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1980 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition


Rugby union competition

FieldValue
name1980 Five Nations Championship
date19 January - 15 March 1980
countries
champions
count18
grand slam(8th title)
triple crown(15th title)
matches10
tries40
top point scorerIRE Ollie Campbell (46)
top try scorerENG John Carleton (4)
previous year1979
previous tournament1979 Five Nations Championship
next year1981
next tournament1981 Five Nations Championship

The 1980 Five Nations Championship was the 51st Five Nations Championship series of the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of , , , , and . Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 86th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament began on 19 January and concluded on 15 March.

were the champions, winning the championship outright for the first time since 1963; they had also shared in the quintuple tie in 1973. It was England's 18th championship, excluding ten titles shared with other teams. In winning all four matches they won the Grand Slam for the eighth time, equalling the record held by Wales. It was England's first Grand Slam since 1957 and only their second since 1928. England's victories over Ireland, Wales and Scotland also gave them the Triple Crown for the first time since 1960 and the fifteenth time overall. Wales' close one point loss to England at Twickenham in a highly volatile match that took place during the 1980 British Steel strike, and Wales' later one-sided loss to Ireland at Lansdowne Road on the final weekend, signalled the end of Wales' glory days from the 1970s.

Participants

The teams involved were:

**Nation****Venue****City****Head coach****Captain**
TwickenhamLondonMike DavisBill Beaumont
Parc des PrincesParisJean DesclauxJean-Pierre Rives
Lansdowne RoadDublinTom KiernanFergus Slattery
MurrayfieldEdinburghJim TelferMike Biggar/Andy Irvine
National StadiumCardiffJohn LloydJeff Squire

Table

Squads

Results

date = 19 January 1980| home = | score = 18–9 | away = | homescore = Tries: Holmes Price Rees Richards Con.: G. Davies | awayscore = Tries: Marchal Con.: Caussade Drops: Caussade | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = 53,749 | referee = Alan Hosie (Scotland)}}

date = 19 January 1980| home = | score = 24–9 | away = | homescore = Tries: Scott Slemen Smith Con.: Hare (3) Pen.: Hare (2) | awayscore = Pen.: Campbell (3) | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = | referee = C. Thomas (Wales)}}


date = 2 February 1980| home = | score = 13–17 | away = | homescore = Tries: Averous Rives Con.: Caussade Pen.: Caussade | awayscore = Tries: Carleton Preston Pen.: Hare Drops: Horton (2) | stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris | attendance = 45,251 | referee = C. Norling (Wales)}}

date = 2 February 1980| home = | score = 22–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Keane Kennedy Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (3) Drops: Campbell | awayscore = Tries: Johnston (2) Con.: Irvine (2) Pen.: Irvine | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = G. Chevrier (France)}}


date = 16 February 1980| home = | score = 22–14 | away = | homescore = Tries: Irvine (2) Rutherford Con.: Irvine Renwick Pen.: Irvine (2) | awayscore = Tries: Gabernet Gallion Pen.: Gabernet Drops: Caussade | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = 60,000 | referee = J. R. West (Ireland)}}

date = 16 February 1980| home = | score = 9–8 | away = | homescore = Pen.: Hare (3) | awayscore = Tries: Rees Squire | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = | referee = D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)}}


date = 1 March 1980| home = | score = 19–18 | away = | homescore = Tries: Gourdon (2) Con.: Aguirre Pen.: Aguirre (2) Drops: Pedeutour | awayscore = Tries: McLennan Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (3) Drops: Campbell | stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris | attendance = 45,239 | referee = Alan Hosie (Scotland)}}

date = 1 March 1980| home = | score = 17–6 | away = | homescore = Tries: Holmes Keen Richards Con.: Blyth Pen.: Fenwick| awayscore = Tries: Renwick Con.: Irvine | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = | referee = L. M. Prideaux (England)}}


date = 15 March 1980| home = | score = 21–7 | away = | homescore = Tries: Fitzgerald Irwin O'Driscoll Con.: Campbell (3) Pen.: Campbell | awayscore = Tries: Blyth Pen.: Fenwick | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = L. M. Prideaux (England)}}

date = 15 March 1980| home = | score = 18–30 | away = | homescore = Tries: Rutherford Tomes Con.: Irvine (2) Pen.: Irvine (2) | awayscore = Tries: Carleton (3) Slemen Smith Con.: Hare (2) Pen.: Hare (2) | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = J. P. Bonnet (France)}}

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