1956 Five Nations Championship

All you want to know about 1956 Five Nations Championship

The 1956 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 14 and April 14. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  Wales 4 3 0 1 25 20 +5 6
2  England 4 2 0 2 43 28 +15 4
2  France 4 2 0 2 31 34 −3 4
2  Ireland 4 2 0 2 33 47 −14 4
5  Scotland 4 1 0 3 31 34 −3 0

Results

1956-01-14
Scotland  12–0  France Edinburgh
1956-01-21
England  3–8  Wales London
1956-01-28
France  14–8  Ireland Paris
1956-02-04
Wales  9–3  Scotland Cardiff
1956-02-11
England  20–0  Ireland London
1956-02-25
Ireland  14–10  Scotland Dublin
1956-03-10
Ireland  11–3  Wales Dublin
1956-03-17
Scotland  6–11  England Edinburgh
1956-03-24
Wales  5–3  France Cardiff
1956-03-24
France  14–9  England Paris


External links

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1955 Five Nations		 Five Nations Championship
1956		 Succeeded by
1957 Five Nations
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