| 1948 Five Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 17 January - 29 March 1948 | ||
| Countries |  England France Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | Ireland (5th title) | ||
| Grand Slam | Ireland (1st title) | ||
| Triple Crown | Ireland (3rd title) | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
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The 1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 29 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The tournament was won by Ireland, who achieved a Grand Slam by defeating all the other participants, a feat they would not accomplish again until 2009 and their first on home soil.
Participants
The teams involved were:
Table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 | Ireland
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 8 |
| 2 | France
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 4 |
| 2 | Scotland
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 4 |
| 4 | Wales
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 3 |
| 5 | England
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 1 |
Results
| 1 January 1948 |
| France | 6–13 | Ireland |
| Try: Soro Basquet | Report | Try: Reid McCarthy Mullan Con: Mullan (2) |
| Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris |
| 17 January 1948 |
| England | 3–3 | Wales |
| Twickenham, London |
| 7 February 1948 |
| Wales | 14–0 | Scotland |
| National Stadium, Cardiff |
| 14 February 1948 |
| England | 10–11 | Ireland |
| Try: Guest (2) Con: Uren (2) | Report | Try: Callan Kyle McKay Con: Mullan |
| Twickenham, London |
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| 14 February 1948 |
| Wales | 3–11 | France |
| National Stadium, Cardiff |
| 21 February 1948 |
| Scotland | 9–8 | France |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
| 28 February 1948 |
| Ireland | 6–0 | Scotland |
| Try: Mullan Kyle | Report |
| Lansdowne Road, Dublin |
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| 13 March 1948 |
| Ireland | 6–3 | Wales |
| Try: Mullan Daly | Report | Try: B. Williams |
| Ravenhill, Belfast Attendance: 32,000 |
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| 20 March 1948 |
| Scotland | 6–3 | England |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh |
| 29 March 1948 |
| France | 15–0 | England |
| Stade Olympique de Colombes, Paris |
References
- "Ireland's great win over France", Irish Independent, 2 January 1948
- "Irish Pack Rose To Great Heights At Twickenham", Irish Examiner, 16 February 1948
- "Ireland Had Hard Struggle To Beat Dour Scots' Defence", Irish Examiner, 1 March 1948
- "Rugby Triple Crown after 49 years", Irish Independent, 15 March 1948
- "Six Nations 1948". ESPN. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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