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1991 Five Nations Championship

1991 Five Nations Championship
Date	19 January - 16 March 1991
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (19th title)
Grand Slam	England (9th title)
Triple Crown	England (16th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	36 (3.6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Simon Hodgkinson (60 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Mike Teague Rory Underwood Franck Mesnel Philippe Saint-André Philippe Sella Simon Geoghegan Brendan Mullin Derek White (2 tries)
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The 1991 Five Nations Championship was the 62nd series of the Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams. The tournament consisted of ten matches held between 19 January and 16 March 1991.

The tournament was the 62nd in its then format as the Five Nations. Including the competition's former incarnation as the Home Nations Championship, the 1991 Five Nations Championship was the 97th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship.

The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England won the tournament, achieving a final 21–19 victory over France to win the Grand Slam, their first since 1980 and ninth overall in the Five Nations. This was also their nineteenth outright victory, including five victories in the Home Nations, excluding ten titles shared with other countries. England also won the Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup as a result of their victories over the other Home Nations. France and Scotland placed second and third with three and two wins respectively, while Ireland and Wales placed fourth and fifth without achieving any victories; the fixture between the two teams resulted in a 21–21 draw.

It was also the fourth occasion, after 1978, 1984 and 1990, on 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. France lost on their third attempt.

This edition was also famous for the try Philippe Saint-André scored in the last match of the tournament against England, which was later voted Twickenham's try of the century.^[1]

Participants[edit]

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Geoff Cooke	Will Carling
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Daniel Dubroca	Serge Blanco
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Ciaran Fitzgerald	Rob Saunders
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	David Sole
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Ron Waldron	Paul Thorburn

Squads[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	England	4	4	0	0	83	44	+39	8
2	France	4	3	0	1	91	46	+45	6
3	Scotland	4	2	0	2	81	73	+8	4
4	Ireland	4	0	1	3	66	86	−20	1
4	Wales	4	0	1	3	42	114	−72	1

Results[edit]

France	15–9	Scotland
Pen.: Camberabero (2) Drops: Blanco Camberabero (2)		Pen.: Chalmers (2) Drops: Chalmers

Wales	6–25	England
Pen.: N. Jenkins Thorburn		Tries: Teague Pen.: Hodgkinson (7)

Ireland	13–21	France
Tries: S. Smith Pen.: Kiernan (3)		Tries: Cabannes Lagisquet Con.: Camberabero (2) Pen.: Camberabero (3)

Scotland	32–12	Wales
Tries: Armstrong Chalmers White (2) Con.: Chalmers G. Hastings Pen.: Chalmers G. Hastings (2) Drops: Chalmers		Tries: Ford Con.: Thorburn Pen.: Thorburn (2)

Wales	21–21	Ireland
Tries: Arnold N. Jenkins Con.: Thorburn (2) Pen.: Thorburn (2) Drops: N. Jenkins		Tries: Clarke Geoghegan Mullin Staples Con.: B. Smith Drops: B. Smith

England	21–12	Scotland
Tries: Heslop Con.: Hodgkinson Pen.: Hodgkinson (5)		Pen.: Chalmers (4)

France	36–3	Wales
Tries: Blanco Lafond Mesnel Roumat Saint-André Sella Con.: Sella Camberabero (2) Pen.: Camberabero (2)		Pen.: Thorburn

Ireland	7–16	England
Tries: Geoghegan Pen.: B. Smith		Tries: Teague R. Underwood Con.: Hodgkinson Pen.: Hodgkinson (2)

Scotland	28–25	Ireland
Tries: G. Hastings S. Hastings Stanger Con.: Chalmers (2) Pen.: Chalmers (3) G. Hastings		Tries: Crossan Geoghegan Mullin Robinson Con.: B. Smith (3) Drops: B. Smith

England	21–19	France
Tries: R. Underwood Con.: Hodgkinson Pen.: Hodgkinson (4) Drops: Andrew		Tries: Camberabero Mesnel Saint-André Con.: Camberabero (2) Pen.: Camberabero

References[edit]

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