1984 Five Nations Championship

1984 Five Nations Championship
Date 21 January 1984 - 17 March 1984
Countries  England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  Scotland (13th title)
Grand Slam  Scotland (2nd title)
Triple Crown  Scotland (9th title)
Calcutta Cup  Scotland
Matches played 10
Top point scorer(s) France Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (54 points)
Top try scorer(s) France Philippe Sella (3 tries)
1983 (Previous) (Next) 1985

The 1984 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninetieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 21 January and 17 March.

Scotland won the championship outright for the first time since 1938. It was their twelfth outright championship, excluding a further seven shared titles. Their four wins gave them the Grand Slam for the first time since 1925 and the second in all, and the Triple Crown for the ninth time and the first since 1938.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach
 England Twickenham London Dick Greenwood
 France Parc des Princes Paris Jacques Fouroux
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Willie John McBride
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Jim Telfer
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff John Bevan

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Scotland 44008636+508
2 France 43019067+236
3 Wales 42026760+74
4 England 41035183−322
5 Ireland 40043987−480

Results

1984-01-21
France  25–12  Ireland
Try: Gallion
Sella
Con: Lescarboura
Pen: Lescarboura (4)
Drop: Lescarboura
Pen: Campbell (4)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: C Norling (Wales)

1984-01-21
Wales  9–15  Scotland
Try: Titley
Con: Davies
Pen: Davies
Try: Paxton
Aitken
Con: Dods (2)
Pen: Dods
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: O Doyle (Ireland)

1984-02-04
Ireland  9–18  Wales
Pen: Campbell (3) Try: Ackerman
Con: Davies
Pen: Davies (2) Bowen (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: R G Byres Australia

1984-02-04
Scotland  18–6  England
Try: Johnston
Kennedy
Con: Dods (2)
Pen Dods (2)
Pen: Hare (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: D I H Burnett (Ireland)

1984-02-18
Wales  16–21  France
Try: Davies
Butler
Con: Butler
Pen: Davies (2)
Try: Sella
Con: Lescarboura
Pen: Lescarboura(4)
Drop: Lescarboura
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: R G Byers Australia

1984-02-18
England  12–9  Ireland
Pen: Hare (3)
Drop: Cusworth
Pen: Ward (3)
Twickenham, London
Referee: R Hourquet France

1984-03-03
France  32–18  England
Try: Codorniou
Sella
Esteve
Begu
Gallion
Con: Lescarboura (2)
Pen: Lescarboura (4)
Drop: Lescarboura
Try: Hare
Underwood
Parc des Princes, Paris
Referee: A M Hosie

1984-03-03
Ireland  9–32  Scotland
Try: Kiernan
Con: Murphy
Pen: Murphy
Try: Laidlaw (2)
Penalty try
Robertson
Dods
Con: Dods (3)
Pen: Dods (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: F D Howard (England)

1984-03-17
Scotland  21–12  France
Try: Calder
Con: Dods
Pen: Dods (5)
Try: Gallion
Con: Lescarboura
Pen: Lescarboura
Drop: Lescarboura
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: W Jones (Wales)

1984-03-17
England  15–24  Wales
Pen: Hare (5) Try: Hadley
Con: Davies
Pen: Davies (4)
Drop: Dacey (2)
Twickenham, London
Referee: J B Anderson (Scotland)

Preceded by
1983 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1984
Succeeded by
1985 Five Nations

References