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1956 Five Nations Championship

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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 January 14 and April 14. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
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

Results

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
Preceded by Five Nations Championship
1956
Succeeded by