1966_Five_Nations_Championship

1966 Five Nations Championship

1966 Five Nations Championship

37th Rugby Union Five Nations Championship

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

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Wales won their 15th title, with a single loss, while England finished in a disappointing fifth and last place.

Participants

The teams involved were:

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Source: rugbyfootballhistory.com:[1]

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1966 Five Nations Championship, see 1966 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

1966-01-15
Scotland 3–3 France
Tries: WhytePen.: Lacaze
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)
1966-01-15
England 6–11 Wales
Tries: Perry
Pen.: Rutherford		Tries: Pask
Con.: Price
Pen.: Price (2)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: R. W. Gilliland (Ireland)
1966-01-29
France 11–6 Ireland
Tries: Darrouy (2)
Con.: Lacaze
Pen.: Lacaze		Pen.: Gibson
Drops: Kiernan
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 30,947
Referee: P. G. Brook (England)
1966-02-05
Wales 8–3 Scotland
Tries: K. Jones (2)
Con.: Bradshaw		Pen.: Wilson
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England)
1966-02-12
England 6–6 Ireland
Tries: Greenwood
Pen.: Rutherford		Tries: McGrath
Pen.: Kiernan
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: R. B. L. Marie (France)
1966-02-26
France 13–0 England
Tries: A. Boniface
Gachassin
Gruarin
Con.: Lacaze (2)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 37,660
Referee: D. G. Walters (Wales)
1966-02-26
Ireland 3–11 Scotland
Pen.: KiernanTries: Grant
Hinshelwood (2)
Con.: Wilson
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)
1966-03-12
Ireland 9–6 Wales
Tries: Bresnihan
Pen.: Gibson
Drops: Gibson		Tries: Prothero
Pen.: Bradshaw
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: R. P. Burrell (Scotland)
1966-03-19
Scotland 6–3 England
Tries: Whyte
Pen.: Blaikie		Drops: McFadyean
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)
1966-03-26
Wales 9–8 France
Tries: Watkins
Pen.: Bradshaw (2)		Tries: Duprat
Rupert
Con.: Lacaze
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

References

  1. [1]
    "6 Nations History". Year by Year Analysis: 1966. rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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