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1949 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1949 Five Nations Championship
date	15 January - 26 March 1949
countries

champions
count	6
triple crown	(4th title)
matches	10
previous year	1948
previous tournament	1948 Five Nations Championship
next year	1950
next tournament	1950 Five Nations Championship

The 1949 Five Nations Championship was the twentieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Ireland won their 6th title and the Triple Crown.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Nim Hall/Ivor Preece
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Guy Basquet
Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill	Dublin/Belfast	Karl Mullen
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Doug Keller
National Stadium/St. Helens	Cardiff/Swansea	Haydn Tanner

Table

Team of France that opened the season vs Scotland in Paris

Results

date = 1949-01-15| home = | score = 0–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1949-01-15| home = | score = 9–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1949-01-29| home = | score = 9–16 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1949-02-05| home = | score = 6–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1949-02-12| home = | score = 14–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1949-02-26| home = | score = 8–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Twickenham | attendance = }}

date = 1949-02-26| home = | score = 3–13 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1949-03-12| home = | score = 0–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Swansea | attendance = }}

date = 1949-03-19| home = | score = 19–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Twickenham | attendance = }}

date = 1949-03-26| home = | score = 5–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

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