1993 Five Nations Championship

1993 Five Nations Championship
1993 Five Nations Championship
	The Five Nations Championship winners trophy, first awarded in 1993.
Date	16 January – 20 March 1993
Countries	England; Ireland; France; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (10th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	20 (2 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Gavin Hastings (32 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Philippe Saint-André (3 tries)
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The 1993 Five Nations Championship was the 64th series of the Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams. The tournament consisted of 10 matches held between 16 January and 20 March 1993.

The tournament was the 64th in its then format as the Five Nations. Including the competition's former incarnation as the Home Nations Championship, the 1993 Five Nations Championship was the 99th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship.

The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. France won the tournament, although a 16–15 opening defeat by England meant they failed to win the Grand Slam. The overall result was, however, France's tenth outright victory in the Five Nations, excluding seven titles shared with other countries.^[2] Scotland, England and Ireland placed second, third and fourth respectively with two wins each, while Wales placed last with a one-point victory over England. England won the Calcutta Cup, while none of the Home Nations achieved the Triple Crown.

For the first time, a trophy was awarded to the winning team.^[3]

Participants

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	Geoff Cooke	Will Carling
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Pierre Berbizier	Jean-François Tordo
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Gerry Murphy	Michael Bradley
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Gavin Hastings
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Alan Davies	Ieuan Evans

Squads

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	3	1	73	35	+38	6
2	Scotland	4	2	2	50	40	+10	4
3	England	4	2	2	54	54	0	4
4	Ireland	4	2	2	45	53	−8	4
5	Wales	4	1	3	34	74	−40	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

16 January 1993
15:05

England	16–15	France
Tries: Hunter Con: Webb Pen: Webb (3)		Tries: Saint-André (2) Con: Camberabero Pen: Camberabero

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 50 000
Referee: J. M. Fleming (Scotland)

16 January 1993
15:05

Scotland	15–3	Ireland
Tries: Stanger Stark Con: G. Hastings Pen: G. Hastings		Pen: Malone

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: E. F. Morrison (England)

6 February 1993
15:05

France	11–3	Scotland
Tries: Lacroix Pen: Camberabero (2)		Pen: G. Hastings

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49 026
Referee: W. D. Bevan (Wales)

6 February 1993
15:05

Wales	10–9	England
Tries: I. Evans Con: N. Jenkins Pen: N. Jenkins		Pen: Webb (2) Drops: Guscott

National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: J. Dume (France)

20 February 1993
15:05

Ireland	6–21	France
Pen: Malone (2)		Tries: Saint-André Sella Con: Camberabero Pen: Camberabero (2) Drops: Camberabero

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 60 000
Referee: D. Leslie (Scotland)

20 February 1993
15:05

Scotland	20–0	Wales
Tries: Turnbull Pen: G. Hastings (5)

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: J. Dume (France)

6 March 1993
15:05

England	26–12	Scotland
Tries: Guscott R. Underwood T. Underwood Con: Webb Pen: Webb (3)		Pen: G. Hastings (3) Drops: Chalmers

Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: B. W. Stirling (Ireland)

6 March 1993
15:05

Wales	14–19	Ireland
Tries: I. Evans Pen: N. Jenkins (3)		Tries: Robinson Con: Elwood Pen: Elwood (3) Drops: Clarke

National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: A. R. MacNeill (Australia)

20 March 1993
15:05

France	26–10	Wales
Tries: Benetton (2) Lafond Con: Lafond Pen: Lacroix (3)		Tries: Walker Con: N. Jenkins Pen: N. Jenkins

Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49 000
Referee: O. E. Doyle (Ireland)

20 March 1993
15:05

Ireland	17–3	England
Tries: Galwey Pen: Elwood (2) Drops: Elwood (2)		Pen: Webb

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: A. R. MacNeill (Australia)

References

^ O'Sullivan, John. "Five Nations Facts". The Irish Times.
^ "Benetton drives France to championship". The Independent. 21 March 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
^ "7 Little known facts about the Rugby 6 Nations trophy. How many do you know?". Challenge Trophies. February 17, 2016.

External links

1993 Five Nations Championship at ESPN

[1] O'Sullivan, John. "Five Nations Facts". The Irish Times.

[2] "Benetton drives France to championship". The Independent. 21 March 1993. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 15 June 2011.

[3] "7 Little known facts about the Rugby 6 Nations trophy. How many do you know?". Challenge Trophies. February 17, 2016.

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