1948 Five Nations Championship

1948 Five Nations Championship
Date17 January - 29 March 1948
Countries England
 France
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Ireland (5th title)
Grand Slam Ireland (1st title)
Triple Crown Ireland (3rd title)
Matches played10
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The 1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 29 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was won by Ireland, who achieved a Grand Slam by defeating all the other participants, a feat they would not accomplish again until 2009 and their first on home soil.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
 England Twickenham London Tommy Kemp/Edward Scott/Bob Weighill
 France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Guy Basquet
 Ireland Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill Stadium Dublin/Belfast Ernest Strathdee/Karl Mullen
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Donny Innes
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff Haydn Tanner

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Ireland 4 4 0 0 36 19 +17 8
2  France 4 2 0 2 40 25 +15 4
2  Scotland 4 2 0 2 15 31 −16 4
4  Wales 4 1 1 2 23 20 +3 3
5  England 4 0 1 3 16 35 −19 1
Source:

Results

1 January 1948
France 6–13 Ireland
Try: Soro
Basquet		Report[1]Try: Reid
McCarthy
Mullan
Con: Mullan (2)
Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris
Teams
FB 15 Lucien Rouffia (US Romans)
RW 14 Mick Pomathios (SU Agen)
OC 13 Michel Sorondo (US Montauban)
IC 12 Maurice Terreau (US Bourg)
LW 11 Pierre Jeanjean (RC Toulon)
FH 10 André Alvarez (US Tyrosse)
SH 9 Gerard Dufau (RC France)
N8 8 Guy Basquet (SU Agen)
OF 7 Jean Prat (FC Lourdes)
BF 6 Jean Matheu-Cambas (Castres Olympique)
RL 5 Alban Moga (CA Begles)
LL 4 Robert Soro (US Romans)
TP 3 Lucien Caron (Castres Olympique)
HK 2 Lucien Martin (Section Paloise)
LP 1 Eugène Buzy (FC Lourdes)
Coach:
FB 15 Ulster Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW 14 Munster Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC 13 Ulster Des McKee (NIFC)
IC 12 Munster Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW 11 Leinster Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH 10 Ulster Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH 9 Ulster Ernie Strathdee (Queen's University, c)
N8 8 Munster Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF 7 Ulster Bob Agar (Malone)
BF 6 Ulster Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL 5 Munster Ernie Keeffe (Sundays Well)
LL 4 Leinster Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP 3 Ulster Albert McConnell (Collegians)
HK 2 Leinster Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP 1 Munster Jimmy Corcoran (London Irish/UCC)
Coach:
17 January 1948
England 3–3 Wales
Twickenham, London
7 February 1948
 Wales14–0 Scotland
National Stadium, Cardiff
14 February 1948
England 10–11 Ireland
Try: Guest (2)
Con: Uren (2)		Report[2]Try: Callan
Kyle
McKay
Con: Mullan
Twickenham, London
Teams
FB 15 Dick Uren (Waterloo)
RW 14 Dickie Guest (Waterloo)
OC 13 Norman Bennett (Portsmouth)
IC 12 Edward Scott (Redruth, c)
LW 11 Cyril Holmes (Manchester)
FH 10 Ivor Preece (Coventry)
SH 9 Richard Madge (Exeter)
N8 8 Brian Vaughan (Devonport Services)
OF 7 Micky Steele-Bodger (Edinburgh University)
BF 6 Don White (Northampton)
RL 5 Humphrey Luya (Headlingley)
LL 4 Samuel Perry (Cambridge University)
TP 3 George Gibbs (Bristol)
HK 2 Alan Henderson (Cambridge University)
LP 1 Harry Walker (Coventry)
Coach:
FB 15 Leinster Jack Mattson (Wanderers)
RW 14 Munster Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC 13 Ulster Des McKee (NIFC)
IC 12 Munster Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW 11 Leinster Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH 10 Ulster Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH 9 Munster Hugh de Lacy (Harlequins)
