1948 Five Nations Championship

The 1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 29 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was won by Ireland, who achieved a Grand Slam by defeating all the other participants—a feat they would not accomplish again until 2009.

1948 Five Nations Championship
Date17 January - 29 March 1948
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Ireland (5th title)
Grand Slam Ireland (1st title)
Triple Crown Ireland (3rd title)
Matches played10
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Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
 England Twickenham London Tommy Kemp/Edward Scott/Bob Weighill
 France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Guy Basquet
 Ireland Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill Stadium Dublin/Belfast Ernest Strathdee/Karl Mullen
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Donny Innes
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff Haydn Tanner

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Ireland 4 4 0 0 36 19 +17 8
2  France 4 2 0 2 40 25 +15 4
2  Scotland 4 2 0 2 15 31 −16 4
4  Wales 4 1 1 2 23 20 +3 3
5  England 4 0 1 3 16 35 −19 1
Source:

Results
1 January 1948
France 6–13 Ireland
Try: Soro
Basquet		Report[1]Try: Reid
McCarthy
Mullan
Con: Mullan (2)
Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris
Teams
FB15Lucien Rouffia (US Romans)
RW14Michel Pomathios (SU Agen)
OC13Michel Sorondo (US Montauban)
IC12Maurice Terreau (US Bourg)
LW11Pierre Jeanjean (RC Toulon)
FH10Andre Alvarez (US Tyrosse)
SH9Gerard Dufau (RC France)
N88Guy Basquet (SU Agen)
OF7Jean Prat (FC Lourdes)
BF6Jean Matheu-Cambas (Castres Olympique)
RL5Alban Moga (CA Begles)
LL4Robert Soro (US Romans)
TP3Lucien Caron (Castres Olympique)
HK2Lucien Martin (Section Paloise)
LP1Eugene Buzy (FC Lourdes)
Coach:
FB15Ulster Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW14Munster Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC13Ulster Des McKee (NIFC)
IC12Munster Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW11Leinster Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH10Ulster Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH9Ulster Ernie Strathdee (Queen's University, c)
N88Munster Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF7Ulster Bob Agar (Malone)
BF6Ulster Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL5Munster Ernie Keeffe (Sundays Well)
LL4Leinster Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP3Ulster Albert McConnell (Collegians)
HK2Leinster Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP1Munster Jimmy Corcoran (London Irish/UCC)
Coach:
17 January 1948
England 3–3 Wales
Twickenham, London
7 February 1948
 Wales14–0 Scotland
National Stadium, Cardiff
14 February 1948
England 10–11 Ireland
Try: Guest (2)
Con: Uren (2)		Report[2]Try: Callan
Kyle
McKay
Con: Mullan
Twickenham, London
Teams
FB15Dick Uren (Waterloo)
RW14Dickie Guest (Waterloo)
OC13Norman Bennett (Portsmouth)
IC12Edward Scott (Redruth, c)
LW11Cyril Holmes (Manchester)
FH10Ivor Preece (Coventry)
SH9Richard Madge (Exeter)
N88Douglas Vaughan (Devonport Services)
OF7Micky Steele-Bodger (Edinburgh University)
BF6Don White (Northampton)
RL5Humphrey Luya (Headlingley)
LL4Samuel Perry (Cambridge University)
TP3George Gibbs (Bristol)
HK2Alan Henderson (Cambridge University)
LP1Harry Walker (Coventry)
Coach:
FB15Leinster Jack Mattson (Wanderers)
RW14Munster Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC13Ulster Des McKee (NIFC)
IC12Munster Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW11Leinster Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH10Ulster Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH9Munster Hugh de Lacy (Harlequins)
N88Munster Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF7Leinster Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF6Ulster Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL5Ulster Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL4Leinster Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP3Munster Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK2Leinster Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP1Ulster Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
14 February 1948
 Wales3–11 France
National Stadium, Cardiff
21 February 1948
Scotland 9–8 France
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
28 February 1948
Ireland 6–0 Scotland
Try: Mullan
Kyle		Report[3]
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Teams
FB15Ulster Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW14Munster Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC13Ulster Des McKee (NIFC)
IC12Leinster Mick O'Flanagan (Lansdowne)
LW11Leinster Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH10Ulster Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH9Munster Hugh de Lacy (Harlequins)
N88Munster Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF7Leinster Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF6Ulster Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL5Ulster Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL4Leinster Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP3Munster Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK2Leinster Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP1Ulster Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
FB15W.C.W. Murdoch (Hillhead)
RW14Thomas Jackson (London Scottish)
OC13Charlie Drummond (Melrose)
IC12Donny Innes (Aberdeen)
LW11David MacKenzie (Edinburgh University)
FH10Derek Hepburn (Woodford)
SH9Dallas Allardyce (Aberdeen)
N88Douglas Elliott (Edinburgh Academicals)
OF7Bill Black (Glasgow)
BF6Russell Bruce (Gordonians)
RL5Leslie Currie (Dunfermline)
LL4Howard Campbell (London Scottish)
TP3Stuart Coltman (Hawick)
HK2Dod Lyall (Gala)
LP1Ian Henderson (Edinburgh Academicals)
Coach:
13 March 1948
Ireland 6–3 Wales
Try: Mullan
Daly		Report[4]Try: B. Williams
Ravenhill, Belfast
Attendance: 32,000[5]
Teams
FB15Ulster Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW14Munster Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC13Ulster Des McKee (NIFC)
IC12Munster Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW11Leinster Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH10Ulster Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH9Ulster Ernie Strathdee (Queen's University)
N88Munster Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF7Leinster Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF6Ulster Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL5Ulster Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL4Leinster Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP3Munster Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK2Leinster Karl Mullen (Old Belevdere)
LP1Ulster Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
FB15Frank Trott (Cardiff)
RW14Ken Jones (Newport)
OC13Bleddyn Williams (Cardiff)
IC12Billy Cleaver (Cardiff)
LW11Leslie Williams (Cardiff)
FH10Glyn Davies (Pontypridd)
SH9Haydn Tanner (Cardiff, c)
N88Gwyn Evans (Cardiff)
OF7Leslie Manfield (Cardiff)
BF6Ossie Williams (Llanelli)
RL5John Gwilliam (Cambridge University)
LL4Rees Stephens (Neath)
TP3Emlyn Davies (Aberavon)
HK2Maldwyn James (Cardiff)
LP1Cliff Davies (Cardiff)
Coach:
20 March 1948
Scotland 6–3 England
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
29 March 1948
France 15–0 England
Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

References
  1. "Ireland's great win over France", Irish Independent, 2 January 1948
  2. "Irish Pack Rose To Great Heights At Twickenham", Irish Examiner, 16 February 1948
  3. "Ireland Had Hard Struggle To Beat Dour Scots' Defence", Irish Examiner, 1 March 1948
  4. "Rugby Triple Crown after 49 years", Irish Independent, 15 March 1948
  5. "Six Nations 1948". ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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