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{{Infobox Six Nations Championship 2
The '''1956 Five Nations Championship''' was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union [[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations Championship]]. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between [[January 14]] and [[April 14]]. It was contested by [[England national rugby union team|England]], [[France national rugby union team|France]], [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]].
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| image =
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| date = 14 January - 14 April 1956
| countries = {{ru|ENG}}<br />{{ru|IRE}}<br />{{ru|FRA}}<br />{{ru|SCO}}<br />{{ru|WAL|1953}}
| champions = {{ru|WAL|1953}}
| count = 13
| grand slam =
| triple crown =
| calcutta cup = {{ru|ENG}}
| millennium trophy =
| centenary quaich =
| giuseppe garibaldi trophy =
| matches = 10
| attendance =
| tries =
| top point scorer =
| top try scorer =
| website =
| previous year = 1955
| previous tournament = 1955 Five Nations Championship
| next year = 1957
| next tournament = 1957 Five Nations Championship
}}


The '''1956 Five Nations Championship''' was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union [[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations Championship]]. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 14 April. It was contested by [[England national rugby union team|England]], [[France national rugby union team|France]], [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]], [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] and [[Wales national rugby union team|Wales]].
==Table==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
==Participants==
|-
The teams involved were:
!rowspan=2 width="8%"| Position
{|class="wikitable"
!rowspan=2 width="18%"| Nation
!'''Nation'''
!colspan=4 width="32%"| Games
!'''Venue'''
!colspan=3 width="32%"| Points
!'''City'''
!rowspan=2 width="10%"| Table<br/>points
!'''Captain'''
|-
|-
|{{ru|ENG}}
!width="8%"| Played
|[[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]]
!width="8%"| Won
|[[London]]
!width="8%"| Drawn
|[[Eric Evans (rugby union, born 1921)|Eric Evans]]
!width="8%"| Lost
!width="8%"| For
!width="8%"| Against
!width="8%"| Difference
|- bgcolor=#ccffcc
|1||align=left|{{ru|WAL}}
|4||3||0||1||25||20||+5||'''6'''
|-
|-
|2||align=left|{{ru|ENG}}
|{{ru|FRA}}
|[[Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir]]
|4||2||0||2||43||28||+15||'''4'''
|[[Colombes]]
|[[Gérard Dufau]]/[[Michel Celaya]]
|-
|-
|2||align=left|{{ru|FRA}}
|{{Ru|IRE}}
|[[Lansdowne Road]]
|4||2||0||2||31||34||&minus;3||'''4'''
|[[Dublin]]
|[[Jim Ritchie (rugby union)|Jim Ritchie]]/[[Noel Henderson]]
|-
|-
|{{ru|SCO}}
|2||align=left|[[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]]
|[[Murrayfield Stadium|Murrayfield]]
|4||2||0||2||33||47||&minus;14||'''4'''
|[[Edinburgh]]
|-
|[[Angus Cameron (rugby union)|Angus Cameron]]/[[Jim Greenwood (rugby union)|Jim Greenwood]]
|5||align=left|{{ru|SCO}}
|4||1||0||3||31||34||&minus;3||'''0'''
|-
|-
|{{ru|WAL|1953}}
|[[Cardiff Arms Park|National Stadium]]
|[[Cardiff]]
|[[Cliff Morgan]]
|}
|}

==Table==
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|res_col_header=Q
|winpoints=2
|for_against_style=points
|team1=WAL|name_WAL={{Ru|WAL|1953}}
|team2=ENG|name_ENG={{Ru|ENG}}
|team3=FRA|pos_FRA=2|name_FRA={{Ru|FRA}}
|team4=IRE|pos_IRE=2|name_IRE={{Ru|IRE}}
|team5=SCO|name_SCO={{Ru|SCO}}
|win_WAL=3|draw_WAL=0|loss_WAL=1|pf_WAL=25|pa_WAL=20
|win_ENG=2|draw_ENG=0|loss_ENG=2|pf_ENG=43|pa_ENG=28
|win_FRA=2|draw_FRA=0|loss_FRA=2|pf_FRA=31|pa_FRA=34
|win_IRE=2|draw_IRE=0|loss_IRE=2|pf_IRE=33|pa_IRE=47
|win_SCO=1|draw_SCO=0|loss_SCO=3|pf_SCO=31|pa_SCO=34

