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1979 Five Nations Championship
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The 1979 Five Nations Championship was the 50th season of the Five Nations Championship, a rugby union competition contested by the men's national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Including its previous incarnations as the Home Nations Championship, it was the 85th edition of the competition. Ten matches were played between 20 January and 17 March.
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Wales were the champions for the second consecutive season, winning a record 21st outright title. They had also shared the championship on nine other occasions. In beating Scotland, Ireland and England they also won the Triple Crown for a record fourth successive season and extended their record number of Triple Crown wins to 16. This was the last time that Wales won back-to-back championships until 2013.
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Results
| 20 January 1979 |
Ireland  | 9–9 |  France |
| Pen: Ward (3) | Try: Caussade Con: Aguirre Pen: Aguirre |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Attendance: 51,000 Referee: R. C. Quittenton (England) |
| 20 January 1979 |
Scotland  | 13–19 |  Wales |
| Try: Irvine Pen: Irvine (3) | Try: Holmes Rees Con: Fenwick Pen: Fenwick (3) |
| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: F. Palmade (France) |
| 3 February 1979 |
| Wales | 24–21 | Ireland |
| Try: Martin Ringer Con: Fenwick (2) Pen: Fenwick (4) | Try: McLennan Patterson Con: Ward (2) Pen: Ward (3) |
| National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland) |
| 3 February 1979 |
England  | 7–7 | Scotland |
| Try: Slemen Pen: Bennett | Try: Rutherford Pen: Irvine |
| Twickenham Stadium, London Referee: C. Norling (Wales) |
| 17 February 1979 |
| France | 14–13 | Wales |
| Try: Gourdon (2) Pen: Aguirre (2) | Try: Holmes Pen: Fenwick (3) |
| Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 45,259 Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland) |
| 17 February 1979 |
| Ireland | 12–7 | England |
| Try: McLennan Con: Ward Pen: Ward Drop: Ward | Try: Bennett Pen: Bennett |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland) |
| 3 March 1979 |
| England | 7–6 | France |
| Try: Bennett Pen: Bennett | Try: Costes Con: Aguirre |
| Twickenham Stadium, London Attendance: 67,800 Referee: J. R. West (Ireland) |
| 3 March 1979 |
| Scotland | 11–11 | Ireland |
| Try: Irvine Robertson Pen: Irvine | Try: Patterson (2) Pen: Ward |
| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Referee: C. Thomas (Wales) |
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