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1969 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition


Rugby union competition

FieldValue
name1969 Five Nations Championship
date11 January - 12 April 1969
countries
champions
count16
triple crown(11th title)
matches10
tries31
top point scorerENG Bob Hiller (36)
top try scorerWAL Maurice Richards (6)
previous year1968
previous tournament1968 Five Nations Championship
next year1970
next tournament1970 Five Nations Championship

The 1969 Five Nations Championship was the fortieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 11 January and 12 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

missed out on a second Grand Slam after losing to at Cardiff Arms Park.

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityHead coachCaptain
TwickenhamLondonnoneDick Greenwood
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesFernand CazenaveChristian Carrère/Marcel Puget/Walter Spanghero
Lansdowne RoadDublinRonnie DawsonTom Kiernan
MurrayfieldEdinburghnoneJim Telfer
National StadiumCardiffClive RowlandsBrian Price/Gareth Edwards

Table

Squads

Results

date = 1969-01-11| home = | score = 3–6 | away = | homescore = Pen.: Villepreux | awayscore = Tries: J. Telfer Pen.: Blaikie | stadium = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes | attendance = 28,576 | referee = G. C. Lamb (England)}}

date = 1969-01-25| home = | score = 17–9 | away = | homescore = Tries: Moroney Con.: Moroney Pen.: Moroney (3) Drops: McGann | awayscore = Tries: Trillo Pen.: Villepreux (2) | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = 50,000 | referee = G. C. Lamb (England)}}

date = 1969-02-01| home = | score = 3–17 | away = | homescore = Pen. Blaikie | awayscore = Tries: Edwards John Richards Con.: Jarrett Pen.: Jarrett (2) | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)}}

date = 1969-02-08| home = | score = 17–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Bresnihan Murphy Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (2) Drops: McGann | awayscore = Tries: Duckham Pen.: Hiller (4) | stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = R. P. Burrell (Scotland)}}

date = 1969-02-22| home = | score = 22–8 | away = | homescore = Tries: Fielding Rollitt Webb Con.: Hiller (2) Pen.: Hiller (3) | awayscore = Tries: Bonal Con.: Lacaze Drops: Lacaze | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = 65,000 | referee = D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)}}

date = 1969-02-22| home = | score = 0–16 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = Tries: Bresnihan Duggan Gibson McGann Con.: Moroney (2) | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = | referee = M. Joseph (Wales)}}

date = 1969-03-08| home = | score = 24–11 | away = | homescore = Tries: Morris Taylor Watkins D. Williams Con.: Jarrett (3) Pen.: Jarrett Drops: John | awayscore = Tries: Gibson Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (2) | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = 29,000 | referee = D. C. J. McMahon (Scotland)}}

date = 1969-03-15| home = | score = 8–3 | away = | homescore = Tries: Duckham (2) Con.: Hiller | awayscore = Pen.: P. Brown | stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = | referee = C. Durand (France)}}

date = 1969-03-22| home = | score = 8–8 | away = | homescore = Tries: Campaes Con.: Villepreux Pen.: Villepreux | awayscore = Tries: Edwards Richards Con.: Jarrett | stadium = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes | attendance = 34,657 | referee = R. P. Burrell (Scotland)}}

date = 1969-04-12| home = | score = 30–9 | away = | homescore = Tries: John Richards (4) Con.: Jarrett (3) Pen.: Jarrett (2) Drops: John | awayscore = Pen.: Hiller (3) | stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = 29,000 | referee = D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)}}

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