1948 Five Nations Championship


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.

Participants

The teams involved were:
NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonTommy Kemp/Edward Scott/Bob Weighill
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGuy Basquet
Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill StadiumDublin/BelfastErnest Strathdee/Karl Mullen
MurrayfieldEdinburghDonny Innes
National StadiumCardiffHaydn Tanner

Table

Results