1950 Five Nations Championship Explained

1950 Five Nations Championship
Date:14 January - 25 March 1950
Countries:



Count:11
Grand Slam: (4th title)
Triple Crown: (8th title)
Matches:10
Previous Year:1949
Previous Tournament:1949 Five Nations Championship
Next Year:1951
Next Tournament:1951 Five Nations Championship

The 1950 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 25 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won their 11th title, and also the Grand Slam and the Triple Crown.

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonIvor Preece
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy Basquet
Lansdowne Road/RavenhillDublin/BelfastKarl Mullen
MurrayfieldEdinburghDoug Elliot/Peter Kininmonth
St. Helen's/National StadiumSwansea/CardiffJohn Gwilliam

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