1971 Five Nations Championship
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The 1971 Five Nations Championship was the forty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship
. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March. It was contested by England
, France
, Ireland
, Scotland
and Wales
.
Wales won all their four matches to win the championship for the seventeenth time outright, excluding shared titles. They won the Triple Crown
for the second time in three seasons and the twelfth time overall, and completed the Grand Slam
for the first time since 1952 and the sixth time overall.
Six Nations Championship
The Six Nations Championship is an annual international rugby union competition involving six European sides: England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales....
. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March. It was contested by England
England national rugby union team
The England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
, France
France national rugby union team
The France national rugby union team represents France in rugby union. They compete annually against England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales in the Six Nations Championship. They have won the championship outright sixteen times, shared it a further eight times, and have completed nine grand slams...
, Ireland
Ireland national rugby union team
The Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
, Scotland
Scotland national rugby union team
The Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
and Wales
Wales national rugby union team
The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
.
Wales won all their four matches to win the championship for the seventeenth time outright, excluding shared titles. They won the Triple Crown
Triple Crown (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the four national teams of the British Isles who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship: England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. If any one team manages to win all their games against the other three they win the...
for the second time in three seasons and the twelfth time overall, and completed the Grand Slam
Grand Slam (Rugby Union)
In rugby union, a Grand Slam occurs when one team in the Six Nations Championship manages to beat all the others during one year's competition...
for the first time since 1952 and the sixth time overall.
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 38 | 8 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 40 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 3 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 64 | −17 | 2 | |