1980 Five Nations Championship
The 1980 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 19 January and 15 March.
| 1980 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 19 January - 15 March 1980 | ||
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| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | | ||
| Grand Slam | | ||
| Triple Crown | | ||
| Calcutta Cup | | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Tries scored | 40 (4 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | | ||
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England were the champions, winning the championship outright for the first time since 1963; they had also shared in the quintuple tie in 1973. It was England's eighteenth championship, excluding ten titles shared with other teams. In winning all four matches they won the Grand Slam for the eighth time, equalling the record held by Wales. It was England's first Grand Slam since 1957 and only their second since 1928. England's victories over Ireland, Wales and Scotland also gave them the Triple Crown for the first time since 1960 and the fifteenth time overall.
Participants
The teams involved were:
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 48 | +32 | 8 |
| 2 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 70 | 65 | +5 | 4 |
| 2 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 45 | +5 | 4 |
| 4 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 55 | 75 | −20 | 2 |
| 4 | |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 61 | 83 | −22 | 2 |
Squads
Results
1980-01-19 |
| Wales |
18–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Holmes Price Rees Richards Con.: G. Davies |
Tries: Marchal Con.: Caussade Drops: Caussade |
1980-01-19 |
| England |
24–9 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Scott Slemen Smith Con.: Hare (3) Pen.: Hare (2) |
Pen.: Campbell (3) |
1980-02-02 |
| France |
13–17 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Averous Rives Con.: Caussade Pen.: Caussade |
Tries: Carleton Preston Pen.: Hare Drops: Horton (2) |
1980-02-02 |
| Ireland |
22–15 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Keane Kennedy Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (3) Drops: Campbell |
Tries: Johnston (2) Con.: Irvine (2) Pen.: Irvine |
1980-02-16 |
| Scotland |
22–14 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Irvine (2) Rutherford Con.: Irvine Renwick Pen.: Irvine (2) |
Tries: Gabernet Gallion Pen.: Gabernet Drops: Caussade |
1980-03-01 |
| France |
19–18 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Gourdon (2) Con.: Aguirre Pen.: Aguirre (2) Drops: Pedeutour |
Tries: McLennan Con.: Campbell Pen.: Campbell (3) Drops: Campbell |
1980-03-01 |
| Wales |
17–6 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Holmes Keen Richards Con.: Blyth Pen.: Fenwick |
Tries: Renwick Con.: Irvine |
1980-03-15 |
| Ireland |
21–7 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Fitzgerald Irwin O'Driscoll Con.: Campbell (3) Pen.: Campbell |
Tries: Blyth Pen.: Fenwick |
1980-03-15 |
| Scotland |
18–30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Rutherford Tomes Con.: Irvine (2) Pen.: Irvine (2) |
Tries: Carleton (3) Slemen Smith Con.: Hare (2) Pen.: Hare (2) |
| Preceded by 1979 Five Nations |
Five Nations Championship 1980 |
Succeeded by 1981 Five Nations |