1981 Five Nations Championship

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox Six Nations Championship 2 The 1981 Five Nations Championship was the 52nd series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 87th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 21 March.

France were the winners, winning the championship outright for the eighth time. They had also shared the title on four other occasions. In winning all their four matches they also won the Grand Slam for the third time.

Participants

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
File:Flag of England.svg England Twickenham Stadium London Mike Davis Bill Beaumont
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France Parc des Princes Paris Jacques Fouroux Jean-Pierre Rives
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Tom Kiernan Fergus Slattery
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Jim Telfer Andy Irvine
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales National Stadium Cardiff John Lloyd Steve Fenwick

Table

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Squads

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Results

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External links

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