The 1975 Five Nations Championship was the forty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 18 January and 15 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The championship was won by Wales, the team's eighteenth title (excluding another nine shared championships).[1]
The game between Scotland and Wales at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on 1 March attracted a World Record rugby attendance of 104,000 fans. This record would not be broken until a Bledisloe Cup game between Australia and New Zealand attracted 107,042 to the Sydney Olympic Stadium in 1999. The attendance at Murrayfield remains the Championship's record crowd, the record attendance in Europe and the third highest rugby attendance in history. With Scotland winning 12-10 it was the only loss for the Welsh during the 1975 Five Nations.
1975, five, nations, championship, forty, sixth, series, rugby, union, five, nations, championship, including, previous, incarnations, home, nations, five, nations, this, eighty, first, series, northern, hemisphere, rugby, union, championship, matches, were, p. The 1975 Five Nations Championship was the forty sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations this was the eighty first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship Ten matches were played between 18 January and 15 March It was contested by England France Ireland Scotland and Wales The championship was won by Wales the team s eighteenth title excluding another nine shared championships 1 1975 Five Nations ChampionshipDate18 January 15 March 1975Countries England Ireland France Scotland WalesTournament statisticsChampions Wales 18th title Matches played10Tries scored36 3 6 per match Top point scorer s Billy McCombe 26 Top try scorer s Gerald Davies 3 1974 Previous Next 1976 The game between Scotland and Wales at the Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on 1 March attracted a World Record rugby attendance of 104 000 fans This record would not be broken until a Bledisloe Cup game between Australia and New Zealand attracted 107 042 to the Sydney Olympic Stadium in 1999 The attendance at Murrayfield remains the Championship s record crowd the record attendance in Europe and the third highest rugby attendance in history With Scotland winning 12 10 it was the only loss for the Welsh during the 1975 Five Nations Contents 1 Participants 2 Table 3 Squads 4 Results 5 References 6 External linksParticipants editThe teams involved were Nation Venue City Head coach Captain nbsp England Twickenham London John Burgess Fran Cotton nbsp France Parc des Princes Paris Jean Desclaux Jacques Fouroux Claude Dourthe nbsp Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Roly Meates Willie John McBride nbsp Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Bill Dickinson Ian McLauchlan nbsp Wales National Stadium Cardiff John Dawes Mervyn DaviesTable editPos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 nbsp Wales 4 3 0 1 87 30 57 6 2 nbsp Scotland 4 2 0 2 47 40 7 4 2 nbsp Ireland 4 2 0 2 54 67 13 4 2 nbsp France 4 2 0 2 53 79 26 4 5 nbsp England 4 1 0 3 40 65 25 2Source citation needed Squads editFor each nation s squad for the 1975 Five Nations Championship see 1975 Five Nations Championship squads Results edit18 January 1975France nbsp 10 25 nbsp WalesTries GourdonPen Taffary 2 Tries CobnerDaviesEdwardsFenwickPriceCon FenwickPen FenwickParc des Princes Paris Attendance 43 603Referee K A Pattinson England 18 January 1975Ireland nbsp 12 9 nbsp EnglandTries GibsonMcCombeCon McCombe 2 Tries StevensCon OldDrops OldLansdowne Road Dublin Referee F Palmade France 1 February 1975England nbsp 20 27 nbsp FranceTries DuckhamRossboroughPen Rossborough 4 Tries EtcheniqueGourdonGuilbertSpangheroCon Paries 4 Pen PariesTwickenham London Attendance 70 000Referee T F E Grierson Scotland 1 February 1975Scotland nbsp 20 13 nbsp IrelandTries RenwickSteelePen Irvine 2 Drops McGeechanMorganTries DennisonGraceCon McCombePen McCombeMurrayfield Edinburgh Referee R F Johnson England 15 February 1975Wales nbsp 20 4 nbsp EnglandTries DaviesFenwickJ J WilliamsCon MartinPen Martin 2 Tries HortonNational Stadium Cardiff Referee Alan Hosie Scotland 15 February 1975France nbsp 10 9 nbsp ScotlandTries DourthePen PariesDrops AstrePen Irvine 3 Parc des Princes Paris Attendance 43 472Referee M S Lewis Wales 1 March 1975Ireland nbsp 25 6 nbsp FranceTries EnsorGraceMcBrideCon McCombe 2 Pen McCombeDrops McCombe 2 Pen PariesDrops PariesLansdowne Road Dublin Attendance 50 000Referee D M M Lloyd Wales 1 March 1975Scotland nbsp 12 10 nbsp WalesPen Morgan 3 Drops McGeechanTries EvansPen Fenwick 2 Murrayfield Edinburgh Attendance 104 000 Rugby Union World Record until 1999Referee J R West Ireland Source Quinn Encyclopaedia of World Rugby 15 March 1975Wales nbsp 32 4 nbsp IrelandTries BergiersDaviesEdwardsFaulknerJ J WilliamsCon Bennett 3 Pen Bennett 2 Tries DugganNational Stadium Cardiff Referee J Saint Guillem France 15 March 1975England nbsp 7 6 nbsp ScotlandTries MorleyPen BennettPen Morgan 2 Twickenham London Referee D P d Arcy Ireland References edit Wales 32 Ireland 4 Glasgow Herald page 21 17 March 1975 Retrieved 30 August 2013 1975 Five Nations resultsExternal links edit nbsp Sports portal The official RBS Six Nations Site nbsp This article about a rugby union competition is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1975 Five Nations Championship amp oldid 1220603039, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
