1975 Five Nations Championship
| 1975 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 18 January 1975 - 15 March 1975 | ||
| Countries |
 England Ireland France Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions |
Wales (18th title) | ||
| Calcutta Cup |
England | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Tries scored | 36 (3.6 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Billy McCombe (26) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) |
Gerald Davies (3) | ||
| |||
The 1975 Five Nations Championship was the forty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 18 January and 15 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The championship was won by Wales, the team's eighteenth title (excluding another nine shared championships).[1]
The game between Scotland and Wales at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on 1 March attracted a World Record rugby attendance of 104,000 fans. This record would not be broken until a Bledisloe Cup game between Australia and New Zealand attracted 107,042 to the Sydney Olympic Stadium in 1999. The attendance at Murrayfield remains the Championship's record crowd, the record attendance in Europe and the third highest rugby attendance in history. With Scotland winning 12-10 it was the only loss for the Welsh during the 1975 Five Nations.
Participants
The teams involved were:
| Nation | Venue | City | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| England |
Twickenham | London | John Burgess |
| France |
Parc des Princes | Paris | Jean Desclaux |
| Ireland |
Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Roly Meates |
| Scotland |
Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Bill Dickinson |
| Wales |
National Stadium | Cardiff | John Dawes |
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | Wales |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 30 | +57 | 6 |
| 2 | Scotland |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 40 | +7 | 4 |
| 2 | Ireland |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 54 | 67 | −13 | 4 |
| 2 | France |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 4 |
| 5 | England |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 65 | −25 | 2 |
Squads
Results
| 18 January 1975 |
| France |
10–25 | Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Gourdon Pen.: Taffary (2) |
Tries: Cobner Davies Edwards Fenwick Price Con.: Fenwick Pen.: Fenwick |
| 18 January 1975 |
| Ireland |
12–9 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Gibson McCombe Con.: McCombe (2) |
Tries: Stevens Con.: Old Drops: Old |
| 1 February 1975 |
| England |
20–27 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Duckham Rossborough Pen.: Rossborough (4) |
Tries: Etchenique Gourdon Guilbert Spanghero Con.: Paries (4) Pen.: Paries |
| 1 February 1975 |
| Scotland |
20–13 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Renwick Steele Pen.: Irvine (2) Drops: McGeechan Morgan |
Tries: Dennison Grace Con.: McCombe Pen.: McCombe |
| 15 February 1975 |
| Wales |
20–4 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Davies Fenwick J.J. Williams Con.: Martin Pen.: Martin (2) |
Tries: Horton |
| 1 March 1975 |
| Ireland |
25–6 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Ensor Grace McBride Con.: McCombe (2) Pen.: McCombe Drops: McCombe (2) |
Pen.: Paries Drops: Paries |
- The attendance of this game set a world record that would last until 1999.
| 15 March 1975 |
| Wales |
32–4 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Bergiers Davies Edwards Faulkner J.J. Williams Con.: Bennett (3) Pen.: Bennett (2) |
Tries: Duggan |
References
- ↑ "Wales 32 Ireland 4". Glasgow Herald (page 21). 17 March 1975. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
External links
| Preceded by 1974 Five Nations |
Five Nations Championship 1975 |
Succeeded by 1976 Five Nations |