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1971 Five Nations Championship
Rugby Union tournament
Rugby Union tournament
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 1971 Five Nations Championship |
| date | 16 January - 27 March 1971 |
| countries | |
| champions | |
| count | 17 |
| grand slam | (6th title) |
| triple crown | (12th title) |
| matches | 10 |
| tries | 35 |
| top point scorer | ENG Bob Hiller (35) |
| top try scorer | WAL Davies (5) |
| previous year | 1970 |
| previous tournament | 1970 Five Nations Championship |
| next year | 1972 |
| next tournament | 1972 Five Nations Championship |
The 1971 Five Nations Championship was the forty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. This was the last Five Nations tournament where a try was worth 3 points. Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Wales won all their four matches to win the championship for the seventeenth time outright, excluding shared titles. They won the Triple Crown for the second time in three seasons and the twelfth time overall, and completed the Grand Slam for the first time since 1952 and the sixth time overall.
Participants
The teams involved were:
| **Nation** | **Venue** | **City** | **Head coach** | **Captain** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twickenham | London | Don White | Tony Bucknall/John Spencer | |
| Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir | Colombes | Fernand Cazenave | Benoît Dauga/Christian Carrère | |
| Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Ronnie Dawson | Tom Kiernan/Mike Gibson | |
| Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Bill Dickinson | Peter Brown | |
| National Stadium | Cardiff | Clive Rowlands | John Dawes |
Table
Squads
Results
date = 1971-01-16| home = | score = 13–8 | away = | Villepreux Con: Villepreux (2) Pen: Villepreux Con: Brown Pen: Smith attendance = 32,466 | referee = K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)}}
date = 1971-01-16| home = | score = 22–6 | away = | Davies (2) Con: Taylor (2) Pen: Williams Drop: John (2) Pen: Rossborough | attendance = | referee = D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)}}
date = 1971-01-30| home = | score = 9–9 | away = | Pen: O'Driscoll (2) Drop: Bérot attendance = 55,000 | referee = G. C. Lamb (England)}}
date = 1971-02-06| home = | score = 18–19 | away = | Rea Pen: Brown (4) Edwards John Davies Con: John Taylor Pen: John attendance = | referee = M. H. Titcomb (England)}}
date = 1971-02-13| home = | score = 6–9 | away = | Duggan attendance = | referee = M. Joseph (Wales)}}
date = 1971-02-27| home = | score = 5–17 | away = | Con: Brown Grant Con: Gibson Pen: Gibson (2) attendance = | referee = W. K. M. Jones (Wales)}}
date = 1971-02-27| home = | score = 14–14 | away = | Con: Hiller Pen: Hiller (3) Cantoni Con: Villepreux Pen: Villepreux Drop: Bérot attendance = 70,000 | referee = A. R. Lewis (Wales)}}
date = 1971-03-13| home = | score = 23–9 | away = | Edwards (2) Con: John Pen: John (2) Drop: John attendance = | referee = R. F. Johnson (England)}}
date = 1971-03-20| home = | score = 15–16 | away = | Neary Pen: Hiller (3) Paterson Rea Con: Brown (2) Drop: Paterson attendance = | referee = C. Durand (France)}}
date = 1971-03-27| home = | score = 5–9 | away = | Con: Villepreux John **Pen.: **John attendance = 50,703 | referee = J. Young (Scotland)}}
References
References
- "Scoring history". Rugby Football History.
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