1986 Five Nations Championship

The 1986 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 18 January and 15 March.

1986 Five Nations Championship
Date	18 January - 15 March 1986
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France and  Scotland
Calcutta Cup	Scotland
Matches played	10
Tries scored	34 (3.4 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Gavin Hastings (53 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Philippe Sella (4 tries)
← 1985 (Previous) (Next) 1987 →

France and Scotland shared the title. Phillipe Sella of France scored a try in every match, repeating the feat achieved three years earlier by fellow Frenchman Patrick Estève.

This championship marked a turnaround in the fortunes of the Irish team who won the competition the previous year, but took home the wooden spoon.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Martin Green	Nigel Melville
France	Parc des Princes	Paris	Jacques Fouroux	Daniel Dubroca
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Mick Doyle	Ciaran Fitzgerald
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Derrick Grant	Colin Deans
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Tony Gray	Dai Pickering

Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points				Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Tries
1	France	4	3	0	1	98	52	+46		6
1	Scotland	4	3	0	1	76	54	+22		6
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	74	71	+3		4
3	England	4	2	0	2	62	100	−38		4
5	Ireland	4	0	0	4	50	83	−33		0

Squads

Results

1986-01-18

England	21–18	Wales
Pen.: Andrew (6) Drops: Andrew		Tries: Bowen Con.: Thorburn Pen.: Thorburn (3) Drops: J. Davies

Twickenham, London Referee: R. J. Fordham (Australia)

1986-01-18

Scotland	18–17	France
Pen.: G. Hastings (6)		Tries: Berbizier Sella Pen.: G. Laporte (2) Drops: G. Laporte

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 60,000 Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)

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1986-02-01

France	29–9	Ireland
Tries: Berbizier Marocco Sella Con.: G. Laporte Pen.: Blanco G. Laporte (3) Drops: Lafond		Pen.: Kiernan (3)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 49,238 Referee: R. J. Fordham (Australia)

1986-02-01

Wales	22–15	Scotland
Tries: Hadley Pen.: Thorburn (5) Drops: J. Davies		Tries: Duncan G. Hastings Jeffrey Pen.: G. Hastings

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: R. C. Francis (New Zealand)

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1986-02-15

Ireland	12–19	Wales
Tries: Ringland Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (2)		Tries: Ph. Davies Lewis Con.: Thorburn Pen.: Thorburn (3)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: F. A. Howard (England)

1986-02-15

Scotland	33–6	England
Tries: Duncan S. Hastings Rutherford Con.: G. Hastings (3) Pen.: G. Hastings (5)		Pen.: Andrew (2)

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: R. C. Francis (New Zealand)

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1986-03-01

England	25–20	Ireland
Tries: H. Davies Richards (2) penalty try Con.: Andrew (3) Pen.: Andrew		Tries: McCall Mullin Ringland Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (2)

Twickenham, London Referee: C. Norling (Wales)

1986-03-01

Wales	15–23	France
Pen.: Thorburn (5)		Tries: Blanco Lafond (2) Sella Con.: G. Laporte (2) Drops: G. Laporte

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 58,000 Referee: J. B. Anderson (Scotland)

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1986-03-15

France	29–10	England
Tries: Blanco G. Laporte Sella penalty try Con.: G. Laporte (2) Pen.: G. Laporte (3)		Tries: Dooley Pen.: Barnes (2)

Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 49,238 Referee: W. D. Bevan (Wales)

1986-03-15

Ireland	9–10	Scotland
Tries: Ringland Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan		Tries: Laidlaw Pen.: G. Hastings (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: F. Palmade (France)

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See also

• Five Nations XV v Overseas Unions XV

External links

• 1986 Five Nations Championship Data