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1959 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1959 Five Nations Championship
date	10 January - 18 April 1959
countries

champions
count	1
matches	10
previous year	1958
previous tournament	1958 Five Nations Championship
next year	1960
next tournament	1960 Five Nations Championship

England v Scotland at Twickenham, on March 21

The 1959 Five Nations Championship was the thirtieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Counting its earlier forms as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this marked the 65th series of the northern hemisphere's rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 10 January and 18 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. France won the title outright for the first time, after two shared wins in 1954 and 1955.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Jeff Butterfield
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Lucien Mias/Jean Barthe
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Ronnie Dawson
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Greenwood/Gordon Waddell
National Stadium	Cardiff	Clem Thomas

Table

Results

date = 1959-01-10| home = | score = 9–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = 26,003 }}

date = 1959-01-17| home = | score = 5–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1959-02-07| home = | score = 6–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = 70,000 }}

date = 1959-02-14| home = | score = 0–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = 50,000 }}

date = 1959-02-28| home = | score = 3–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = 72,000 }}

date = 1959-02-28| home = | score = 3–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1959-03-14| home = | score = 8–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1959-03-21| home = | score = 3–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = 70,000 }}

date = 1959-04-04| home = | score = 11–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = 45,000 }}

date = 1959-04-18| home = | score = 9–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = 40,000 }}

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