1973 Five Nations Championship

1973 Five Nations Championship
Date	13 January 1973 - 14 April 1973
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England,  Ireland,  France,  Scotland and  Wales
Calcutta Cup	England
Matches played	10
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The 1973 Five Nations Championship was the forty-fourth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-ninth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 14 April.It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

As each nation won their two home matches (and therefore lost their two away matches), the championship was shared between all five teams; no further tie-break was applied to separate teams finishing level on match points. This was the only time that the Five Nations championship finished in a five-way tie.

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	2	0	2	53	43	+10	4
1	Ireland	4	2	0	2	50	48	+2	4
1	France	4	2	0	2	38	36	+2	4
1	Scotland	4	2	0	2	55	59	−4	4
1	England	4	2	0	2	52	62	−10	4

Results

1973-01-13

France	16–13	Scotland

Parc des Princes, Paris

1973-01-20

Wales	25–9	England

National Stadium, Cardiff

1973-02-03

Scotland	10–9	Wales

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1973-02-10

Ireland	18–9	England

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1973-02-24

Scotland	19–14	Ireland

Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1973-02-24

England	14–6	France

Twickenham, London

1973-03-10

Wales	16–12	Ireland

National Stadium, Cardiff

1973-03-17

England	20–13	Scotland

Twickenham, London

1973-03-24

France	12–3	Wales

Parc des Princes, Paris

1973-04-14

Ireland	6–4	France

Lansdowne Road, Dublin

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site