N8 8 Munster Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF 7 Leinster Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF 6 Ulster Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL 5 Ulster Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL 4 Leinster Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP 3 Munster Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK 2 Leinster Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP 1 Ulster Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
14 February 1948
 Wales3–11 France
National Stadium, Cardiff
21 February 1948
Scotland 9–8 France
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
28 February 1948
Ireland 6–0 Scotland
Try: Mullan
Kyle		Report[3]
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Teams
FB 15 Ulster Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW 14 Munster Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC 13 Ulster Des McKee (NIFC)
IC 12 Leinster Mick O'Flanagan (Lansdowne)
LW 11 Leinster Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH 10 Ulster Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH 9 Munster Hugh de Lacy (Harlequins)
N8 8 Munster Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF 7 Leinster Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF 6 Ulster Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL 5 Ulster Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL 4 Leinster Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP 3 Munster Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK 2 Leinster Karl Mullen (Old Belvedere)
LP 1 Ulster Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
FB 15 W.C.W. Murdoch (Hillhead)
RW 14 Graeme Jackson (London Scottish)
OC 13 Charlie Drummond (Melrose)
IC 12 Donny Innes (Aberdeen)
LW 11 David MacKenzie (Edinburgh University)
FH 10 Peter Hepburn (Woodford)
SH 9 Dallas Allardice (Aberdeen)
N8 8 Douglas Elliot (Edinburgh Academicals)
OF 7 Bill Black (Glasgow)
BF 6 Russell Bruce (Gordonians)
RL 5 Leslie Currie (Dunfermline)
LL 4 Howard Campbell (London Scottish)
TP 3 Stewart Coltman (Hawick)
HK 2 Dod Lyall (Gala)
LP 1 Ian Henderson (Edinburgh Academicals)
Coach:
13 March 1948
Ireland 6–3 Wales
Try: Mullan
Daly		Report[4]Try: B. Williams
Ravenhill, Belfast
Attendance: 32,000[5]
Teams
FB 15 Ulster Dudley Higgins (NI Civil Service)
RW 14 Munster Bertie O'Hanlon (Dolphin)
OC 13 Ulster Des McKee (NIFC)
IC 12 Munster Paddy Reid (Garryowen)
LW 11 Leinster Barney Mullan (Clontarf)
FH 10 Ulster Jack Kyle (Queen's University)
SH 9 Ulster Ernie Strathdee (Queen's University)
N8 8 Munster Jim McCarthy (Dolphin)
OF 7 Leinster Des O'Brien (London Irish)
BF 6 Ulster Bill McKay (Queen's University)
RL 5 Ulster Jimmy Nelson (Malone)
LL 4 Leinster Colm Callan (Lansdowne)
TP 3 Munster Chris Daly (London Irish)
HK 2 Leinster Karl Mullen (Old Belevdere)
LP 1 Ulster Albert McConnell (Collegians)
Coach:
FB 15 Frank Trott (Cardiff)
RW 14 Ken Jones (Newport)
OC 13 Bleddyn Williams (Cardiff)
IC 12 Billy Cleaver (Cardiff)
LW 11 Leslie Williams (Cardiff)
FH 10 Glyn Davies (Pontypridd)
SH 9 Haydn Tanner (Cardiff, c)
N8 8 Gwyn Evans (Cardiff)
OF 7 Leslie Manfield (Cardiff)
BF 6 Ossie Williams (Llanelli)
RL 5 John Gwilliam (Cambridge University)
LL 4 Rees Stephens (Neath)
TP 3 Emlyn Davies (Aberavon)
HK 2 Maldwyn James (Cardiff)
LP 1 Cliff Davies (Cardiff)
Coach:
20 March 1948
Scotland 6–3 England
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
29 March 1948
France 15–0 England
Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris

References

  1. ^ "Ireland's great win over France", Irish Independent, 2 January 1948
  2. ^ "Irish Pack Rose To Great Heights At Twickenham", Irish Examiner, 16 February 1948
  3. ^ "Ireland Had Hard Struggle To Beat Dour Scots' Defence", Irish Examiner, 1 March 1948
  4. ^ "Rugby Triple Crown after 49 years", Irish Independent, 15 March 1948
  5. ^ "Six Nations 1948". ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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