1980 Five Nations Championship
Date19 January - 15 March 1980
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions England (18th title)
Grand Slam England (8th title)
Triple Crown England (15th title)
Matches played10
Tries scored40 (4 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Ireland Ollie Campbell (46)
Top try scorer(s)England John Carleton (4)
1979 (Previous) (Next) 1981

The 1980 Five Nations Championship was the 51st Five Nations Championship series of the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the 86th series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament began on 19 January and concluded on 15 March.

England were the champions, winning the championship outright for the first time since 1963; they had also shared in the quintuple tie in 1973. It was England's 18th championship, excluding ten titles shared with other teams. In winning all four matches they won the Grand Slam for the eighth time, equalling the record held by Wales. It was England's first Grand Slam since 1957 and only their second since 1928. England's victories over Ireland, Wales and Scotland also gave them the Triple Crown for the first time since 1960 and the fifteenth time overall. Wales' close one point loss to England at Twickenham in a highly volatile match that took place during the 1980 British Steel strike, and Wales' later one-sided loss to Ireland at Lansdowne Road on the final weekend, signalled the end of Wales' glory days from the 1970s.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham London Mike Davis Bill Beaumont
 France Parc des Princes Paris Jean Desclaux Jean-Pierre Rives
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Tom Kiernan Fergus Slattery
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Jim Telfer Mike Biggar/Andy Irvine
 Wales National Stadium Cardiff John Lloyd Jeff Squire

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  England 4 4 0 0 80 48 +32 8
2  Ireland 4 2 0 2 70 65 +5 4
2  Wales 4 2 0 2 50 45 +5 4
4  France 4 1 0 3 55 75 20 2
4  Scotland 4 1 0 3 61 83 22 2
Source:

Squads

Results

19 January 1980
Wales 18–9 France
Tries: Holmes
Price
Rees
Richards
Con.: G. Davies
Tries: Marchal
Con.: Caussade
Drops: Caussade
National Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 53,749
Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)
19 January 1980
England 249 Ireland
Tries: Scott
Slemen
Smith
Con.: Hare (3)
Pen.: Hare (2)
Pen.: Campbell (3)
Twickenham, London
Referee: C. Thomas (Wales)

2 February 1980
France 1317 England
Tries: Averous
Rives
Con.: Caussade
Pen.: Caussade
Tries: Carleton
Preston
Pen.: Hare
Drops: Horton (2)
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,251
Referee: C. Norling (Wales)
2 February 1980
Ireland 2215 Scotland
Tries: Keane
Kennedy
Con.: Campbell
Pen.: Campbell (3)
Drops: Campbell
Tries: Johnston (2)
Con.: Irvine (2)
Pen.: Irvine
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: G. Chevrier (France)

16 February 1980
Scotland 2214 France
Tries: Irvine (2)
Rutherford
Con.: Irvine
Renwick
Pen.: Irvine (2)
Tries: Gabernet
Gallion
Pen.: Gabernet
Drops: Caussade
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: J. R. West (Ireland)
16 February 1980
England 98 Wales
Pen.: Hare (3)Tries: Rees
Squire
Twickenham, London
Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)

1 March 1980
France 1918 Ireland
Tries: Gourdon (2)
Con.: Aguirre
Pen.: Aguirre (2)
Drops: Pedeutour
Tries: McLennan
Con.: Campbell
Pen.: Campbell (3)
Drops: Campbell
Parc des Princes, Paris
Attendance: 45,239
Referee: Alan Hosie (Scotland)
1 March 1980
Wales 176 Scotland
Tries: Holmes
Keen
Richards
Con.: Blyth
Pen.: Fenwick
Tries: Renwick
Con.: Irvine
National Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: L. M. Prideaux (England)

15 March 1980
Ireland 217 Wales
Tries: Fitzgerald
Irwin
O'Driscoll
Con.: Campbell (3)
Pen.: Campbell
Tries: Blyth
Pen.: Fenwick
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Referee: L. M. Prideaux (England)
15 March 1980
Scotland 1830 England
Tries: Rutherford
Tomes
Con.: Irvine (2)
Pen.: Irvine (2)
Tries: Carleton (3)
Slemen
Smith
Con.: Hare (2)
Pen.: Hare (2)
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Referee: J. P. Bonnet (France)
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