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1956 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1956 Five Nations Championship
date	14 January - 14 April 1956
countries

champions
count	13
matches	10
previous year	1955
previous tournament	1955 Five Nations Championship
next year	1957
next tournament	1957 Five Nations Championship

The 1956 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 14 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Eric Evans
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Gérard Dufau/Michel Celaya
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Jim Ritchie/Noel Henderson
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Angus Cameron/Jim Greenwood
National Stadium	Cardiff	Cliff Morgan

Table

Results

date = 1956-01-14| home = | score = 12–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1956-01-21| home = | score = 3–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1956-01-28| home = | score = 14–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1956-02-04| home = | score = 9–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1956-02-11| home = | score = 20–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1956-02-25| home = | score = 14–10 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1956-03-10| home = | score = 11–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1956-03-17| home = | score = 6–11 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1956-03-24| home = | score = 5–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1956-03-24| home = | score = 14–9 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

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