1966 Five Nations Championship

The 1966 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

1966 Five Nations Championship
Date	15 January - 26 March 1966
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (15th title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	21 (2.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Claude Lacaze (14)
Top try scorer(s)	Christian Darrouy (2) Sandy Hinshelwood (2) David Whyte (2) Ken Jones (2)
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Wales won their 15th title, with a single loss, while England finished in a disappointing fifth and last place.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	none	Budge Rogers
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Jean Prat	Michel Crauste
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	none	Ray McLoughlin/Tom Kiernan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	none	Stewart Wilson/Ian Laughland
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	none	Alun Pask/David Watkins

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wales	4	3	0	1	34	26	+8	6
2	France	4	2	1	1	35	18	+17	5
2	Scotland	4	2	1	1	23	17	+6	5
4	Ireland	4	1	1	2	24	34	−10	3
5	England	4	0	1	3	15	36	−21	1

Source: rugbyfootballhistory.com:^[1]

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1966 Five Nations Championship, see 1966 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

1966-01-15

Scotland	3–3	France
Tries: Whyte		Pen.: Lacaze

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 60,000 Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)

1966-01-15

England	6–11	Wales
Tries: Perry Pen.: Rutherford		Tries: Pask Con.: Price Pen.: Price (2)

Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: R. W. Gilliland (Ireland)

1966-01-29

France	11–6	Ireland
Tries: Darrouy (2) Con.: Lacaze Pen.: Lacaze		Pen.: Gibson Drops: Kiernan

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 30,947 Referee: P. G. Brook (England)

1966-02-05

Wales	8–3	Scotland
Tries: K. Jones (2) Con.: Bradshaw		Pen.: Wilson

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England)

1966-02-12

England	6–6	Ireland
Tries: Greenwood Pen.: Rutherford		Tries: McGrath Pen.: Kiernan

Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: R. B. L. Marie (France)

1966-02-26

France	13–0	England
Tries: A. Boniface Gachassin Gruarin Con.: Lacaze (2)

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 37,660 Referee: D. G. Walters (Wales)

1966-02-26

Ireland	3–11	Scotland
Pen.: Kiernan		Tries: Grant Hinshelwood (2) Con.: Wilson

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: D. M. Hughes (Wales)

1966-03-12

Ireland	9–6	Wales
Tries: Bresnihan Pen.: Gibson Drops: Gibson		Tries: Prothero Pen.: Bradshaw

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: R. P. Burrell (Scotland)

1966-03-19

Scotland	6–3	England
Tries: Whyte Pen.: Blaikie		Drops: McFadyean

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

1966-03-26

Wales	9–8	France
Tries: Watkins Pen.: Bradshaw (2)		Tries: Duprat Rupert Con.: Lacaze

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 60,000 Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)