1985 Five Nations Championship
| 1985 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 2 February - 20 April 1985 | ||
| Countries |  Michael Kiernan (42 points) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) |  Trevor Ringland (3 tries) | ||
| |||
The 1985 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-sixth series of the rugby union
Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 2 February and 20 April. The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
.
The championship winner was Ireland, winning their tenth title (excluding eight other shared titles); it would prove to be their last in 24 years, until their Grand Slam in
Triple Crown, their sixth, which would be their last until 2004
.
The tournament suffered three match postponements due to bad weather. The opening fixtures, Ireland v England and France v Wales, were postponed to late March and the Wales v England match was put back from February to April because of a frozen pitch in Cardiff. The rescheduled match was notable for the debut, at fly half for Wales, of Jonathan Davies.[1]
Participants
The teams involved were:
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 67 | 49 | +18 | 7 |
| 2 |  France
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 30 | +19 | 6 |
| 3 |  Wales
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 71 | −10 | 4 |
| 4 | England
|
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 3 |
| 5 |  Scotland
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 46 | 64 | −18 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Squads
Results
| 1985-02-02 |
| England | 9–9 | France |
| Pen.: Andrew (2) Drops: Andrew | report | Drops: Lescarboura (3) |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 60,000 Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland) |
| 1985-02-16 |
| France | 11–3 | Scotland |
| Tries: Blanco (2) Pen.: Lescarboura | Report | Pen.: Dods |
| Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,146 Referee: L. M. Prideaux (England) |
| 1985-03-02 |
Kiernan (5) | Report | Tries: Codorniou Estève Con.: Lescarboura (2) Pen.: Lescarboura |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 56,000 Referee: Kieran Fitzgerald (Australia) |
| 1985-03-30 |
Kiernan | Report | Tries: R. Underwood Pen.: Andrew (2) |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: J. M. Fleming (Scotland) |
| 1985-03-30 |
Gallion Pen.: Lescarboura (2) | Report | Pen.: Thorburn |
| Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 49,164 Referee: S. Strydom (South Africa) |
| 1985-04-20 |
| Report | Tries: S. Smith Con.: Andrew Pen.: Andrew (2) Drops: Andrew |
| National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: F. Palmade (France) |
References
- ^ Griffiths, John (13 February 2012). "Postponed Championship matches, father and son England players and the career of Squire Wilkins". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
