1981 Five Nations Championship

1981 Five Nations Championship
Date	17 January - 21 March 1981
Countries	Laurent Pardo (2) Steve Munro (2)
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The 1981 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-second series of the rugby union

. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 21 March.

France were the winners, winning the championship outright for the eighth time. They had also shared the title on four other occasions. In winning all their four matches they also won the Grand Slam for the third time.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Mike Davis	Bill Beaumont
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux	Jean-Pierre Rives
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Tom Kiernan	Fergus Slattery
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Andy Irvine
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	John Lloyd	Steve Fenwick

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	4	0	0	70	49	+21	8
2	England	4	2	0	2	64	60	+4	4
2	Scotland	4	2	0	2	51	54	−3	4
2	Wales	4	2	0	2	51	61	−10	4
5	Ireland	4	0	0	4	36	48	−12	0

Squads

Results

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External links

• The official RBS Six Nations Site