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1990 Five Nations Championship

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1990 Five Nations Championship
Date20 January - 24 March 1990
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Scotland (13th title)
Grand Slam Scotland (3rd title)
Triple Crown Scotland (10th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored36 (3.6 per match)
Top point scorer(s)England Simon Hodgkinson (42 points)
Top try scorer(s)England Rory Underwood (4 tries)
1989 (Previous) (Next) 1991

The 1990 Five Nations Championship was the 61st series of the Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the major rugby union national teams in Europe. The tournament consisted of ten matches held between 20 January and 24 March 1990.

The tournament was the 61st in its then format as the Five Nations; including its former incarnation as the Home Nations Championship, the 1990 Five Nations was the 96th championship.

Summary

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The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Scotland won the tournament, achieving a final 13–7 victory over England to win the Grand Slam, their first since 1984 and third overall in the Five Nations.[1] This was also their thirteenth outright victory, including nine victories in the Home Nations, excluding eight titles shared with other countries. It was the third occasion, after 1978 and 1984, on which two teams each with three victories faced off against each other in the final round of matches, with both capable of completing a Grand Slam with a victory, and the first time that the Triple Crown had also been at stake at the same time, as a result of England and Scotland's earlier victories over the other Home Nations. England and France placed second and third with three and two wins respectively, while Ireland and Wales placed fourth and fifth with one victory and none. This was Wales's first whitewash in Championship history.[citation needed]

This was Scotland's final Grand Slam in the Five Nations and penultimate overall win, as they would later win the final 1999 Five Nations Championship on points difference. It also remains Scotland's most recent Grand Slam win, as they have yet to win a Grand Slam since Italy joined what became the Six Nations Championship in 2000.[2]

Participants

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham London Geoff Cooke Will Carling
 France Parc des Princes Paris Jacques Fouroux Pierre Berbizier/Laurent Rodriguez
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Ciaran Fitzgerald Willie Anderson/Donal Lenihan
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Ian McGeechan David Sole
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff John Ryan(resigned)/Ron Waldron Robert Jones

Squads

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Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Scotland 4 4 0 0 60 26 +34 8
2  England 4 3 0 1 90 26 +64 6
3  France 4 2 0 2 67 78 −11 4
4  Ireland 4 1 0 3 36 75 −39 2
5  Wales 4 0 0 4 42 90 −48 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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1990-02-03
Ireland 10–13 Scotland
Try: J. Fitzgerald
Pen: Kiernan (2)
ReportTries: White (2)
Con: Chalmers
Pen: Chalmers
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
1990-02-03
France 7–26 England
Try: Lagisquet
Pen: Charvet
ReportTries: Carling
Guscott
Underwood
Con: Hodgkinson
Pen: Hodgkinson (4)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 49,370

1990-02-17
Scotland 21–0 France
Tries: Calder
Tukalo
Con: Chalmers (2)
Pen: Chalmers (2), Hastings
Report
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 58,000
1990-02-17
England 34–6 Wales
Tries: Carling
Hill
Underwood (2)
Con: Hodgkinson (3)
Pen: Hodgkinson (4)
ReportTry: Davies
Con: Thorburn
Twickenham, London

1990-03-03
France 31–12 Ireland
Tries: Lagisquet
Mesnel (2)
Con: Camberabero (2)
Pen: Camberabero (5)
ReportPen: Kiernan (4)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,077
1990-03-03
Wales 9–13 Scotland
Try: Emyr
Con: Thorburn
Pen: Thorburn
ReportTry: Cronin
Pen: Chalmers (3)
National Stadium, Cardiff


References

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  1. ^ Scotland v England: The 1990 Calcutta Cup recalled by those who played in it, Tom English, BBC Sport, 18 April 2020
  2. ^ "Wooden Spoon History". Welsh Rugby Union. 28 March 2003. Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2015.