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1981 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1981 Five Nations Championship
date	17 January – 21 March 1981
countries

champions
count	7
grand slam	(3rd title)
matches	10
tries	25
top point scorer	ENG Dusty Hare (30)
top try scorer	Laurent Pardo (2)
SCO Steve Munro (2)
previous year	1980
previous tournament	1980 Five Nations Championship
next year	1982
next tournament	1982 Five Nations Championship

SCO Steve Munro (2) The 1981 Five Nations Championship was the 52nd series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 87th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 21 March.

France were the winners, winning the championship outright for the eighth time. They had also shared the title on four other occasions. In winning all their four matches they also won the Grand Slam for the third time.

Participants

Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
Twickenham Stadium	London	Mike Davis	Bill Beaumont
Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux	Jean-Pierre Rives
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Tom Kiernan	Fergus Slattery
Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Andy Irvine
National Stadium	Cardiff	John Lloyd	Steve Fenwick

Table

Squads

Results

Bertranne Viviès

Gabernet

Penalty try

MacNeill

Slemen Woodward Calder

Gabernet (2)

MacNeill Rose

Pardo

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