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1955 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1955 Five Nations Championship
date	8 January – 26 March 1955
countries

champions	and
matches	10
previous year	1954
previous tournament	1954 Five Nations Championship
next year	1956
next tournament	1956 Five Nations Championship

The 1955 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 8 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

missed out on a maiden Grand Slam after losing to at Stade Colombes.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham Stadium	London	Nim Hall/Peter Young
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Jean Prat
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Robin Thompson/Jim McCarthy
Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Jim Greenwood/Angus Cameron
National Stadium	Cardiff	Bleddyn Williams/Rex Willis/Rees Stephens

Table

Results

date = 1955-01-08| home = | score = 15–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1955-01-22| home = | score = 3–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1955-01-22| home = | score = 3–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1955-02-05| home = | score = 14–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1955-02-12| home = | score = 6–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1955-02-26| home = | score = 9–16 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1955-02-26| home = | score =12–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1955-03-12| home = | score =21–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1955-03-19| home = | score =9–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1955-03-26| home = | score =11–16 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

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