Five Nations 1955

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Five Nations 1955
Number of nations 5
winner FranceFrance France and WalesWales 
Opening game January 8, 1955
Tournament end March 26, 1955
Games 10
Points 166  (⌀: 16.6 per game)
Five Nations 1954
Five Nations 1956

The 1955 edition of the annual Five Nations rugby union tournament ( Six Nations since 2000 ) took place between January 8th and March 26th. Tournament winners were jointly Wales and France (the point difference played no role in the tournament mode at that time).

Closing table

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Table
points
Wales Wales 4th 3 0 1 48:28 6th
FranceFrance France 4th 3 0 1 47:28 6th
ScotlandScotland Scotland 4th 2 0 2 32:35 4th
EnglandEngland England 4th 1 1 2 24:31 3
IrelandIreland Ireland 4th 0 1 3 15:44 1

Results

date place encounter Result
January 8th Stade Olympique , Colombes France - Scotland 15: 0
22nd of January Lansdowne Road , Dublin Ireland - France 3: 5
22nd of January Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Wales - England 3-0
February 5th Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Scotland - Wales 14: 8
February 12th Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland - England 6: 6
February 26th Twickenham Stadium , London England - France 9:16
February 26th Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Scotland - Ireland 12: 3
March 12th Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Wales - Ireland 21: 3
19th March Twickenham Stadium, London England - Scotland 9: 6
26th of March Stade Olympique, Colombes France - Wales 11:16

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