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1985 Five Nations Championship

1985 Rugby union tournament

Field	Value
name	1985 Five Nations Championship
date	2 February - 20 April 1985
countries

champions
count	10
triple crown	(6th title)
matches	10
tries	19
top point scorer	IRE Michael Kiernan (42 points)
top try scorer	IRE Trevor Ringland (3 tries)
previous year	1984
previous tournament	1984 Five Nations Championship
next year	1986
next tournament	1986 Five Nations Championship

The 1985 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 February and 20 April. The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The championship winner was Ireland, winning their tenth title (excluding eight other shared titles); it would prove to be their last in 24 years, until their Grand Slam in 2009. Ireland also claimed the Triple Crown, their sixth, which would be their last until 2004.

The tournament suffered three match postponements due to bad weather. The opening fixtures, Ireland v England and France v Wales, were postponed to late March and the Wales v England match was put back from February to April because of a frozen pitch in Cardiff. The rescheduled match was notable for the debut, at fly half for Wales, of Jonathan Davies.

Participants

Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
Twickenham	London	Dick Greenwood	Paul Dodge
Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux	Philippe Dintrans
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Mick Doyle	Ciaran Fitzgerald
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Derrick Grant	Roy Laidlaw/David Leslie
National Stadium	Cardiff	John Bevan	Terry Holmes

Table

Squads

Results

date = 1985-02-02| home = | score = 9–9 | away = | report = report | homescore = Pen.: Andrew (2) Drops: Andrew | awayscore = Drops: Lescarboura (3) | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = 60,000 | referee = D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)}}

date = 1985-02-02| home = | score = 15–18 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Pen.: Dods (4) Drops: Rutherford | awayscore = Tries: Ringland (2) Con.: Kiernan (2) Pen.: Kiernan Drops: Kiernan | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = Steve Strydom (South Africa)}}

date = 1985-02-16| home = | score = 11–3 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Tries: Blanco (2) Pen.: Lescarboura | awayscore = Pen.: Dods | stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris | attendance = 45,146 | referee = L. M. Prideaux (England)}}

date = 1985-03-02| home = | score = 21–25 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Tries: Paxton (2) Con.: Dods (2) Pen.: Dods Drops: Rutherford (2) | awayscore = Tries: Pickering (2) Con.: Wyatt Pen.: Wyatt (4) Drops: G. Davies | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = René Hourquet (France)}}

date = 1985-03-02| home = | score = 15–15 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Pen.: Kiernan (5) | awayscore = Tries: Codorniou Estève Con.: Lescarboura (2) Pen.: Lescarboura | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = 56,000 | referee = Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)}}

date = 1985-03-16| home = | score = 10–7 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Tries: S. Smith Pen.: Andrew (2) | awayscore = Tries: Robertson Pen.: Dods | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = | referee = C. Norling (Wales)}}

date = 1985-03-16| home = | score = 9–21 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Tries: Lewis Con.: Wyatt Drops: G. Davies | awayscore = Tries: Crossan Ringland Con. Kiernan (2) Pen.: Kiernan (3) | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = | referee = Kerry Fitzgerald (Australia)}}

date = 1985-03-30| home = | score = 13–10 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Tries: Mullin Pen.: Kiernan (2) Drops: Kiernan | awayscore = Tries: R. Underwood Pen.: Andrew (2) | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = J. M. Fleming (Scotland)}}

date = 1985-03-30| home = | score = 14–3 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Tries: EstèveGallion Pen.: Lescarboura (2) | awayscore = Pen.: Thorburn | stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris | attendance = 49,164 | referee = Steve Strydom (South Africa)}}

date = 1985-04-20| home = | score = 24–15 | away = | report = Report | homescore = Tries: J. Davies Roberts Con.: Thorburn (2) Pen.: Thorburn (3) Drops: J. Davies | awayscore = Tries: S. Smith Con.: Andrew Pen.: Andrew (2) Drops: Andrew | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = | referee = F. Palmade (France)}}

References

1985 Five Nations results

References

(13 February 2012). "Postponed Championship matches, father and son England players and the career of Squire Wilkins".

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