1984 Five Nations Championship

1984 Five Nations Championship
1984 Five Nations Championship
Date	21 January - 17 March 1984
Countries	England; Ireland; France; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Scotland (12th title)
Grand Slam	Scotland (2nd title)
Triple Crown	Scotland (9th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	27 (2.7 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Jean-Patrick Lescarboura (54 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Philippe Sella (3 tries)
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The 1984 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-fifth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninetieth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 21 January and 17 March.

Scotland won the championship outright for the first time since 1938. It was their twelfth outright championship, excluding a further seven shared titles. Their four wins gave them the Grand Slam for the first time since 1925 and the second in all, and the Triple Crown for the ninth time and the first since 1938.

It was also the second occasion, after 1978, in which two teams each with three victories faced off against each other in the final round of matches, with both capable of completing a Grand Slam with a victory.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Dick Greenwood	Peter Wheeler
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux	Jean-Pierre Rives
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Willie John McBride	Willie Duggan/Ciaran Fitzgerald
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Jim Aitken
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	John Bevan	Eddie Buttler/Mike Watkins

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Scotland	4	4	0	86	36	+50	8
2	France	4	3	1	90	67	+23	6
3	Wales	4	2	2	67	60	+7	4
4	England	4	1	3	51	83	−32	2
5	Ireland	4	0	4	39	87	−48	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Squads

Results

21 January 1984

France	25–12	Ireland
Try: Gallion Sella Con: Lescarboura Pen: Lescarboura (4) Drop: Lescarboura		Pen: Campbell (4)

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,023
Referee: C. Norling (Wales)

21 January 1984

Wales	9–15	Scotland
Try: Titley Con: Davies Pen: Davies		Try: Paxton Aitken Con: Dods (2) Pen: Dods

National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: O. E. Doyle (Ireland)

4 February 1984

Ireland	9–18	Wales
Pen: Campbell (3)		Try: Ackerman Con: Davies Pen: Davies (2) Bowen (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: R. G. Byres

4 February 1984

Scotland	18–6	England
Try: Johnston Kennedy Con: Dods (2) Pen: Dods (2)		Pen: Hare (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)

18 February 1984

Wales	16–21	France
Try: Davies Butler Con: Davies Pen: Davies (2)		Try: Sella Con: Lescarboura Pen: Lescarboura (4) Drop: Lescarboura

National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: R. G. Byers

18 February 1984

England	12–9	Ireland
Pen: Hare (3) Drop: Cusworth		Pen: Ward (3)

Twickenham, London
Referee: René Hourquet France

3 March 1984

France	32–18	England
Try: Codorniou Sella Estève Begu Gallion Con: Lescarboura (3) Pen: Lescarboura Drop: Lescarboura		Try: Hare Underwood Con: Hare (2) Pen: Hare (2)

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,240
Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)

3 March 1984

Ireland	9–32	Scotland
Try: Kiernan Con: Murphy Pen: Murphy		Try: Laidlaw (2) Penalty try Robertson Dods Con: Dods (3) Pen: Dods (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: F. A. Howard (England)

17 March 1984

Scotland	21–12	France
Try: Calder Con: Dods Pen: Dods (5)		Try: Gallion Con: Lescarboura Pen: Lescarboura Drop: Lescarboura

Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 62,000
Referee: W. Jones (Wales)

17 March 1984

England	15–24	Wales
Pen: Hare (5)		Try: Hadley Con: Davies Pen: Davies (4) Drop: Dacey (2)

Twickenham, London
Referee: J. B. Anderson (Scotland)

References

1984 Five Nations Championship results