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1962 Five Nations Championship

1962 Five Nations Championship

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The 1962 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 17 November. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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A smallpox epidemic in South Wales in March and April caused the match between Ireland and Wales to be postponed until November 1962.[1]

Participants

The teams involved were:

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Results

1962-01-13
Scotland 3–11 France
Edinburgh
1962-01-20
England 0–0 Wales
London
1962-02-03
Wales 3–8 Scotland
Cardiff
1962-02-10
England 16–0 Ireland
London
1962-02-24
France 13–0 England
Paris
1962-02-24
Ireland 6–20 Scotland
Dublin
1962-03-17
Scotland 3–3 England
Edinburgh
1962-03-24
Wales 3–0 France
Cardiff
1962-04-14
France 11–0 Ireland
Paris
1962-11-17
Ireland 3–3 Wales
Dublin

References

  1. [1]
    "Records smashed as England rout Romania". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
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