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1948 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition


Rugby union competition

FieldValue
name1948 Five Nations Championship
date17 January - 29 March 1948
countries
champions
count5
grand slam(1st title)
triple crown(3rd title)
matches10
previous year1947
previous tournament1947 Five Nations Championship
next year1949
next tournament1949 Five Nations Championship

The 1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 29 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was won by Ireland, who achieved a Grand Slam by defeating all the other participants, a feat they would not accomplish again until 2009 and their first on home soil.

Participants

The teams involved were:

**Nation****Venue****City****Captain**
TwickenhamLondonTommy Kemp/Edward Scott/Bob Weighill
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy Basquet
Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill StadiumDublin/BelfastErnest Strathdee/Karl Mullen
MurrayfieldEdinburghDonny Innes
National StadiumCardiffHaydn Tanner

Table

Results

Basquet McCarthy Mullan

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date = 17 January 1948| home = | score = 3–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = }}

date = 7 February 1948| home = | score = 14–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = }}

Kyle McKay

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date = 14 February 1948| home = | score = 3–11 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff| attendance = }}

date = 21 February 1948| home = | score = 9–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = }}

Kyle

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Daly

|} date = 20 March 1948| home = | score = 6–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh| attendance = }} date = 29 March 1948| home = | score = 15–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris| attendance = }}

References

References

  1. "Ireland's great win over France", ''Irish Independent'', 2 January 1948
  2. "Irish Pack Rose To Great Heights At Twickenham", ''Irish Examiner'', 16 February 1948
  3. "Ireland Had Hard Struggle To Beat Dour Scots' Defence", ''Irish Examiner'', 1 March 1948
  4. "Rugby Triple Crown after 49 years", ''Irish Independent'', 15 March 1948
  5. "Six Nations 1948".
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