1984 Five Nations Championship

The 1984 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninetieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 21 January and 17 March.

1984 Five Nations Championship
Date21 January - 17 March 1984
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Scotland (12th title)
Grand Slam Scotland (2nd title)
Triple Crown Scotland (9th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored27 (2.7 per match)
Top point scorer(s)France Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (54 points)
Top try scorer(s)France Philippe Sella (3 tries)
1983 (Previous) (Next) 1985

Scotland won the championship outright for the first time since 1938. It was their twelfth outright championship, excluding a further seven shared titles. Their four wins gave them the Grand Slam for the first time since 1925 and the second in all, and the Triple Crown for the ninth time and the first since 1938.

It was also the second occasion, after 1978, in which two teams each with three victories faced off against each other in the final round of matches, with both capable of completing a Grand Slam with a victory.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham London Dick Greenwood Peter Wheeler
 France Parc des Princes Paris Jacques Fouroux Jean-Pierre Rives
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Willie John McBride Willie Duggan/Ciaran Fitzgerald
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Jim Telfer Jim Aitken
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff John Bevan Eddie Buttler/Mike Watkins

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Scotland 4 4 0 0 86 36 +50 8
2  France 4 3 0 1 90 67 +23 6
3  Wales 4 2 0 2 67 60 +7 4
4  England 4 1 0 3 51 83 32 2
5  Ireland 4 0 0 4 39 87 48 0
Source:

Squads

Results

21 January 1984
France 25–12 Ireland
Try: Gallion
Sella
Con: Lescarboura
Pen: Lescarboura (4)
Drop: Lescarboura
Pen: Campbell (4)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,023
Referee: C. Norling (Wales)

21 January 1984
Wales 9–15 Scotland
Try: Titley
Con: Davies
Pen: Davies
Try: Paxton
Aitken
Con: Dods (2)
Pen: Dods
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: O. E. Doyle (Ireland)

4 February 1984
Ireland 9–18 Wales
Pen: Campbell (3)Try: Ackerman
Con: Davies
Pen: Davies (2)
Bowen (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: R. G. Byres Australia

4 February 1984
Scotland 18–6 England
Try: Johnston
Kennedy
Con: Dods (2)
Pen: Dods (2)
Pen: Hare (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)

18 February 1984
Wales 16–21 France
Try: Davies
Butler
Con: Davies
Pen: Davies (2)
Try: Sella
Con: Lescarboura
Pen: Lescarboura (4)
Drop: Lescarboura
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: R. G. Byers Australia

18 February 1984
England 12–9 Ireland
Pen: Hare (3)
Drop: Cusworth
Pen: Ward (3)
Twickenham, London
Referee: R. Hourquet France

3 March 1984
France 32–18 England
Try: Codorniou
Sella
Estève
Begu
Gallion
Con: Lescarboura (3)
Pen: Lescarboura
Drop: Lescarboura
Try: Hare
Underwood
Con: Hare (2)
Pen: Hare (2)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,240
Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)

3 March 1984
Ireland 9–32 Scotland
Try: Kiernan
Con: Murphy
Pen: Murphy
Try: Laidlaw (2)
Penalty try
Robertson
Dods
Con: Dods (3)
Pen: Dods (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: F. A. Howard (England)

17 March 1984
Scotland 21–12 France
Try: Calder
Con: Dods
Pen: Dods (5)
Try: Gallion
Con: Lescarboura
Pen: Lescarboura
Drop: Lescarboura
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: W. Jones (Wales)

17 March 1984
England 15–24 Wales
Pen: Hare (5)Try: Hadley
Con: Davies
Pen: Davies (4)
Drop: Dacey (2)
Twickenham, London
Referee: J. B. Anderson (Scotland)

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