1966 Five Nations Championship

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

1966 Five Nations Championship
Date15 January - 26 March 1966
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Wales (15th title)
Calcutta Cup Scotland
Matches played10
Tries scored21 (2.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Claude Lacaze (14)
Top try scorer(s) Christian Darrouy (2)
Sandy Hinshelwood (2)
David Whyte (2)
Ken Jones (2)
← 1965 (Previous) (Next) 1967 →

Wales won their 15th title, with a single loss, while England finished in a disappointing fifth and last place.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham London none Budge Rogers
 France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Jean Prat Michel Crauste
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin none Ray McLoughlin/Tom Kiernan
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh none Stewart Wilson/Ian Laughland
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff none Alun Pask/David Watkins

Table
Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 Wales 43013426+86
2 France 42113518+175
2 Scotland 42112317+65
4 Ireland 41122434−103
5 England 40131536−211

(Source: rugbyfootballhistory.com:[1])

Squads
For each nation's squad for the 1966 Five Nations Championship, see 1966 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results
1966-01-15
Scotland  3–3  France
Tries: Whyte Pen.: Lacaze
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)
1966-01-15
England  6–11  Wales
Tries: Perry
Pen.: Rutherford		 Tries: Pask
Con.: Price
Pen.: Price (2)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: R. W. Gilliland (Ireland)
1966-01-29
France  11–6  Ireland
Tries: Darrouy (2)
Con.: Lacaze
Pen.: Lacaze		 Pen.: Gibson
Drops: Kiernan
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 30,947
Referee: P. G. Brook (England)
1966-02-05
Wales  8–3  Scotland
Tries: K. Jones (2)
Con.: Bradshaw		 Pen.: Wilson
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England)
1966-02-12
England  6–6  Ireland
Tries: Greenwood
Pen.: Rutherford		 Tries: McGrath
Pen.: Kiernan
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: R. B. L. Marie (France)
1966-02-26
France  13–0  England
Tries: A. Boniface
Gachassin
Gruarin
Con.: Lacaze (2)
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes
Attendance: 37,660
Referee: D. G. Walters (Wales)
1966-02-26
Ireland  3–11  Scotland
Pen.: Kiernan Tries: Grant
Hinshelwood (2)
Con.: Wilson
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)
1966-03-12
Ireland  9–6  Wales
Tries: Bresnihan
Pen.: Gibson
Drops: Gibson		 Tries: Prothero
Pen.: Bradshaw
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: R. P. Burrell (Scotland)
1966-03-19
Scotland  6–3  England
Tries: Whyte
Pen.: Blaikie		 Drops: McFadyean
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: K. D. Kelleher (England)
1966-03-26
Wales  9–8  France
Tries: Watkins
Pen.: Bradshaw (2)		 Tries: Duprat
Rupert
Con.: Lacaze
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

References
  1. "6 Nations History". Year by Year Analysis: 1966. rugbyfootballhistory.com. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
Preceded by
1965 Five Nations		 Five Nations Championship
1966		 Succeeded by
1967 Five Nations
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