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1962 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1962 Five Nations Championship
date	13 January - 17 November 1962
countries

champions
count	3
matches	10
previous year	1961
previous tournament	1961 Five Nations Championship
next year	1963
next tournament	1963 Five Nations Championship

The 1962 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 17 November. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

A smallpox epidemic in South Wales in March and April caused the match between Ireland and Wales to be postponed until November 1962.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Dickie Jeeps
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Pierre Lacroix
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Bill Mulcahy
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Arthur Smith
National Stadium	Cardiff	Lloyd Williams/Bryn Meredith

Table

Results

date = 1962-01-13| home = | score = 3–11 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1962-01-20| home = | score = 0–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1962-02-03| home = | score = 3–8 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1962-02-10| home = | score = 16–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1962-02-24| home = | score = 13–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1962-02-24| home = | score = 6–20 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1962-03-17| home = | score = 3–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1962-03-24| home = | score = 3–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1962-04-14| home = | score = 11–0 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1962-11-17| home = | score = 3–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

References

"Records smashed as England rout Romania". espn.co.uk.

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