Five Nations 1926

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Five Nations 1926
Number of nations 5
winner IrelandIreland Ireland and ScotlandScotlandScotland 
Opening game January 2, 1926
Tournament end April 5, 1926
Games 10
Points 161  (⌀: 16.1 per game)
Five Nations 1925
Five Nations 1927

The 1926 edition of the annual Five Nations rugby union tournament ( Six Nations since 2000 ) took place between January 2nd and April 5th. Tournament winners were together Scotland and Ireland (the point difference played no role in the tournament mode at that time).

Closing table

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Table
points
ScotlandScotland Scotland 4th 3 0 1 45:23 6th
IrelandIreland Ireland 4th 3 0 1 41:26 6th
Wales Wales 4th 2 1 1 26:24 5
EnglandEngland England 4th 1 1 2 38:39 3
FranceFrance France 4th 0 0 4th 11:49 0

Results

date place encounter Result
January 2nd Stade Olympique , Colombes France - Scotland 6:20
January 16 Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Wales - England 3: 3
January 23 Ravenhill Stadium , Belfast Ireland - France 11: 0
February 6th Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Scotland - Wales 8: 5
13th February Lansdowne Road , Dublin Ireland - England 19:15
27th of February Twickenham Stadium , London England - France 11: 0
27th of February Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Scotland - Ireland 0: 3
March 13th St Helens , Swansea Wales - Ireland 11: 8
March, 20th Twickenham Stadium, London England - Scotland 9:17
April 5th Stade Olympique, Colombes France - Wales 5: 7

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