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1981 Five Nations Championship
The 1981 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-second series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the eighty-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 21 March. were the winners, winning the championship outright for the eighth time. They had also shared the title on four other occasions. In winning all their four matches they also won the Grand Slam Grand Slam most often refers to: * Grand Slam (tennis), one player or pair winning all four major annual tournaments, or the tournaments themselves Grand Slam or Grand slam may also refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category te ... for the third time. Participants The teams involved were: Table Squads Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- External links The official RBS Six Nations Site {{Six nations new Six Nations Cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusty Hare
William Henry "Dusty" Hare (born 29 November 1952) is a former international rugby union footballer who played fullback. Hare holds the world record for points scored in a first-class rugby career, with 7,337 points. He was born in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire and attended the Magnus Grammar School (now Magnus Church of England School). Rugby career Hare played for Newark RUFC & Nottingham R.F.C. before joining Leicester Tigers and playing nearly 400 games for them. He made his England debut 16 March 1974 in a match against Wales, and played his final game ten years later on, having gained 25 caps. He toured with the British Lions to New Zealand in 1983. He retired from club rugby after the 1989 cup final loss to Bath, and is now the chief scout at Northampton Saints. Previous to this job, Hare was a farmer in South Clifton, Nottinghamshire and had been since a young man carrying on the family business. However, Hare sold the farm in 2001 to take a full-time jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium (known as BT Murrayfield Stadium for sponsorship reasons, or popularly as Murrayfield) is a Rugby stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. It has a seating capacity of 67,144 making it the largest stadium in Scotland and the fifth largest in the United Kingdom. The stadium is the home of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) and is mainly used as a venue for rugby union. The stadium hosts most of Scotland's home test matches and the ''Scottish Hydro Electric Cup'' final, as well as URC and European Rugby Champions Cup matches. Although primarily a rugby union stadium, Murrayfield has in the past hosted American football, rugby league and association football matches, as well as numerous music concerts. History Purchase of land The SRU identified 19 acres of land at Murrayfield, purchasing this from Edinburgh Polo Club at Murrayfield, having raised money through debentures. A stand and three embankments were constructed, which took two ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Rutherford (rugby Player)
John Young Rutherford (born 4 October 1955) is a former Scotland international rugby union player.Bath, p156 His regular playing position was Fly half. Rugby Union career Amateur career Rutherford played for Selkirk. Rutherford was nicknamed Rud or Ruddie. Provincial career Rutherford was capped by South of Scotland. International career Rutherford gained 42 caps at fly-half for Scotland between 1979 and 1987. Richard Bath writes of him that: :"''Outside , perhaps only the Irish pair of Tony Ward and Ollie Campbell were able to hold a candle to fly-half John Rutherford, the man who dominated Scottish back play for most of the 1980s... Deceptively quick and a natural athlete, he was able to boot the ball prodigious distances or beat a man one-on-one, seemingly at will. Allied to a keen rugby intellect, Rutherford was Scotland's star turn throughout the 1980s.''" Rutherford was a major figure in Scotland's 1984 Grand Slam. In the warm up for the 1987 world cup he injur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Viviès
Bernard Viviès (born 3 September 1955) is a French rugby union coach and former international. Born in Rieumes, Viviès played mostly as a fly-half and fullback. Debuting for France in 1978, he gained 10 international caps during his career and was a member of the grand slam-winning 1981 Five Nations side. He won a French championship in 1982 with SU Agen, where he had his elder brother Christian as a teammate for three seasons. Viviès was an assistant coach to Bernard Laporte for the national team from 2001 to 2007, serving as the backs coach. See also *List of France national rugby union players List of France national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the France national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the position at whic ... References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vivies, Bernard 1955 births Living people French rugby union players France interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Gabernet
Serge may refer to: *Serge (fabric), a type of twill fabric *Serge (llama) (born 2005), a llama in the Cirque Franco-Italien and internet meme *Serge (name), a masculine given name (includes a list of people with this name) *Serge (post), a hitching post used among the Buryats and Yakuts *Serge synthesizer, a modular synthesizer See also *Overlock, a type of stitch known as "serger" in North America *Surge (other) Surge means a sudden transient rush or flood, and may refer to: Science * Storm surge, the onshore gush of water associated with a low-pressure weather system * Surge (glacier), a short-lived event where a glacier can move up to velocities 100 t ... * Serg (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alain Caussade
Alain Caussade (born Juillan, 27 July 1952) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a wing and a fly-half. He played for FC Lourdes almost all of his career. He won the Challenge Yves du Manoir in 1981. He had 12 caps for France, from 1978 to 1981, but he still was a prolific scorer. He scored 2 tries, 5 conversions, 3 penalties and 5 drop goals, 42 points on aggregate, even in a short international career. He played three times at the Five Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. The current champions ar ..., in 1979, 1980 and 1981, in 8 games, scoring 1 try, 3 conversions, 1 penalty and 2 drop goals, 19 points on aggregate. He won the competition in 1981. References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Caussade, Alain 1952 births Living people French rugby union playe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Bertranne
Roland Bertranne (born 6 December 1949 in Ibos) is a former French rugby union player. He played as a Centre. Bertranne played for Stade Bagnérais and Toulon. He earned his first national cap on 27 February 1971 against the England in Twickenham and scored a try on debut. He held the French record for most caps (69) for a long time. He still holds the French record of consecutive caps. He also played for the Barbarians and for a World XV on 9 August 1980 against in Buenos Aires, losing 36-22. Bertranne was the youngest member of the RFU President's Overseas XV squad that played 4 matches as part of the centenary celebrations of the Rugby Football Union in 1971. Honours * Grand Slam : 1977, 1981 * French rugby champion finalist, 1979, 1981 with Stade Bagnérais Stade Bagnérais () is a French rugby union club currently competing at the third level of the French league system (Fédérale 1). They are based in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, a small town of 8,000 inhabitants, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Blanco
Serge Blanco (born 31 August 1958) is a former rugby union footballer who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing. He was generally nicknamed by French rugby fans as the '' Pelé of Rugby''. Blanco was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to a Venezuelan father and a Basque mother, but was raised in Biarritz, France. He made his international debut against South Africa at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on 8 November 1980, which France lost 37–15. Playing career He scored the deciding try in the semi-final of the inaugural Rugby World Cup in 1987, France winning 30–24 against hosts Australia. He also won Grand Slams with France in the 1981 and 1987 Five Nations Championship. Serge Blanco captained the French side in the 1991 Rugby World Cup before retiring after their quarter-final defeat by England on 19 October 1991. He won a total of 93 caps (a record at the time) and still holds t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Fenwick
Steven Paul Fenwick (born 23 July 1951) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend RFC, as a centre, i.e. number 12 or 13, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a , i.e. number 3 or 4.Graham Williams, Peter Lush, David Farrar (November 2009). "The British Rugby League Records Book age-108…114. London League Publications Ltd. Background Steve Fenwick was born in Caerphilly, Wales. Rugby union career Fenwick played rugby as a schoolboy for Caerphilly Grammar Technical School, and later joined Taffs Well RFC. In 1971 he switched to Beddau where he played 51 games before moving on the first class team Bridgend. While at Bridgend Fenwick earned all of his 30 international caps for Wales, making his début against France in 1975, in which he scored ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lloyd (rugby Coach)
David John Lloyd (born 29 March 1943) is a former Welsh international rugby union player who captained the Wales team in 1972. ESPNScrum.com He played club rugby for , county rugby for and invitational rugby for the Barbarians
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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] |
