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1962 Five Nations Championship

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1962 Five Nations Championship
Date13 January - 17 November 1962
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions France (3rd title)
Matches played10
1961 (Previous) (Next) 1963

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.

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

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
 England Twickenham London Dickie Jeeps
 France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Pierre Lacroix
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Bill Mulcahy
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Arthur Smith
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff Lloyd Williams/Bryn Meredith

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  France 4 3 0 1 35 6 +29 6
2  Scotland 4 2 1 1 34 23 +11 5
3  England 4 1 2 1 19 16 +3 4
3  Wales 4 1 2 1 9 11 −2 4
5  Ireland 4 0 1 3 9 50 −41 1
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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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

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