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
Tries scored	27 (2.7 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (54 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Philippe Sella (3 tries)
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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	4	4	0	0	86	36	+50	8
2	France	4	3	0	1	90	67	+23	6
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	67	60	+7	4
4	England	4	1	0	3	51	83	−32	2
5	Ireland	4	0	0	4	39	87	−48	0

Squads

Results

21 January 1984

France	25–12	Ireland
Try: Gallion Sella Con: Lescarboura Pen: Lescarboura (4) Drop: Lescarboura		Pen: Campbell (4)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,023 Referee: C. Norling (Wales)

21 January 1984

Wales	9–15	Scotland
Try: Titley Con: Davies Pen: Davies		Try: Paxton Aitken Con: Dods (2) Pen: Dods

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: O. E. Doyle (Ireland)

4 February 1984

Ireland	9–18	Wales
Pen: Campbell (3)		Try: Ackerman Con: Davies Pen: Davies (2) Bowen (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: R. G. Byres

4 February 1984

Scotland	18–6	England
Try: Johnston Kennedy Con: Dods (2) Pen: Dods (2)		Pen: Hare (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)

18 February 1984

Wales	16–21	France
Try: Davies Butler Con: Davies Pen: Davies (2)		Try: Sella Con: Lescarboura Pen: Lescarboura (4) Drop: Lescarboura

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 62,000 Referee: R. G. Byers

18 February 1984

England	12–9	Ireland
Pen: Hare (3) Drop: Cosworth		Pen: Ward (3)

Twickenham, London Referee: R. Hourquet France

3 March 1984

France	32–18	England
Try: Codorniou Sella Estève Begu Gallion Con: Lescarboura (2) Pen: Lescarboura (4) Drop: Lescarboura		Try: Hare Underwood

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,240 Referee: A. M. Hosie (Scotland)

3 March 1984

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. A. Howard (England)

17 March 1984

Scotland	21–12	France
Try: Calder Con: Dods Pen: Dods (5)		Try: Gallion Con: Lescarboura Pen: Lescarboura Drop: Lescarboura

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 62,000 Referee: W. Jones (Wales)

17 March 1984

England	15–24	Wales
Pen: Hare (5)		Try: Hadley Con: Davies Pen: Davies (4) Drop: Dacey (2)

Twickenham, London Referee: J. B. Anderson (Scotland)

References

• 1984 Five Nations Championship results