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1979 Five Nations Championship

Index 1979 Five Nations Championship

The 1979 Five Nations Championship was the fiftieth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. [1]

38 relations: Alain Caussade, Allan Martin (rugby union), Andy Irvine (rugby union), Cardiff, Cardiff Arms Park, Colin Patterson (rugby union), David Richards (rugby player), Dublin, Edinburgh, Elgan Rees, Freddie McLennan, Gareth Davies (rugby player, born 1955), J. P. R. Williams, Jean Desclaux, Jean-François Gourdon, Jean-Michel Aguirre, John Dawes, John Rutherford (rugby union), Keith Robertson (Scottish rugby union), Lansdowne Road, London, Mike Roberts (Welsh rugby player), Mike Slemen, Murrayfield Stadium, Nairn MacEwan, Neil Bennett (rugby union), Noel Murphy (rugby union, born 1937), Parc des Princes, Paris, Paul Ringer, Six Nations Championship, Steve Fenwick, Terry Holmes, Tony Ward (rugby union), Triple Crown (rugby union), Twickenham Stadium, 1978 Five Nations Championship, 1980 Five Nations Championship.

Alain Caussade

Alain Caussade (born Juillan, 27 July 1952) is a former French rugby union player.

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Allan Martin (rugby union)

Allan Jeffery Martin (born 11 December 1948) is a former Aberavon RFC and Welsh international rugby union player.

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Andy Irvine (rugby union)

Andrew Robertson Irvine (born 16 September 1951) is a former President of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), and a former Scottish international rugby player.

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Cardiff

Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital of, and largest city in, Wales, and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom.

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Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Arms Park (Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park and the BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park for sponsorship reasons from September 2014, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales.

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Colin Patterson (rugby union)

Colin Patterson (born 3 March 1955) is a former international rugby union player.

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David Richards (rugby player)

David "Dai" Richards (born 23 May 1954) is a former Welsh international rugby union player.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Elgan Rees

Harold Elgan Rees (born 5 January 1954) is a Welsh former international rugby union player.

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Freddie McLennan

Freddie McLennan (born 8 February 1951) is a former Irish rugby union international player, playing for Ireland on the left wing.

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Gareth Davies (rugby player, born 1955)

William Gareth Davies (born 29 September 1955) is a former and British and Irish Lions international rugby union player.

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J. P. R. Williams

John Peter Rhys Williams MBE FRCS (born 2 March 1949) is a former rugby union footballer who represented Wales in international rugby during their Golden Era in the 1970s.

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Jean Desclaux

Jean Desclaux (1922 – 24 March 2006) was a French rugby union player and coach who played for US Dax as flanker.

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Jean-François Gourdon

Jean-François Gourdon (born Paris, 28 September 1954) is a former French rugby union player.

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Jean-Michel Aguirre

Jean-Michel Aguirre (born Tostat, November 2, 1951) is a former French rugby union player.

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John Dawes

Sydney John Dawes OBE (born 29 June 1940 in Chapel of Ease, part of Abercarn near Newbridge, South Wales) is a former Welsh rugby union player, playing at centre, and later coach.

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John Rutherford (rugby union)

John Young Rutherford (born 4 October 1955), nicknamed Rud or Ruddie, is a former Scottish rugby union player who gained 42 caps at fly-half between 1979 and 1987.

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Keith Robertson (Scottish rugby union)

Keith William Robertson (born 5 December 1954 in Hawick, Scotland) is a former Scottish rugby union player.

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Lansdowne Road

The Lansdowne Road Stadium (Bóthar Lansdúin) was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) that was primarily for used rugby union and association football matches.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mike Roberts (Welsh rugby player)

Michael 'Mike' Gordon Roberts (born 20 February 1946) is a former Wales international rugby union player.

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Mike Slemen

Michael Anthony Slemen (born 11 May 1951) is a former international rugby union player.

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Murrayfield Stadium

Murrayfield Stadium (known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for sponsorship reasons, or popularly as Murrayfield) is a sports stadium located in the west end of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland.

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Nairn MacEwan

Nairn Alexander MacEwan (12 December 1941 – 31 May 2018) was a Scottish international rugby player and coach.

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Neil Bennett (rugby union)

Neil Bennett (born 2 April 1951 in Ramsey, Isle of Man) is a rugby union player who played at Fly Half for England between 1975 and 1979.

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Noel Murphy (rugby union, born 1937)

Noel Arthur Augustine Murphy (born 22 February 1937) is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster, Ireland, the British Lions and the Barbarians as a flanker.

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Parc des Princes

The Parc des Princes (literally "Princes’ Park" in English) is an all-seater football stadium in Paris, France.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Paul Ringer

Paul Ringer (born) is an English-born Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer.

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Six Nations Championship

The Six Nations Championship (recently known as the NatWest 6 Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.

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Steve Fenwick

Steven Paul Fenwick (born 23 July 1951 in Caerphilly) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 1980s.

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Terry Holmes

Terence David "Terry" Holmes (born 10 March 1957, Cardiff) is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who won 25 caps for as a scrum-half and later played rugby league for Bradford Northern.

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Tony Ward (rugby union)

Anthony Joseph Patrick Ward (born 8 October 1954, Dublin, Ireland), commonly referred to as Tony Ward, is a former Irish rugby union and football player during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Triple Crown (rugby union)

In rugby union, the Triple Crown is an honour contested annually by the "Home Nations" – i.e. England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales who compete within the larger Six Nations Championship.

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Twickenham Stadium

Twickenham Stadium (usually known as Twickenham or Twickers) is a rugby union stadium in Twickenham, south west London, England.

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1978 Five Nations Championship

The 1978 Five Nations Championship was the forty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship.

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1980 Five Nations Championship

The 1980 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Five_Nations_Championship

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