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|result1=A
|update=complete|source=
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==Results==
==Results==
{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-01-14]]|
date = 1956-01-14|
home = {{ru-rt|SCO}} |
home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} |
score = 12&ndash;0 |
score = 12&ndash;0 |
away = {{ru|FRA}} |
away = {{Ru|FRA}} |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Edinburgh]] |
stadium = [[Edinburgh]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-01-21]]|
date = 1956-01-21|
home = {{ru-rt|ENG}} |
home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |
score = 3&ndash;8 |
score = 3&ndash;8 |
away = {{ru|WAL}} |
away = {{Ru|WAL|1953}} |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[London]] |
stadium = [[London]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-01-28]]|
date = 1956-01-28|
home = {{ru-rt|FRA}} |
home = {{Ru-rt|FRA}} |
score = 14&ndash;8 |
score = 14&ndash;8 |
away = {{Ru|IRE}} |
away = [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Paris]] |
stadium = [[Paris]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-02-04]]|
date = 1956-02-04|
home = {{ru-rt|WAL}} |
home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1953}} |
score = 9&ndash;3 |
score = 9&ndash;3 |
away = {{ru|SCO}} |
away = {{Ru|SCO}} |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Cardiff]] |
stadium = [[Cardiff]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-02-11]]|
date = 1956-02-11|
home = {{ru-rt|ENG}} |
home = {{Ru-rt|ENG}} |
score = 20&ndash;0 |
score = 20&ndash;0 |
away = {{Ru|IRE}} |
away = [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[London]] |
stadium = [[London]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-02-25]]|
date = 1956-02-25|
home = {{Ru-rt|IRE}} |
home = [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] |
score = 14&ndash;10 |
score = 14&ndash;10 |
away = {{ru|SCO}} |
away = {{Ru|SCO}} |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Dublin]] |
stadium = [[Dublin]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-03-10]]|
date = 1956-03-10|
home = {{Ru-rt|IRE}} |
home = [[Ireland national rugby union team|Ireland]] |
score = 11&ndash;3 |
score = 11&ndash;3 |
away = {{ru|WAL}} |
away = {{Ru|WAL|1953}} |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Dublin]] |
stadium = [[Dublin]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-03-17]]|
date = 1956-03-17|
home = {{ru-rt|SCO}} |
home = {{Ru-rt|SCO}} |
score = 6&ndash;11 |
score = 6&ndash;11 |
away = {{ru|ENG}} |
away = {{Ru|ENG}} |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Edinburgh]] |
stadium = [[Edinburgh]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-03-24]]|
date = 1956-03-24|
home = {{ru-rt|WAL}} |
home = {{Ru-rt|WAL|1953}} |
score = 5&ndash;3 |
score = 5&ndash;3 |
away = {{ru|FRA}} |
away = {{Ru|FRA}} |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Cardiff]] |
stadium = [[Cardiff]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}


{{rugbybox |
{{Rugbybox |
date = [[1956-03-24]]|
date = 1956-03-24|
home = {{ru-rt|FRA}} |
home = {{Ru-rt|FRA}} |
score = 14&ndash;9 |
score = 14&ndash;9 |
away = {{ru|ENG}} |
away = {{Ru|ENG}} |
homescore = |
homescore = |
awayscore = |
awayscore = |
stadium = [[Paris]] |
stadium = [[Paris]] |
attendance = }}
attendance = }}



==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.rbs6nations.com/index_6nations.htm The official RBS Six Nations Site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080705165434/http://www.rbs6nations.com/index_6nations.htm The official RBS Six Nations Site]


{{Six Nations Championship}}
{{start box}}
{{succession box
|title=[[Six Nations Championship|Five Nations Championship]]
|before=[[1955 Five Nations Championship|1955 Five Nations]]
|after=[[1957 Five Nations Championship|1957 Five Nations]]
|years='''1956''' }}
{{end box}}


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[[Category:1956 rugby union tournaments for national teams|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1956 in rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1955–56 in Irish rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1955–56 in English rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1955–56 in Welsh rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1955–56 in Scottish rugby union|Five Nations]]
[[Category:1955–56 in French rugby union|Five Nations]]

Latest revision as of 05:04, 4 January 2024

1956 Five Nations Championship
Date14 January - 14 April 1956
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Wales (13th title)
Matches played10
← 1955 (Previous) (Next) 1957 →

The 1956 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 14 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Participants

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
 England Twickenham London Eric Evans
 France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Gérard Dufau/Michel Celaya
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Jim Ritchie/Noel Henderson
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Angus Cameron/Jim Greenwood
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff Cliff Morgan

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Wales 4 3 0 1 25 20 +5 6
2  England 4 2 0 2 43 28 +15 4
2  France 4 2 0 2 31 34 −3 4
2  Ireland 4 2 0 2 33 47 −14 4
5  Scotland 4 1 0 3 31 34 −3 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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1956-01-14
Scotland 12–0 France
Edinburgh
1956-01-21
England 3–8 Wales
London
1956-01-28
France 14–8 Ireland
Paris
1956-02-04
Wales 9–3 Scotland
Cardiff
1956-02-11
England 20–0 Ireland
London
1956-02-25
Ireland 14–10 Scotland
Dublin
1956-03-10
Ireland 11–3 Wales
Dublin
1956-03-17
Scotland 6–11 England
Edinburgh
1956-03-24
Wales 5–3 France
Cardiff
1956-03-24
France 14–9 England
Paris
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