1966 Five Nations Championship

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

1966 Five Nations Championship
Date15 January - 26 March 1966
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Wales (15th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored21 (2.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s)France Claude Lacaze (14)
Top try scorer(s)France Christian Darrouy (2)
Scotland Sandy Hinshelwood (2)
Scotland David Whyte (2)
Wales Ken Jones (2)
1965 (Previous) (Next) 1967

Wales won their 15th title, with a single loss, while England finished in a disappointing fifth and last place.

Participants

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
  England Twickenham London none Budge Rogers
  France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Jean Prat Michel Crauste
  Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin none Ray McLoughlin/Tom Kiernan
  Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh none Stewart Wilson/Ian Laughland
  Wales National Stadium Cardiff none Alun Pask/David Watkins

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   Wales 4 3 0 1 34 26 +8 6
2   France 4 2 1 1 35 18 +17 5
2   Scotland 4 2 1 1 23 17 +6 5
4   Ireland 4 1 1 2 24 34 −10 3
5   England 4 0 1 3 15 36 −21 1
Source: rugbyfootballhistory.com:[1]

Squads

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Results

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1966-01-15
Scotland  3–3  France
Tries: WhytePen.: Lacaze
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)
1966-01-15
England  6–11  Wales
Tries: Perry
Pen.: Rutherford
Tries: Pask
Con.: Price
Pen.: Price (2)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: R. W. Gilliland (Ireland)
1966-01-29
France  11–6  Ireland
Tries: Darrouy (2)
Con.: Lacaze
Pen.: Lacaze
Pen.: Gibson
Drops: Kiernan
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 30,947
Referee: P. G. Brook (England)
1966-02-05
Wales  8–3  Scotland
Tries: K. Jones (2)
Con.: Bradshaw
Pen.: Wilson
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England)
1966-02-12
England  6–6  Ireland
Tries: Greenwood
Pen.: Rutherford
Tries: McGrath
Pen.: Kiernan
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: R. B. L. Marie (France)
1966-02-26
France  13–0  England
Tries: A. Boniface
Gachassin
Gruarin
Con.: Lacaze (2)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 37,660
Referee: D. G. Walters (Wales)
1966-02-26
Ireland  3–11  Scotland
Pen.: KiernanTries: Grant
Hinshelwood (2)
Con.: Wilson
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)
1966-03-12
Ireland  9–6  Wales
Tries: Bresnihan
Pen.: Gibson
Drops: Gibson
Tries: Prothero
Pen.: Bradshaw
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: R. P. Burrell (Scotland)
1966-03-19
Scotland  6–3  England
Tries: Whyte
Pen.: Blaikie
Drops: McFadyean
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)
1966-03-26
Wales  9–8  France
Tries: Watkins
Pen.: Bradshaw (2)
Tries: Duprat
Rupert
Con.: Lacaze
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

References

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  1. ^ "6 Nations History". Year by Year Analysis: 1966. rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
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