championship 1971 |
Succeeded by 1972 Five Nations |
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