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1986 Five Nations Championship

1986 Five Nations Championship

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The 1986 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 18 January and 15 March.

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France and Scotland shared the title. Phillipe Sella of France scored a try in every match, repeating the feat achieved three years earlier by fellow Frenchman Patrick Estève.

This championship marked a turnaround in the fortunes of the Irish team who won the competition the previous year, but took home the wooden spoon.

Participants

The teams involved were:

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Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1986 Five Nations Championship, see 1986 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

1986-01-18
England 21–18 Wales
Pen.: Andrew (6)
Drops: Andrew		Tries: Bowen
Con.: Thorburn
Pen.: Thorburn (3)
Drops: J. Davies
Twickenham, London
Referee: R. J. Fordham (Australia)
1986-01-18
Scotland 18–17 France
Pen.: G. Hastings (6)Tries: Berbizier
Sella
Pen.: G. Laporte (2)
Drops: G. Laporte
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)
1986-02-01
France 29–9 Ireland
Tries: Berbizier
Marocco
Sella
Con.: G. Laporte
Pen.: Blanco
G. Laporte (3)
Drops: Lafond		Pen.: Kiernan (3)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,238
Referee: R. J. Fordham (Australia)
1986-02-01
Wales 22–15 Scotland
Tries: Hadley
Pen.: Thorburn (5)
Drops: J. Davies		Tries: Duncan
G. Hastings
Jeffrey
Pen.: G. Hastings
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: R. C. Francis (New Zealand)
1986-02-15
Ireland 12–19 Wales
Tries: Ringland
Con.: Kiernan
Pen.: Kiernan (2)		Tries: Ph. Davies
Lewis
Con.: Thorburn
Pen.: Thorburn (3)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: F. A. Howard (England)
1986-02-15
Scotland 33–6 England
Tries: Duncan
S. Hastings
Rutherford
Con.: G. Hastings (3)
Pen.: G. Hastings (5)		Pen.: Andrew (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: R. C. Francis (New Zealand)
1986-03-01
England 25–20 Ireland
Tries: H. Davies
Richards (2)
penalty try
Con.: Andrew (3)
Pen.: Andrew		Tries: McCall
Mullin
Ringland
Con.: Kiernan
Pen.: Kiernan (2)
Twickenham, London
Referee: C. Norling (Wales)
1986-03-01
Wales 15–23 France
Pen.: Thorburn (5)Tries: Blanco
Lafond (2)
Sella
Con.: G. Laporte (2)
Drops: G. Laporte
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 58,000
Referee: J. B. Anderson (Scotland)
1986-03-15
France 29–10 England
Tries: Blanco
G. Laporte
Sella
penalty try
Con.: G. Laporte (2)
Pen.: G. Laporte (3)		Tries: Dooley
Pen.: Barnes (2)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,238
Referee: W. D. Bevan (Wales)
1986-03-15
Ireland 9–10 Scotland
Tries: Ringland
Con.: Kiernan
Pen.: Kiernan		Tries: Laidlaw
Pen.: G. Hastings (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: F. Palmade (France)

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