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1963 Five Nations Championship

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1963 Five Nations Championship
Date12 January - 23 March 1963
CountriesImage England
Image Ireland
Image France
Image Scotland
Image Wales
Tournament statistics
ChampionsImage England (17th title)
Matches played10
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The 1963 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-ninth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 12 January and 23 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England won their 17th title.

Ireland v England finished 0-0, the first scoreless draw between both teams since 1910.[1] This is also (as of 2025) the last 0-0 draw to have happened in the Five or Six Nations Championship, and the second-last known scoreless draw in international rugby (being followed only by a Scotland/NZ shutout in 1964).

Participants

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
Image England Twickenham London Richard Sharp
Image France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Pierre Lacroix
Image Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Tom Kiernan/Bill Mulcahy
Image Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Ken Scotland
Image Wales National Stadium Cardiff Clive Rowlands

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1 Image England 4 3 1 0 29 19 +10 7
2 Image France 4 2 0 2 40 25 +15 4
2 Image Scotland 4 2 0 2 22 22 0 4
4 Image Ireland 4 1 1 2 19 33 −14 3
5 Image Wales 4 1 0 3 21 32 −11 2
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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1963-01-12
France Image6–11Image Scotland
Paris
1963-01-19
Wales Image6–13Image England
Cardiff
1963-01-26
Ireland Image5–24Image France
Dublin
1963-02-02
England Image6–5Image France
London
1963-02-02
Scotland Image3–0Image Ireland
Edinburgh
1963-02-23
Scotland Image0–6Image Wales
Edinburgh
1963-02-23
Ireland Image0–0Image England
Dublin
1963-03-09
Wales Image6–14Image Ireland
Cardiff
1963-03-16
England Image10–8Image Scotland
London
1963-03-23
France Image5–3Image Wales
Paris

References

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  1. ↑ "VIDEO: Ireland 0-0 England in 1963". RTÉ Sport. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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