Five Nations 1985

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Five Nations 1985
Number of nations 5
winner IrelandIreland Ireland (10th title)
Opening game 2nd February 1985
Tournament end April 20, 1985
Games 10
Points 267  (⌀: 26.7 per game)
tries 19  (⌀: 1.9 per game)
Most of the points IrelandIreland Mike Kiernan (42)
Most attempts IrelandIreland Trevor Ringland (3)
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The 1985 edition of the annual Five Nations rugby union tournament ( Six Nations since 2000 ) took place on six match days between February 2 and April 20. The tournament winner was Ireland , which achieved the Triple Crown with victories against all British teams . Since the Irish only reached a draw against France, they missed the second Grand Slam after 1948.

Closing table

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points 		Table
points
IrelandIreland Ireland 4th 3 1 0 67:49 7th
FranceFrance France 4th 2 2 0 49:30 6th
Wales Wales 4th 2 0 2 61:71 4th
EnglandEngland England 4th 1 1 2 44:53 3
ScotlandScotland Scotland 4th 0 0 4th 46:64 0

Results

First round:

date place encounter Result
February 2nd Twickenham Stadium , London England - France 9: 9
February 2nd Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Scotland - Ireland 15:18

Second round:

date place encounter Result
February 16 Parc des Princes , Paris France - Scotland 11: 3
20th of April Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Wales - England 24:15

Third round:

date place encounter Result
2nd March Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Scotland - Wales 21:25
2nd March Lansdowne Road , Dublin Ireland - France 15:15

Fourth round:

date place encounter Result
March 16 Twickenham Stadium, London England - Scotland 10: 7
March 16 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Wales - Ireland 9:21

Fifth round:

date place encounter Result
March 30 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland - England 13:10
March 30 Parc des Princes, Paris France - Wales 14: 3

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