1970 Five Nations Championship

1970 Five Nations Championship
Date	10 January - 18 April 1970
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France and  Wales
Matches played	10
Tries scored	38 (3.8 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Bob Hiller (15)
Top try scorer(s)	Jean-Marie Bonal (2) Benoît Dauga (2) Jean-Pierre Lux (2) Dai Morris (2)
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The 1970 Five Nations Championship was the forty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 10 January and 18 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The England v Wales game at Twickenham was notable for two injuries. Robert Calmet, the French referee, had to leave the field at half time and was replaced by Johnny Johnson of England. Then, with 15 minutes to go, Gareth Edwards of Wales left the field injured. In doing so, it was the only time in his Welsh international career that Edwards failed to finish a game. Chico Hopkins of Maesteg took over, and not only set up a try for JPR Williams, but then helped create history when he scored himself in injury time. It was the first try scored by a replacement player, to be awarded by a replacement referee at international level.

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Don White	Bob Hiller
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Fernand Cazenave	Christian Carrère
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Ronnie Dawson	Tom Kiernan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	none	Jim Telfer
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Clive Rowlands	Gareth Edwards

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	3	0	1	60	33	+27	6
1	Wales	4	3	0	1	46	42	+4	6
3	Ireland	4	2	0	2	33	28	+5	4
4	Scotland	4	1	0	3	43	50	−7	2
4	England	4	1	0	3	40	69	−29	2

1970-01-10

Scotland	9–11	France
Tries: Smith Pen.: Lauder (2)	Report (Page 5)	Tries: Dauga Lux Con.: Pariès Drops: Pariès

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 40,000 Referee: G. C. Lamb (England)

1970-01-24

France	8–0	Ireland
Tries: Sillières Con.: Pariès Drops: Pariès	Report (Page 5)

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 35,915 Referee: R. F. Johnson (England)

1970-02-07

Wales	18–9	Scotland
Tries: Daniel Dawes Llewelyn Morris Con.: Daniel Edwards (2)		Tries: Robertson Pen.: Lauder Drops: Robertson

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

1970-02-14

England	9–3	Ireland
Tries: Shackleton Drops: Hiller (2)		Pen.: Kiernan

Twickenham, London Referee: A. R. Lewis (Wales)

1970-02-28

England	13–17	Wales
Tries: Duckham Novak Con.: Hiller (2) Pen.: Hiller		Tries: Davies Hopkins John J.P.R. Williams Con.: J.P.R. Williams Drops: John

Twickenham, London Attendance: 70,000 Referee: Robert Calmet (France), after halftime, Johnny Johnson (England)

1970-02-28

Ireland	16–11	Scotland
Tries: Brown Gibson Goodall Molloy Con.: Kiernan (2)		Tries: Lauder M. Smith Con.: I. Smith Drops: Robertson

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: C. Durand (France)

1970-03-14

Ireland	14–0	Wales
Tries: Duggan Goodall Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan Drops: McGann

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: G. C. Lamb (England)

1970-03-21

Scotland	14–5	England
Tries: Biggar Turner Con.: P. Brown Pen.: P. Brown (2)		Tries: Spencer Con.: Hiller

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: M. Joseph (Wales)

1970-04-04

Wales	11–6	France
Tries: Morris Con.: J.P.R. Williams Pen.: J.P.R. Williams (2)		Tries: Bonal Cantoni

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 52,000 Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

1970-04-18

France	35–13	England
Tries: Bérot Bonal Bourgarel Dauga Lux Trillo Con.: Villepreux (4) Pen.: Villepreux Drops: Bérot Villepreux		Tries: Spencer Taylor Con.: Jorden (2) Pen.: Jorden

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 34,079 Referee: W. K. M. Jones (Wales)

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