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1950 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1950 Five Nations Championship
date	14 January - 25 March 1950
countries

champions
count	11
grand slam	(4th title)
triple crown	(8th title)
matches	10
previous year	1949
previous tournament	1949 Five Nations Championship
next year	1951
next tournament	1951 Five Nations Championship

The 1950 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 25 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won their 11th title, and also the Grand Slam and the Triple Crown.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Ivor Preece
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Guy Basquet
Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill	Dublin/Belfast	Karl Mullen
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Doug Elliot/Peter Kininmonth
St. Helen's/National Stadium	Swansea/Cardiff	John Gwilliam

Table

Results

Budge c

Cale c L Jones (1/1)

K Jones

Cazenave

Curtis c Crowe c

Thomas

Abercrombie c Sloan c Smith

K Jones c K Jones c John

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