- 1978 Five Nations Championship
The 1978 Five Nations Championship was the forty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between
January 21 andMarch 18 ,1978 . The tournament was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The championship was won by Wales, the twentieth time the team won the competition outright. The Welsh had won another nine titles, which were shared with other teams. Having won all four of their games, Wales also won the Grand Slam, a record eighth occasion the team did so - Wales had formerly shared the record of seven with England. Victories over England, Ireland and Scotland (theHome Nations ), also meant Wales won the Triple Crown for the third consecutive time, a record, given no other team had ever won the Triple Crown more than twice in a row. It was Wales' fifteenth in total, also a record, surpassing the fourteen won by England.Table
Results
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date =1978-01-21
home = ru-rt|FRA | score = 15–6
away = ru|ENG | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium =Parc des Princes ,Paris
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date =1978-01-21
home = ru-rt|IRE | score = 12–9
away = ru|SCO | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium =Lansdowne Road ,Dublin
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date =1978-02-04
home = ru-rt|SCO | score = 16–19
away = ru|FRA | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Murrayfield,Edinburgh
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date =1978-02-04
home = ru-rt|ENG | score = 6–9
away = ru|WAL | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Twickenham,London
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date =1978-02-18
home = ru-rt|WAL | score = 22–14
away = ru|SCO | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = National Stadium,Cardiff
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date =1978-02-18
home = ru-rt|FRA | score = 10–9
away = ru|IRE | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium =Parc des Princes ,Paris
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date =1978-03-04
home = ru-rt|SCO | score = 0–15
away = ru|ENG | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Murrayfield,Edinburgh
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date =1978-03-04
home = ru-rt|IRE | score = 16–20
away = ru|WAL | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium =Lansdowne Road ,Dublin
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date =1978-03-18
home = ru-rt|WAL | score = 16–7
away = ru|FRA | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = National Stadium,Cardiff
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date =1978-03-18
home = ru-rt|ENG | score = 15–9
away = ru|IRE | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Twickenham,London
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* [http://2rugby.com/ts/122/ 1978 Five Nations results]
External links
* [http://www.rbs6nations.com/index_6nations.htm The official RBS Six Nations Site]
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