1963 Five Nations Championship

The 1963 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-ninth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 12 January and 23 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England won their 17th title.

1963 Five Nations Championship
Date	12 January - 23 March 1963
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (17th title)
Matches played	10
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Ireland v England finished 0-0, the first scoreless draw between both teams since 1910.^[1]

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Richard Sharp
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Pierre Lacroix
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Tom Kiernan/Bill Mulcahy
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Ken Scotland
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Clive Rowlands

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	England	4	3	1	0	29	19	+10	7
2	France	4	2	0	2	40	25	+15	4
2	Scotland	4	2	0	2	22	22	0	4
4	Ireland	4	1	1	2	19	33	−14	3
5	Wales	4	0	0	4	21	32	−11	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

1963-01-12

France	6–11	Scotland

Paris

1963-01-19

Wales	6–13	England

Cardiff

1963-01-26

Ireland	5–24	France

Dublin

1963-02-02

England	6–5	France

London

1963-02-02

Scotland	3–0	Ireland

Edinburgh

1963-02-23

Scotland	0–6	Wales

Edinburgh

1963-02-23

Ireland	0–0	England

Dublin

1963-03-09

Wales	6–14	Ireland

Cardiff

1963-03-16

England	10–8	Scotland

London

1963-03-23

France	5–3	Wales

Paris