1992 Five Nations Championship

Summary

The 1992 Five Nations Championship was the 63rd series of the Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams. The tournament consisted of ten matches held between 18 January and 21 March 1992.

1992 Five Nations Championship
Date18 January - 21 March 1992
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions England (20th title)
Grand Slam England (10th title)
Triple Crown England (17th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored36 (3.6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)England Jon Webb (67 points)
Top try scorer(s)England Dewi Morris
England Rory Underwood
England Jon Webb
France Alain Penaud
France Sébastien Viars
(3 tries)
1991 (Previous) (Next) 1993

The tournament was the 63rd in its then format as the Five Nations. Including the competition's former incarnation as the Home Nations Championship, the 1991 Five Nations Championship was the 98th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship.

The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England won the tournament, achieving the Grand Slam for the second tournament in a row, their tenth overall in the Five Nations. This was also their 20th outright victory, including five victories in the Home Nations, excluding ten titles shared with other countries. England also won the Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup as a result of their victories over the other Home Nations, in the process setting a new record for most tries scored in the Championship (15) while conceding only four. France, Scotland and Wales placed second, third and fourth respectively with two wins each, while Ireland came last with no victories.

Participants edit

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
  England Twickenham Stadium London Geoff Cooke Will Carling
  France Parc des Princes Paris Pierre Berbizier Philippe Sella
  Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Ciaran Fitzgerald Phillip Matthews/Phil Danaher
  Scotland Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Jim Telfer David Sole
  Wales National Stadium Cardiff Alan Davies Ieuan Evans

Squads edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   England 4 4 0 0 118 29 +89 8
2   France 4 2 0 2 75 62 +13 4
3   Scotland 4 2 0 2 47 56 −9 4
4   Wales 4 2 0 2 40 63 −23 4
5   Ireland 4 0 0 4 46 116 −70 0
Source:[citation needed]

Results edit

1992-01-18 15:05
Ireland  15–16  Wales
Try: Wallace
Con: Keyes
Pen: Keyes (3)
Try: S. Davies
Pen: N. Jenkins (3)
Drop: Stephens
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: F. A. Howard (England)
1992-01-18 15:05
Scotland  7–25  England
Try: White
Pen: G. Hastings
Try: Morris
R. Underwood
Con: Webb
Pen: Webb (4)
Drop: Guscott
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: W. D. Bevan (Wales)

1992-02-01 15:05
England  38–9  Ireland
Try: Guscott
Halliday
Morris
R. Underwood
Webb (2)
Con: Webb(4)
Pen: Webb (2)
Try: Keyes
Con: Keyes
Pen: Keyes
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: W. D. Bevan (Wales)
1992-02-01 15:05
Wales  9–12  France
Pen: N. Jenkins (3)Try: Saint-André
Con: Lafond
Pen: Viars
Drop: Penaud
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: O. E. Doyle (Ireland)

1992-02-15 15:05
France  13–31  England
Try: Penaud
Viars
Con: Viars
Pen: Viars
Try: Morris
R. Underwood
Webb
Penalty try
Con: Webb (3)
Pen: Webb (3)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,150
Referee: S. R. Hilditch (Ireland)
1992-02-15 15:05
Ireland  10–18  Scotland
Try: Wallace
Pen: Keyes (2)
Try: Nicol
Stanger
Con: G. Hastings (2)
Pen: G. Hastings (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: A. J. Spreadbury (England)

1992-03-07 15:05
England  24–0  Wales
Try: Carling
Dooley
Skinner
Con: Webb (3)
Pen: Webb (2)
Twickenham Stadium, London
Referee: R. J. Megson (Scotland)
1992-03-07 15:05
Scotland  10–6  France
Try: Edwards
Pen: G. Hastings (2)
Pen: Lafond (2)
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 54,000
Referee: F. Burger (South Africa)

1992-03-21 15:05
France  44–12  Ireland
Try: Cabannes
Cécillon
Penaud (2)
Sadourny
Viars (2)
Con: Viars (5)
Pen: Viars (2)
Pen: McAleese (4)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,317
Referee: F. Burger (South Africa)
1992-03-21 15:05
Wales  15–12  Scotland
Try: Webster
Con: N. Jenkins
Pen: N. Jenkins (3)
Pen: Chalmers (2)
G. Hastings
Drop: G. Hastings
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: M. Desclaux (France)

External links edit

  • 1992 Five Nations Championship at ESPN