1962 Five Nations Championship


The 1962 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 17 November. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
A smallpox epidemic in South Wales in March and April caused the match between Ireland and Wales to be postponed until November 1962.

Participants

The teams involved were:
NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonDickie Jeeps
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesPierre Lacroix
Lansdowne RoadDublinBill Mulcahy
MurrayfieldEdinburghArthur Smith
National StadiumCardiffLloyd Williams/Bryn Meredith

Table

Results