1966 Five Nations Championship

1966 Five Nations Championship
Date	15 January 1966 - 26 March 1966
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (15th title)
Calcutta Cup	Scotland
Matches played	10
← 1965 (Previous) (Next) 1967 →

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	none	Budge Rogers
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Jean Prat	Michel Crauste
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	none	Ray McLoughlin/Tom Kiernan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	none	Stewart Wilson/Ian Laughland
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	none	Alun Pask/David Watkins

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	3	0	1	34	26	+8	6
2	France	4	2	1	1	35	18	+17	5
2	Scotland	4	2	1	1	23	17	+6	5
4	Ireland	4	1	1	2	24	34	−10	3
5	England	4	0	1	3	15	36	−21	1

Results

1966-01-15

Scotland	3–3	France

Edinburgh

1966-01-15

England	6–11	Wales

London

1966-01-29

France	11–6	Ireland

Paris

1966-02-05

Wales	8–3	Scotland

Cardiff

1966-02-12

England	6–6	Ireland

London

1966-02-26

France	13–0	England

Paris

1966-02-26

Ireland	3–11	Scotland

Dublin

1966-03-12

Ireland	9–6	Wales

Dublin

1966-03-19

Scotland	6–3	England

Edinburgh

1966-03-26

Wales	9–8	France

Cardiff

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site