1962 Five Nations Championship Explained

1962 Five Nations Championship
Date:13 January - 17 November 1962
Countries:



Count:3
Matches:10
Previous Year:1961
Previous Tournament:1961 Five Nations Championship
Next Year:1963
Next Tournament:1963 Five Nations Championship

The 1962 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 17 November. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

A smallpox epidemic in South Wales in March and April caused the match between Ireland and Wales to be postponed until November 1962.[1]

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonDickie Jeeps
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesPierre Lacroix
Lansdowne RoadDublinBill Mulcahy
MurrayfieldEdinburghArthur Smith
National StadiumCardiffLloyd Williams/Bryn Meredith

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Records smashed as England rout Romania. espn.co.uk. 21 March 2014.