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1967 Five Nations Championship
The 1967 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 15 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ... won their fourth title, with a single loss. Participants The teams involved were: Table (Source: rugbyfootballhistory.com:) Squads Results Source for match results and dates: References External links The official RBS Six Nations Site {{Six Nations Championship Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Hosen
Roger Wills Hosen (12 June 1933 – 9 April 2005) was an English rugby union player and cricketer. Early life He was born in Mabe and he first played rugby for Penryn while still at Falmouth Grammar School. He was an all round sportsman, who won ten England international rugby caps during 1963–67, played 54 games for Cornwall and also captained his county cricket team. Rugby International In 1955 Roger Hosen moved to Northampton, to teach at the grammar school, and was recruited to Northampton Saints. He played 250 games for the Saints, and scored 1,463 points. He was also taught games at Warwick School in the late 1950s and early 60s. In his one full season for England, Hosen established a record of forty-six points from five games. His England debut was made in New Zealand in 1963. He scored in all but one of his internationals, his highest scoring games being his last two, against Scotland and Wales in 1967. His preferred position was full back, but the competition pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Murphy (rugby Union, Born 1937)
Noel Arthur Augustine Murphy (born 22 February 1937) is a former Irish rugby union player who represented Munster, Ireland, the British Lions and the Barbarians as a flanker. He also played club rugby for both Cork Constitution and Garryowen. Since retiring as a player, Murphy has remained involved in rugby union, both as a coach and administrator. Family Murphy is a member of one Ireland's most renowned rugby families. Both his father, Noel Sr, and his son Kenny Murphy have also represented Ireland at rugby. They are the first, and to date, only family to have a father, son and grandson capped at senior level. Rugby international Ireland Between 1958 and 1969, Murphy won 41 caps for Ireland. He also scored 5 tries (15 points) and was Ireland captain on five occasions. He made his international debut on 18 January 1958 in a 9–6 win against Australia at Lansdowne Road. He then went on to play for Ireland in all four games during the 1958, 1959 and 1960 Five Nations Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandy Hinshelwood
Alexander James Watt Hinshelwood (born ) is a former international rugby union player. He was capped twenty-one times for Scotland as a wing between 1966 and 1970.Griffiths, page 2:38-2:40 He scored five tries for Scotland. Hinshelwood was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand and the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa. He played in two tests against the All Blacks on the 1966 tour, scoring one try, and in one test, which was drawn, against in 1968. He played club rugby for London Scottish. His son, Ben Hinshelwood Benjamin Gerald Hinshelwood (born 22 March 1977 in Melbourne) is a Scottish international rugby union player. He is the son of wing Sandy Hinshelwood. He attended North Sydney Boys High School. He joined the University of Sydney rugby union team ..., is also a Scotland rugby union international. References 1942 births Living people British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland London Scottish F.C. player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Simmers
Brian Maxwell Simmers (born 26 February 1940, Glasgow) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p139 Rugby Union career Amateur career He played for Glasgow Academicals. Provincial career He played for Glasgow District in the Scottish Inter-District Championship. International career He was capped seven times between 1967 and 1971 for . Family He was the son of Bill "Max" Simmers, who was also capped for Scotland. and tennis player Gwen Sterry. His grandmother was Charlotte Cooper who won five women's singles titles at the Wimbledon Championships and two gold medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 .... References ;Sources # Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Scotland Rugby Miscellany'' (Vision Sports Publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stewart Wilson
Stewart Wilson (born 22 October 1942) is a former international rugby union player. He played as a fullback. He had 22 caps for Scotland between 1964 and 1968, and captained his country in four international matches.Griffiths, page 2:37-2:39 He scored 68 points in internationals for Scotland. He was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, and played in the second international against and all four tests against the All Blacks, scoring 30 points which was a Lions career record for test match points at the time. He represented Oxford in the Varsity Match A varsity match is a fixture (especially of a sporting event or team) between two university teams, particularly Oxford and Cambridge. The Scottish Varsity rugby match between the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh at Murray ... in 1963 and 1964 and played club rugby for London Scottish. References 1942 births Living people Alumni of the University of Oxford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gachassin
