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1988 Five Nations Championship

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1988 Five Nations Championship
Date16 January – 19 March 1988
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions France and  Wales
Triple Crown Wales (17th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored31 (3.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Scotland Gavin Hastings (41 points)
Top try scorer(s)England Chris Oti (3 tries)
1987 (Previous) (Next) 1989

The 1988 Five Nations Championship was the 59th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety–fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 16 January and 19 March. Wales and France were declared joint winners with six points each; it was the most recent time the Championship was shared between two or more nations as the rules were changed in 1994 to make such an event unlikely.[1]

The final match of the tournament, England's victory over Ireland, was notable for the crowd bursting into song with "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" as a response to the hat-trick of tries scored by England's Chris Oti (only the second black player, and the first for 80 years, to be capped by England). The song was subsequently to become the unofficial rugby anthem for England.[2]

Wales missed out on a ninth Grand Slam after losing to France at Cardiff Arms Park.

Participants

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham London Geoff Cooke Mike Harrison/Nigel Melville
 France Parc des Princes Paris Jacques Fouroux Daniel Dubroca
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Jim Davidson Donal Lenihan
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Jim Telfer Gary Callander
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff Tony Gray Bleddyn Bowen

Squads

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Wales 4 3 0 1 57 42 +15 6
1  France 4 3 0 1 57 47 +10 6
3  England 4 2 0 2 56 30 +26 4
4  Scotland 4 1 0 3 67 68 −1 2
4  Ireland 4 1 0 3 40 90 −50 2
Source: [3]

Results

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Round 1

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16 January 1988
Ireland 22–18 Scotland
Try: Kiernan
MacNeill
Mullin
Con: Kiernan (2)
Pen: Kiernan
Drop: Kiernan
ReportTry: S. Hastings
Laidlaw
Con: G. Hastings (2)
Pen: G. Hastings (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Roger Quittenton (England)

16 January 1988
France 10–9 England
Try: Rodriguez
Pen: Bérot (2)
ReportPen: Webb (2)
Drop: Cusworth
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,071
Referee: Owen Doyle (Ireland)

Round 2

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6 February 1988
Scotland 23–12 France
Try: G. Hastings
Tukalo
Pen: G. Hastings (4)
Drop: Cramb
ReportTry: Lagisquet
Con: Bérot
Pen: Bérot
Drop: Lescarboura
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 65,000
Referee: Fransie Muller (South Africa)

6 February 1988
England 3–11 Wales
Pen: WebbReportTry: Hadley (2)
Drop: J. Davies
Twickenham, London
Referee: Stephen Hilditch (Ireland)

Round 3

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20 February 1988
France 25–6 Ireland
Try: Blanco
Camberabero
Carminati
Lagisquet
Sella
Con: Bérot
Drop: Camberabero
ReportPen: Kiernan (2)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,130
Referee: Fransie Muller (South Africa)

20 February 1988
Wales 25–20 Scotland
Try: J. Davies
I. Evans
Watkins
Con: Thorburn (2)
Pen: Thorburn
Drop: J. Davies (2)
ReportTry: Calder
Duncan
Pen: G. Hastings (4)
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Yves Bressy (France)

Round 4

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5 March 1988
Ireland 9–12 Wales
Try: Kingston
Con: Kiernan
Pen: Kiernan
ReportTry: Moriarty
Con: Thorburn
Pen: Thorburn
Drop: J. Davies
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: Ray Megson (Scotland)

5 March 1988
Scotland 6–9 England
Pen: G. Hastings (2)ReportPen: Webb (2)
Drop: Andrew
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: Winston Jones (Wales)

Round 5

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19 March 1988
Wales 9–10 France
Try: I. Evans
Con: Thorburn
Pen: Thorburn
ReportTry: Lescarboura
Pen: Lafond (2)
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 63,000
Referee: Fred Howard (England)

19 March 1988
England 35–3 Ireland
Try: Oti (3)
Rees
R. Underwood (2)
Con: Andrew (3)
Webb
Pen: Webb
ReportDrop: Kiernan
Twickenham, London
Referee: Clive Norling (Wales)

References

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  1. ^ Murray, Scott (2011-02-18). "The Joy of Six: Five Nations memories". Guardian. London. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Oti the man to blame as 'Swing Low Sweet Chariot' continues to roll". Irish Independent. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  3. ^ Stephen Jones, ed. (1988). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988-89 (17th ed.). London: Queen Anne Press.
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