1956 Five Nations Championship


The 1956 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 14 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Participants

The teams involved were:
NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonEric Evans
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesGérard Dufau/Michel Celaya
Lansdowne RoadDublinJames Ritchie/Noel Henderson
MurrayfieldEdinburghAngus Cameron/Jim Greenwood
National StadiumCardiffCliff Morgan

Table

Results