1985 Five Nations Championship
| 1985 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 2 February 1985 - 20 April 1985 | ||
| Countries |
 England Ireland France Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions |
Ireland (10th title) | ||
| Triple Crown |
Ireland (6th title) | ||
| Calcutta Cup |
England | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Tries scored | 19 (1.9 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
Michael Kiernan (42 points) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) |
Trevor Ringland (3 tries) | ||
| |||
The 1985 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 February and 20 April. The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The championship winner was Ireland, winning their tenth title (excluding eight other shared titles); it would prove to be their last in 24 years, until their Grand Slam in 2009. Ireland also claimed the Triple Crown, their sixth, which would be their last until 2004.
The tournament suffered three match postponements due to bad weather. The opening fixtures, Ireland v England and France v Wales, were postponed to late March and the Wales v England match was put back from February to April because of a frozen pitch in Cardiff. The rescheduled match was notable for the debut, at fly half for Wales, of Jonathan Davies.[1]
Participants
The teams involved were:
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | Ireland |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 7 |
| 2 | France |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 6 |
| 3 | Wales |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 71 | −10 | 4 |
| 4 | England |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 3 |
| 5 | Scotland |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 0 |
Squads
Results
| 1985-02-02 |
| Scotland |
15–18 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Pen.: Dods (4) Drops: Rutherford |
Report | Tries: Ringland (2) Con.: Kiernan (2) Pen.: Kiernan Drops: Kiernan |
| 1985-03-02 |
| Scotland |
21–25 | Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Paxton (2) Con.: Dods (2) Pen.: Dods Drops: Rutherford (2) |
Report | Tries: Pickering (2) Con.: Wyatt Pen.: Wyatt (4) Drops: G. Davies |
| 1985-03-02 |
| Ireland |
15–15 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Pen.: Kiernan (5) | Report | Tries: Codorniou Estève Con.: Lescarboura (2) Pen.: Lescarboura |
| 1985-03-16 |
| Wales |
9–21 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Lewis Con.: Wyatt Drops: G. Davies |
Report | Tries: Crossan Ringland Con. Kiernan (2) Pen.: Kiernan (3) |
| 1985-03-30 |
| Ireland |
13–10 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Mullin Pen.: Kiernan (2) Drops: Kiernan |
Report | Tries: R. Underwood Pen.: Andrew (2) |
| 1985-04-20 |
| Wales |
24–15 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: J. Davies Roberts Con.: Thorburn (2) Pen.: Thorburn (3) Drops: J. Davies |
Report | Tries: S. Smith Con.: Andrew Pen.: Andrew (2) Drops: Andrew |
References
- ↑ Griffiths, John (13 February 2012). "Postponed Championship matches, father and son England players and the career of Squire Wilkins". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
External links
| Preceded by 1984 Five Nations |
Five Nations Championship 1985 |
Succeeded by 1986 Five Nations |