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1961 Five Nations Championship

Rugby tournament

Field	Value
name	1961 Five Nations Championship
date	7 January - 15 April 1961
countries

champions
count	2
matches	10
previous year	1960
previous tournament	1960 Five Nations Championship
next year	1962
next tournament	1962 Five Nations Championship

The 1961 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 7 January and 15 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Dickie Jeeps
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	François Moncla
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Ronnie Dawson
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Gordon Waddell/Arthur Smith
National Stadium	Cardiff	Terry Davies/Onllwyn Brace/Lloyd Williams

Table

Results

date = 1961-01-07| home = | score = 11–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1961-01-21| home = | score = 6–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1961-02-11| home = | score = 11–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1961-02-11| home = | score = 3–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1961-02-25| home = | score = 5–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1961-02-25| home = | score = 16–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1961-03-11| home = | score = 9–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1961-03-18| home = | score = 6–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1961-03-25| home = | score = 8–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1961-04-15| home = | score = 3–15 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

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