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1951 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition


Rugby union competition

FieldValue
name1951 Five Nations Championship
date13 January - 7 April 1951
countries
champions
count7
matches10
previous year1950
previous tournament1950 Five Nations Championship
next year1952
next tournament1952 Five Nations Championship

The 1951 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 7 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. missed out on a second Grand Slam after drawing against at Cardiff Arms Park, but won the championship.

Participants

The teams involved were:

**Nation****Venue****City****Captain**
TwickenhamLondonVic Roberts/John Kendall-Carpenter
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy Basquet
Lansdowne RoadDublinKarl Mullen
MurrayfieldEdinburghPeter Kininmonth
National Stadium/St. HelensCardiff/SwanseaJohn Gwilliam/Jack Matthews

Table

Results

date = 1951-01-13| home = | score = 14–12 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1951-01-20| home = | score = 23–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Swansea | attendance = }}

date = 1951-01-27| home = | score = 9–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1951-02-03| home = | score = 19–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1951-02-10| home = | score = 3–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1951-02-24| home = | score = 3–11 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1951-02-24| home = | score = 5–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1951-03-10| home = | score = 3–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1951-03-17| home = | score = 5–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1951-04-07| home = | score = 8–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

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