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1983 Five Nations Championship

Six Nations Championship season


Six Nations Championship season

FieldValue
name1983 Five Nations Championship
date15 January - 19 March 1983
countries
championsand
matches10
tries24
top point scorerIRE Ollie Campbell (52)
top try scorerFRA Patrick Estève (5)
previous year1982
previous tournament1982 Five Nations Championship
next year1984
next tournament1984 Five Nations Championship

The 1983 Five Nations Championship was the 54th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship.

Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 89th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 19 March. For the 17th time, the championship was shared. France and Ireland finished level on points, and no tie-break procedure existed before 1993. It was France's 5th shared title, and Ireland's 8th.

French wing Patrick Estève scored a try against each other team in this tournament, finishing as the top try scorer, with five tries. This was the first time since 1925 that such a feat had been achieved.

Participants

The teams involved were:

**Nation****Venue****City****Head coach****Captain**
TwickenhamLondonDick GreenwoodSteve Smith/John Scott
Parc des PrincesParisJacques FourouxJean-Pierre Rives
Lansdowne RoadDublinWillie John McBrideCiaran Fitzgerald
MurrayfieldEdinburghJim TelferJim Aitken/Roy Laidlaw
National StadiumCardiffJohn BevanEddie Butler

Table

Squads

Results

date = 1983-01-15| home = | score = 15–19 | away = | homescore = Pen.: Hare (4) Drops: Cusworth | awayscore = Tries: Estève Paparemborde Sella Con.: Blanco (2) Pen.: Camberabero | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = 70,000 | referee = D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)}}

ENG Dick Greenwood
FRA Jacques Fouroux

|} date = 1983-01-15| home = | score = 13–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Laidlaw Pen.: Dods (2) Drops: Renwick | awayscore = Tries: Kiernan Con.: Campbell Pen: Campbell (3) | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = J. Y. Yche (France)}}

SCO Jim Telfer
IRE Willie John McBride

|}


date = 1983-02-05| home = | score = 19–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Estève (2) Con.: Blanco Pen.: Blanco (3) | awayscore = Tries: Robertson Con: Dods Pen.: Dods Drops: Gossman (2) | stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris| attendance = 45,204 | referee = A. Richards (Wales)}}

FRA Jacques Fouroux
SCO Jim Telfer

|} date = 1983-02-05| home = | score = 13–13 | away = | homescore = Tries: Squire Pen.: Wyatt (2) Drops: Dacey | awayscore = Tries: Carleton Pen:: Hare (2) Drops: Cusworth | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff| attendance = | referee = J. R. West (Ireland)}}

WAL John Bevan
ENG Dick Greenwood

|}


date = 1983-02-19| home = | score = 22–16 | away = | homescore = Tries: Finn (2) Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (4) | awayscore = Tries: Blanco Estève Con.: Blanco Pen.: Blanco (2) | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin| attendance = 50,000 | referee = Alan Hosie (Scotland)}}

IRE Willie John McBride
FRA Jacques Fouroux

|}

date = 1983-02-19| home = | score = 15–19 | away = | homescore = Tries: Renwick Con.: Dods Pen.: Dods (3) | awayscore = Tries: Jones C. Rees Con.: Wyatt Pen.: Wyatt (3) | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh| attendance = | referee = R. C. Quittenton (England)}}

SCO Jim Telfer
WAL John Bevan

|}


date = 1983-03-05| home = | score = 23–9 | away = | homescore = Tries: Holmes C. Rees Wyatt Con.: Wyatt Pen.: Wyatt (3) | awayscore = Pen.: Campbell (2) MacNeill | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff| attendance = | referee = J. A. F. Trigg (England)}}

WAL John Bevan
IRE Willie John McBride

|} date = 1983-03-05| home = | score = 12–22 | away = | homescore = Pen.: Hare (3) Drops: Horton| awayscore = Tries: Laidlaw Smith Con.: Dods Pen.: Dods (3) Drops: Robertson | stadium = Twickenham, London| attendance = | referee = T. F. Doocey (New Zealand)}}

ENG Dick Greenwood
SCO Jim Telfer

|}


date = 1983-03-19| home = | score = 25–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Campbell Slattery Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (5) | awayscore = Pen.: Hare (5) | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin| attendance = | referee = J. B. Anderson (Scotland)}}

IRE Willie John McBride
ENG Dick Greenwood

|}

date = 1983-03-19| home = | score = 16–9 | away = | homescore = Tries: Estève Pen.: Blanco (3) Drops: Camberabero | awayscore = Tries: Squire Con.: Wyatt Pen.: Evans | stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris| attendance = 45,242 | referee = T. F. Doocey (New Zealand)}}

FRA Jacques Fouroux
WAL John Bevan

|}

References

References

  1. (21 March 1983). "Campbell claims crown". Glasgow Herald (page 16).
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