1962 Five Nations Championship

The 1962 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 17 November. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

1962 Five Nations Championship
Date	13 January - 17 November 1962
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (3rd title)
Matches played	10
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A smallpox epidemic in South Wales in March and April caused the match between Ireland and Wales to be postponed until November 1962.^[1]

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Dickie Jeeps
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Pierre Lacroix
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Bill Mulcahy
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Arthur Smith
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Lloyd Williams/Bryn Meredith

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	3	0	1	35	6	+29	6
2	Scotland	4	2	1	1	34	23	+11	5
3	England	4	1	2	1	19	16	+3	4
3	Wales	4	1	2	1	9	11	−2	4
5	Ireland	4	0	1	3	9	50	−41	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

1962-01-13

Scotland	3–11	France

Edinburgh

1962-01-20

England	0–0	Wales

London

1962-02-03

Wales	3–8	Scotland

Cardiff

1962-02-10

England	16–0	Ireland

London

1962-02-24

France	13–0	England

Paris

1962-02-24

Ireland	6–20	Scotland

Dublin

1962-03-17

Scotland	3–3	England

Edinburgh

1962-03-24

Wales	3–0	France

Cardiff

1962-04-14

France	11–0	Ireland

Paris

1962-11-17

Ireland	3–3	Wales

Dublin