Skip to content
Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

1966 Five Nations Championship

37th Rugby Union Five Nations Championship


37th Rugby Union Five Nations Championship

FieldValue
name1966 Five Nations Championship
date15 January - 26 March 1966
countries
champions
count15
matches10
tries21
top point scorerFRA Claude Lacaze (14)
top try scorerFRA Christian Darrouy (2)
SCO Sandy Hinshelwood (2)
SCO David Whyte (2)
WAL Ken Jones (2)
previous year1965
previous tournament1965 Five Nations Championship
next year1967
next tournament1967 Five Nations Championship

SCO Sandy Hinshelwood (2) SCO David Whyte (2) WAL Ken Jones (2)

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Wales won their 15th title, with a single loss, while England finished in a disappointing fifth and last place.

Participants

The teams involved were:

**Nation****Venue****City****Head coach****Captain**
TwickenhamLondon*none*Budge Rogers
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesJean PratMichel Crauste
Lansdowne RoadDublin*none*Ray McLoughlin/Tom Kiernan
MurrayfieldEdinburgh*none*Stewart Wilson/Ian Laughland
National StadiumCardiff*none*Alun Pask/David Watkins

Table

Squads

Results

date = 1966-01-15| home = | score = 3–3 | away = | homescore = Tries: Whyte| awayscore = Pen.: Lacaze| stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = 60,000 | referee = D. M. Hughes (Wales)}}

date = 1966-01-15| home = | score = 6–11 | away = | homescore = Tries: Perry Pen.: Rutherford | awayscore = Tries: Pask Con.: Price Pen.: Price (2) | stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London | attendance = | referee = R. W. Gilliland (Ireland)}}

date = 1966-01-29| home = | score = 11–6 | away = | homescore = Tries: Darrouy (2) Con.: Lacaze Pen.: Lacaze | awayscore = Pen.: Gibson Drops: Kiernan | stadium = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes | attendance = 30,947 | referee = P. G. Brook (England)}}

date = 1966-02-05| home = | score = 8–3 | away = | homescore = Tries: K. Jones (2) Con.: Bradshaw | awayscore = Pen.: Wilson | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = | referee = M. H. Titcomb (England)}}

date = 1966-02-12| home = | score = 6–6 | away = | homescore = Tries: Greenwood Pen.: Rutherford | awayscore = Tries: McGrath Pen.: Kiernan | stadium = Twickenham Stadium, London | attendance = | referee = R. B. L. Marie (France)}}

date = 1966-02-26| home = | score = 13–0 | away = | homescore = Tries: A. Boniface Gachassin Gruarin Con.: Lacaze (2)| awayscore = | stadium = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes | attendance = 37,660 | referee = D. G. Walters (Wales)}}

date = 1966-02-26| home = | score = 3–11 | away = | homescore = Pen.: Kiernan | awayscore = Tries: Grant Hinshelwood (2) Con.: Wilson | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = D. M. Hughes (Wales)}}

date = 1966-03-12| home = | score = 9–6 | away = | homescore = Tries: Bresnihan Pen.: Gibson Drops: Gibson | awayscore = Tries: Prothero Pen.: Bradshaw | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = R. P. Burrell (Scotland)}}

date = 1966-03-19| home = | score = 6–3 | away = | homescore = Tries: Whyte Pen.: Blaikie | awayscore = Drops: McFadyean | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)}}

date = 1966-03-26| home = | score = 9–8 | away = | homescore = Tries: Watkins Pen.: Bradshaw (2)| awayscore = Tries: Duprat Rupert Con.: Lacaze | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = 60,000 | referee = K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)}}

References

References

  1. "6 Nations History". rugbyfootballhistory.com.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 1966 Five Nations Championship — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report