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1989 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union tournament

Field	Value
name	1989 Five Nations Championship
date	21 January – 18 March 1989
countries

champions
count	9
matches	10
tries	28
top point scorer	IRE Michael Kiernan (37 points)
top try scorer	FRA Serge Blanco (4 tries)
previous year	1988
previous tournament	1988 Five Nations Championship
next year	1990
next tournament	1990 Five Nations Championship

The 1989 Five Nations Championship was the 60th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 95th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 21 January and 18 March. France won it with three wins and one defeat (against England), while none of the other four teams was able to win the Triple Crown. England entered the final round of matches knowing that a win would give them at least a share of the championship, but were overturned in Cardiff as Wales scored their only victory of the season. Scotland also could have taken the championship had they won in France - even a draw would have been enough, thanks to England's defeat - but France won the game to seal the title.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
Twickenham	London	Geoff Cooke	Will Carling
Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux	Pierre Berbizier
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Jim Davidson	Phillip Matthews
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Ian McGeechan	Finlay Calder
National Stadium	Cardiff	John Ryan	Paul Thorburn

Squads

Table

Results

Lafond Lagisquet (2)

Chalmers White

Mannion

Webb (2)

This is the first draw in the Five Nations since 1985 (Ireland 15–15 France)
This is the first draw between England and Scotland since 1982
England retained the Calcutta Cup

Blanco (2) Dintrans

Richards

Jeffrey Tukalo (3) Mullin (2)

Robinson

Blanco Lagisquet

References

Burke, Andy. (15 May 2020). "Scotland v Ireland in 1989 Five Nations: Iwan Tukalo recalls hat-trick".
Pye, Steven. (20 March 2013). "Remembering England's woe in Cardiff in the 1989 Five Nations". [[The Guardian]].

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