1969 Five Nations Championship

The 1969 Five Nations Championship was the fortieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-fifth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 11 January and 12 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

1969 Five Nations Championship
Date	11 January - 12 April 1969
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (16th title)
Triple Crown	Wales (11th title)
Calcutta Cup	England
Matches played	10
Tries scored	31 (3.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Bob Hiller (36)
Top try scorer(s)	Maurice Richards (6)
← 1968 (Previous) (Next) 1970 →

Ireland missed out on a second Grand Slam after losing to Wales at Cardiff Arms Park.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	none	Dick Greenwood
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Fernand Cazenave	Christian Carrère/Marcel Puget/Walter Spanghero
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Ronnie Dawson	Tom Kiernan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	none	Jim Telfer
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Clive Rowlands	Brian Price/Gareth Edwards

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	Wales	4	3	1	0	79	31	+48	7
2	Ireland	4	3	0	1	61	48	+13	6
3	England	4	2	0	2	54	58	−4	4
4	Scotland	4	1	0	3	12	44	−34	2
5	France	4	0	1	3	28	53	−25	1

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1969 Five Nations Championship, see 1969 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

1969-01-11

France	3–6	Scotland
Pen.: Villepreux		Tries: J. Telfer Pen.: Blaikie

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 28,576 Referee: G. C. Lamb (England)

1969-01-25

Ireland	17–9	France
Tries: Moroney Con.: Moroney Pen.: Moroney (3) Drops: McGann		Tries: Trillo Pen.: Villepreux (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 50,000 Referee: G. C. Lamb (England)

1969-02-01

Scotland	3–17	Wales
Pen. Blaikie		Tries: Edwards John Richards Con.: Jarrett Pen.: Jarrett (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

1969-02-08

Ireland	17–15	England
Tries: Bresnihan Murphy Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (2) Drops: McGann		Tries: Duckham Pen.: Hiller (4)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: R. P. Burrell (Scotland)

1969-02-22

England	22–8	France
Tries: Fielding Rollitt Webb Con.: Hiller (2) Pen.: Hiller (3)		Tries: Bonal Con.: Lacaze Drops: Lacaze

Twickenham, London Attendance: 65,000 Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

1969-02-22

Scotland	0–16	Ireland
		Tries: Bresnihan Duggan Gibson McGann Con.: Moroney (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: M. Joseph (Wales)

1969-03-08

Wales	24–11	Ireland
Tries: Morris Taylor Watkins D. Williams Con.: Jarrett (3) Pen.: Jarrett Drops: John		Tries: Gibson Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (2)

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 29,000 Referee: D. C. J. McMahon (Scotland)

1969-03-15

England	8–3	Scotland
Tries: Duckham (2) Con.: Hiller		Pen.: P. Brown

Twickenham, London Referee: C. Durand (France)

1969-03-22

France	8–8	Wales
Tries: Campaes Con.: Villepreux Pen.: Villepreux		Tries: Edwards Richards Con.: Jarrett

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 34,657 Referee: R. P. Burrell (Scotland)

1969-04-12

Wales	30–9	England
Tries: John Richards (4) Con.: Jarrett (3) Pen.: Jarrett (2) Drops: John		Pen.: Hiller (3)

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 29,000 Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site

Preceded by 1968 Five Nations	Five Nations Championship 1969	Succeeded by 1970 Five Nations