1982 Five Nations Championship

1982 Five Nations Championship
Date	16 January - 20 March 1982
Countries	England Ireland France Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Ireland (9th title)
Triple Crown	Ireland (5th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	25 (2.5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Ollie Campbell (46)
Top try scorer(s)	Serge Blanco (2) John Carleton (2) Mike Slemen (2) John Rutherford (2) Terry Holmes (2) Moss Finn (2)
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The 1982 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 16 January and 20 March. The winner of the championship was Ireland, with three wins and one defeat. It was the team's ninth title (excluding seven previous other titles which were shared). Ireland also won the Triple Crown, its fifth such honour, its first since 1949 and last one until 1985. The team's only defeat came on the final day of the competition, losing 22-9 to France in Paris, denying the Irish what would have been only their second ever Grand Slam. Wales's defeat by Scotland was their first loss at home in a Five Nations championship match since France won at Cardiff in March 1968. The Ireland vs Wales game was delayed by a week due to a frozen pitch in Dublin.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Mike Davis	Bill Beaumont
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux	Jean-Pierre Rives
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Tom Kiernan	Ciaran Fitzgerald/Willie Duggan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Andy Irvine
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	John Lloyd	Gareth Davies

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Ireland	4	3	0	1	66	61	+5	6
2	England	4	2	1	1	68	47	+21	5
2	Scotland	4	2	1	1	71	55	+16	5
4	France	4	1	0	3	56	74	−18	2
4	Wales	4	1	0	3	59	83	−24	2

Source:

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1982 Five Nations Championship, see 1982 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

1982-01-16

Scotland	9–9	England
Pen.: Irvine (2) Drops: Rutherford		Pen.: Dodge (2) Rose

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: K. Rowland (Wales)

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1982-01-23

Ireland	20–12	Wales
Tries: Finn (2) Ringland Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (2)		Tries: Holmes Con.: Evans Pen.: Evans Drops: Pearce

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: J. A. Short (Scotland)

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1982-02-06

Wales	22–12	France
Tries: Holmes Pen.: Evans (6)		Tries: Blanco Con.: Sallefranque Pen.: Martinez Sallefranque

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 55,000 Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)

1982-02-06

England	15–16	Ireland
Tries: Slemen Con.: Rose Pen.: Rose (3)		Tries: McLoughlin MacNeill Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (2)

Twickenham, London Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)

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1982-02-20

France	15–27	England
Tries: Pardo Con.: Sallefranque Pen.: Sallefranque (2) Drops: Lescarboura		Tries: Carleton Woodward Con.: Hare (2) Pen.: Hare (5)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,000 Referee: M. D. M. Rea (Ireland)

1982-02-20

Ireland	21–12	Scotland
Pen.: Campbell (6) Drops: Campbell		Tries: Rutherford Con.: Irvine Pen.: Renwick (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Clive Norling (Wales)

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1982-03-06

England	17–7	Wales
Tries: Carleton Slemen Pen.: Hare (3)		Tries: Lewis Drops: Davies

Twickenham, London Referee: F. Palmade (France)

1982-03-06

Scotland	16–7	France
Tries: Rutherford Pen.: Irvine (3) Drops: Renwick		Tries: Rives Pen.: Sallefranque

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 70,000 Referee: J. A. F. Trigg (England)

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1982-03-20

France	22–9	Ireland
Tries: Blanco Mesny Con.: Gabernet Pen.: Blanco (2) Gabernet (2)		Pen.: Campbell (3)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,238 Referee: A. Welsby (England)

1982-03-20

Wales	18–34	Scotland
Tries: Butler Con.: Evans Pen.: Evans (4)		Tries: Calder Johnston Pollock Renwick White Con.: Irvine (4) Drops: Renwick Rutherford

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: J. P. Bonnet (France)

References

• 1982 Five Nations results

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site