1981 Five Nations Championship
The 1981 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 21 March.
| 1981 Five Nations Championship | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 17 January - 21 March 1981 | ||
| Countries |  England Ireland France Scotland.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | France (7th title) | ||
| Grand Slam | France (3rd title) | ||
| Calcutta Cup | England | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Tries scored | 25 (2.5 per match) | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Dusty Hare (30) | ||
| Top try scorer(s) | Laurent Pardo (2) Steve Munro (2) | ||
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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
The teams involved were:
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | France |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 8 |
| 2 | England |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 60 | +4 | 4 |
| 2 | Scotland |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 54 | −3 | 4 |
| 2 | Wales |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 61 | −10 | 4 |
| 5 | Ireland |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 0 |
Squads
Results
1981-01-17 |
| France |
16–9 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Blanco Bertranne Con: Caussade Pen: Gabernet Viviès |
Tries: Rutherford Con: Renwick Pen: Irvine |
1981-01-17 |
| Wales |
21–19 | England |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Davis Con: Fenwick Pen: Fenwick (4) Drop: Davies |
Tries: Hare Pen: Hare (5) |
1981-02-07 |
| Ireland |
13–19 | France |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: MacNeill Pen: Campbell (3) |
Tries: Pardo Pen: Laporte (2) Gabernet Drop: Laporte (2) |
1981-02-21 |
| England |
23–17 | Scotland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Davies Slemen Woodward Con: Hare Pen: Hare (3) |
Tries: Munro (2) Calder Con: Irvine Pen: Irvine |
1981-03-07 |
| France |
19–15 | Wales |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Gabernet Pen: Laporte (3) Gabernet (2) |
Tries: Richards Con: Evans Pen: Evans (3) |
1981-03-21 |
| Scotland |
10–9 | Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Tries: Hay Pen: Irvine Drop: Rutherford |
Tries: Irwin Con: Campbell Pen: Campbell |
| Preceded by 1980 Five Nations |
Five Nations Championship 1981 |
Succeeded by 1982 Five Nations |
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