Jean Gachassin (born 23 December 1941) is a former French rugby union footballer from Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Hautes-Pyrénées. Gachassin is also the former President of the Fédération Française de Tennis The French Tennis Federation (french: Fédération française de tennis, FFT) is the governing body for tennis in France. It was founded in 1920, and is tasked with the organisation, co-ordination and promotion of the sport. It is recognised by the .... He was a French international rugby union player. His usual positions were wing three quarter, center three quarter, fullback and fly half. In fact he was so versatile that he played every back position for France with the exception of scrum half. He was a part of the France national rugby union team which won its first Grand Slam in the 1968 Five Nations tournament. Gachassin played as an international for France from 1961 to 1969. He was nicknamed Peter Pan and several other nicknames because of his diminutive size. He is cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Duprat
Bernard Duprat (born Bayonne, 17 July 1943) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a wing. Duprat played for Aviron Bayonnais, from 1964/65 to 1977/78. He also played for Anglet Olympique and US Mouguerre. He had 15 caps for France, from 1965 to 1972, scoring 9 tries, 31 points on aggregate. He played at the Five Nations Championship in 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1972, being a member of the winning side at the 1968 Five Nations Championship, with a Grand Slam. He was the top try scorer at the 1972 Five Nations Championship, with 4 tries. After finishing his playing career, he became a coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co .... References External linksBernard Duprat at ESPN 1943 births Living people French rugby union players France international rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Carrère
Christian Carrère (born 27 July 1943 in Tarbes), is a former French rugby union player. He played as a flanker. Club career He played for Stadoceste Tarbais and for RC Toulonnais, from 1964/65 to 1977/78. He reached the French championship finals in 1968 and 1971 and won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1970. International career He had 28 caps for France, between 1966 and 1971, and became at the time the youngest team captain, a position he held 18 times. He played his first game on 27 November 1966 against Romania, in Bucharest, in a 9–3 win, and his last on 27 May 1971 against Wales, in Colombes, in a 9–5 loss. He scored 4 tries, 12 points on aggregate, with the team. He won the 1967 Five Nations Championship, captained the French team to their first ever Grand Slam in 1968 and won it again in 1970, drawing with Wales. He was selected for the Rest of the World team for the RFU The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for rugby union in England. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watkins (rugby)
David Watkins (born 5 March 1942) is a Welsh former dual-code rugby international, having played both rugby union and rugby league football for both codes' national teams between 1963 and 1974. He captained the British and Irish Lions rugby union side, and made six appearances for the Great Britain rugby league team. With the Wales national rugby league team he played in every match of the 1975 World Cup, and with English club Salford he played more than 400 games over 12 seasons Background Watkins was born in Blaina, Monmouthshire, Wales, he played rugby union for Cwmcelyn Youth, as well as occasional games for Abertillery RFC Ebbw Vale RFC and Pontypool RFC, becoming a Wales Youth International. Rugby career Rugby Union Joining Newport RFC in 1961, he made his début for Newport on 2 September that year against Penarth RFC. In his first season with Newport the team won the Welsh Championship. Watkins played for invitational team the Barbarians during his first season f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alun Pask
Alun Edward Islwyn Pask (10 September 1937 – 1 November 1995) was a international rugby union player and captain. Pask was capped twenty-six times by Wales between 1961 and 1967, twenty-three times as a flanker and three times as at number eight. He scored two tries for Wales, the first on his international debut and toured South Africa with Wales in 1964. He captained Wales in six internationals and led the side to victory in the 1966 Five Nations Championship.Griffiths, page 4:34-4:37 He was selected for the 1962 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in three of the four internationals against , and the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand where he played in both tests against and three of the four against New Zealand. He played club rugby for Abertillery Abertillery (; cy, Abertyleri) is a town and a community of the Ebbw Fach valley in the historic county of Monmouthshire, Wales. Following local government reorganisation it became part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park ( cy, Parc yr Arfau Caerdydd), also known as The Arms Park, is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. It is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, including the third-place play-off. The Arms Park also hosted the inaugural Heineken Cup Final of 1995–96 and the following year in 1996–97. The history of the rugby ground begins with the first stands appearing for spectators in the ground in 1881–1882. Originally the Arms Park had a cricket ground to the north and a rugby union stadium to the south. By 1969, the cricket ground had been demolished to make way for the present day rugby ground to the north and a second rugby stadium to the south, called the National Stadium. The National Stadium, which was used by Wales national rugby union team, was officially opened on 7 April 1984, however ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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