1951 Five Nations Championship


The 1951 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 7 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. missed out on a second Grand Slam after drawing against at Cardiff Arms Park, but won the championship.

Participants

The teams involved were:
NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonVic Roberts/John Kendall-Carpenter
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy Basquet
Lansdowne RoadDublinKarl Mullen
MurrayfieldEdinburghPeter Kininmonth
National Stadium/St. HelensCardiff/SwanseaJohn Gwilliam/Jack Matthews

Table

Results