1995 Five Nations Championship
| 1995 Five Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 21 January – 18 March 1995 | ||
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| Champions |
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| Grand Slam |
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| Triple Crown |
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| Calcutta Cup |
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| Millennium Trophy |
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| Centenary Quaich |
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| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Tries scored | 31 (3.1 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) |
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The 1995 Five Nations Championship was the sixty-sixth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. It was also the last Five Nations held in the sport's amateur era, as rugby union's governing body, the International Rugby Football Board, opened the sport to professionalism on August 26 of that year. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 21 January to 18 March. The tournament took a surprisingly similar course to five years earlier, where both England and Scotland both won their first three matches and met in the final week, with an undefeated record, a Grand Slam, Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup all at stake for the victor: however, this time it was England who prevailed in the deciding match. Even the minor placings were the same as in 1990, as France came third, Ireland fourth and Wales were whitewashed.
Participants
The teams involved were:
Squads
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 39 | +59 | 8 |
| 2 | |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 71 | +16 | 6 |
| 3 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 70 | +7 | 4 |
| 4 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 83 | −39 | 2 |
| 5 | |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 43 | 86 | −43 | 0 |
Results
21 January 1995 |
| France |
21–9 (15-6) |
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|---|---|---|
| Tries: Ntamack Saint-André Con: Lacroix Pen: Lacroix (3) |
Report | Pen: Jenkins (3) |
21 January 1995 |
| Ireland |
8–20 (3-5) |
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| Tries: Foley Pen: Burke |
Report | Tries: Carling Clarke T. Underwood Con: Andrew Pen: Andrew |
4 February 1995 |
| England |
31–10 (13-3) |
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| Tries: Guscott T. Underwood (2) Con: Andrew (2) Pen: Andrew (4) |
Report | Tries: Viars Con: Lacroix Pen: Lacroix |
4 February 1995 |
| Scotland |
26–13 | |
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| Tries: Cronin Joiner Con: G. Hastings (2) Pen: G. Hastings (4) |
Report | Tries: Bell Mullin Pen: Burke |
18 February 1995 |
| France |
21–23 (5-13) |
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| Tries: Sadourny Saint-André (2) Pen: Lacroix Drops: Deylaud |
Report | Tries: G. Hastings Townsend Con: G. Hastings (2) Pen: G. Hastings (3) |
18 February 1995 15:05 |
| Wales |
9–23 | |
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| Pen: Jenkins (3) | Report | Tries: Ubogu R. Underwood (2) Con: Andrew Pen: Andrew (2) |
4 March 1995 |
| Ireland |
7–25 (0-3) |
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|---|---|---|
| Tries: Geoghegan Pen: Elwood |
Report | Tries: Cecillon Y. Delaigue Ntamack Saint-André Con: Ntamack Pen: Ntamack |
4 March 1995 |
| Scotland |
26–13 | |
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| Tries: Hilton Peters Con: S. Hastings (2) Pen: S. Hastings (4) |
Report | Tries: Jones Con: Jenkins Pen: Jenkins (2) |