1989 Five Nations Championship

1989 Five Nations Championship
Date	21 January 1989 - 18 March 1989
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (9th title)
Millennium Trophy	England
Centenary Quaich	Scotland
Matches played	10
Tries scored	28 (2.8 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Michael Kiernan (37 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Serge Blanco (4 tries)
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The 1989 Five Nations Championship was the sixtieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 21 January and 18 March. France won it with three wins and one defeat (against England), while no British team was able to win the Triple Crown. England entered the final round of matches knowing that a win would certainly clinch the championship, but were overturned in Cardiff as Wales scored their only victory of the season.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach
England	Twickenham	London	Geoff Cooke
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Jim Davidson
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	John Ryan

Squads

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	France	4	3	0	1	76	47	+29	6
2	England	4	2	1	1	48	27	+21	5
2	Scotland	4	2	1	1	75	59	+16	5
4	Ireland	4	1	0	3	64	92	−28	2
4	Wales	4	1	0	3	44	82	−38	2

Results

1989-01-21

Ireland	21–26	France
Tries: Mullin Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (5)		Tries: Blanco Lafond Lagisquet Con: Lafond (2) Pen.: Lafond (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 52,000 Referee: J. B. Anderson (Scotland)

1989-01-21

Scotland	23–7	Wales
Tries: Armstrong Chalmers White Con.: Dods Pen.: Dods (2) Drops: Chalmers		Tries: Hall Pen.: Bowen

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: J. C. Doulcet (France)

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1989-02-04

Wales	13–19	Ireland
Tries: Jones Pen.: Thorburn (3)		Tries: Dean Mannion Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (3)

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: R. C. Quittenton (England)

1989-02-04

England	12–12	Scotland
Pen.: Andrew (2) Webb (2)		Tries: Jeffrey Con.: Dods Pen.: Dods (2)

Twickenham, London Referee: G. Maurette (France)

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1989-02-18

France	31–12	Wales
Tries: Berbizier Blanco (2) Dintrans Con.: Lafond (3) Pen.: Lafond (2) Drops: Mesnel		Pen.: Thorburn (4)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 50,370 Referee: J. M. Fleming (Scotland)

1989-02-18

Ireland	3–16	England
Pen.: Kiernan		Tries: Moore Richards Con.: Andrew Pen.: Andrew (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

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1989-03-04

Scotland	37–21	Ireland
Tries: Cronin Jeffrey Tukalo Con.: Dods (4) Pen.: Dods (3)		Tries: Dunlea Mullin Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (New Zealand)

1989-03-04

England	11–0	France
Tries: Carling Robinson Pen.: Andrew

Twickenham, London Attendance: 62,500 Referee: Stephen Hilditch (England)

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1989-03-18

France	19–3	Scotland
Tries: Berbizier Blanco Lagisquet Con.: Bérot (2) Pen.: Bérot		Pen.: Dods

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 49,370 Referee: Owen Doyle (Ireland)

1989-03-19

Wales	12–9	England
Tries: Hall Con.: Thorburn Pen.: Thorburn (2)		Pen.: Andrew (2) Drops: Andrew

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald (New Zealand)

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