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1966 Five Nations
The 1966 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 15 January and 26 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won their 15th title, with a single loss, while England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ... finished in a disappointing fifth and last place. Participants The teams involved were: Table Squads Results References External links The official RBS Six Nations Site {{Six Nations Championship Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude Lacaze
Claude Lacaze (born 5 March 1940 in Pontacq) is a former French rugby union player. He played rugby union as a fullback. Club career Lacaze played for FC Lourdes, SC Angoulême and Racing Club de Nice. International career He had 33 caps for France, from 1961 to 1969, scoring 1 try, 13 conversions, 5 penalties and 5 drop goals, 59 points on aggregate. He played in the Five Nations Championship at four competitions, being a winner three times, in 1962, 1967 and 1968, this time with a Grand Slam Grand Slam or Grand slam may refer to: Games and sports * Grand slam, winning category terminology originating in contract bridge and other whist card games Athletics * Grand Slam Track, professional track and field league Auto racing * .... He also participated in 1963, 1964 and 1966. He had 16 caps, scoring 1 try, 5 conversions, 2 penalties and 2 drop goals, 25 point on aggregate, during his presence at the competition. References External links 1940 births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Crauste
Michel Crauste (6 July 1934 – 2 May 2019) was a French international rugby union player. He played as a flanker and number eight for Racing Club de France and FC Lourdes. Crauste was born in Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France. He earned his first cap with the French national team on 19 May 1957 against Romania at Bucharest. He also captained the second French side to beat the Springboks in South Africa and was elected France's Player of the Year in 1961. He was also the first French international player to score three tries in one test match. Crauste died, aged 84, in Pau, France. Honours * Selected to represent France, 1957–1966 * French rugby champion 1959 with Racing Club de France, 1960 and 1968 with FC Lourdes * Five Nations Championship 1959 to 1963 * Challenge Yves du Manoir The Challenge Yves du Manoir was a rugby union club competition that was played in France between 1931 and 2003 under different names. It is named after former player Yves du Manoir. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murrayfield
Murrayfield is an area to the west of Edinburgh city centre in Scotland. It is to the east of Corstorphine and north of Balgreen, Saughtonhall and Roseburn. The A8 road (Scotland), A8 road runs east–west through the south of the area. Murrayfield is often considered to include the smaller neighbouring areas of Ravelston (to the north) and Roseburn (to the south). History The name comes from the estate of Archibald Murray who built Murrayfield House for himself in 1735 on the south-facing slopes over the area. Archibald Murray bought the land from Nisbet of Dean in 1733; it was previously Nisbet's Park. Alexander Murray, Lord Henderland was born here the year after its construction. In some early records, the name appears as "Murray's Field". Much of the Murrayfield area was semi-rural up until the early 19th century. Among mansion houses built then was Belmont House in 1828 by architect William Henry Playfair, William Playfair for Lord Mackenzie and a large villa known as Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Watkins (rugby)
David Watkins (5 March 1942 – 3 September 2023) was a Welsh dual-code rugby international, having played both rugby union and rugby league football for both codes' national teams between 1963 and 1979. 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 firs ... [...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. He was a long serving (29 years) and highly respected teacher at Tredegar Comprehensive School. 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 (; ) is a town and community (Wales), community in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff
Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (). The city is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the South East Wales, southeast of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the Historic counties of Wales, 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. The Cardiff urban area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardiff Arms Park
Cardiff Arms Park (), also known as The Arms Park, is primarily a rugby union stadium, and also has a bowling green. It is situated in Cardiff, Wales, next to the Millennium Stadium. The Arms Park was host to the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 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 Heineken Cup, 1995–96 and the following year in 1996–97 Heineken Cup, 1996–97. The history of the rugby ground begins with the first Bleacher, 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, Cardiff, National Stadium. The National Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Laughland
Iain Hugh Page Laughland (29 October 1935 – 9 August 2020) was a Scottish international rugby union player.player profile on scrum.com. Retrieved 16 February 2010 Rugby Union career Amateur career Born in , Laughland was educated until the age of 9 in the Himalayas. He then went to Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and played for the school team. He played for London Scottish. Laughland captained London Scottish for five successive years winning the Middlesex Sevens tournament each year of his captaincy. He was noted as the architect of the game, changin ...[...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 in Britain and Ireland is a fixture, especially of a sporting event or team, between university teams, usually the highest-level team, or varsity team, in that sport. The University Match in cricket between Oxford University an ... 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] |
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of in , making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city in Scotland and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The Functional urban area, wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The city has long been a cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murrayfield Stadium
Murrayfield Stadium is a rugby union stadium located in the Murrayfield area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The stadium is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) who has its headquarters based at the stadium, and is the national stadium of the Scotland national rugby union team. With a seating capacity of 67,144, it is the largest stadium in Scotland, the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, and the twenty–second largest List of European stadiums by capacity, in Europe. It officially opened on 21 March 1925 with a game between Scotland and England national rugby union team, England. The game was won by Scotland who came out victorious following a Grand Slam (rugby union), Grand Slam. The stadium hosts most of Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland's home test matches and the ''Scottish Hydro Electric Cup'' final, as well as United Rugby Championship, URC and European Rugby Champions Cup matches. Although primarily a rugby union stadium, Murrayfield has in the past hosted Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Kiernan
Thomas Joseph Kiernan (7 January 1939 – 3 February 2022) was an Ireland international rugby union player. He won 54 caps for Ireland as a full-back between 1960 and 1973 and captained his country 24 times. At the time of his retirement he was Ireland's most-capped player, most experienced captain, and record scorer in internationals with 158 points. He captained the 1968 British Lions tour to South Africa, playing in all four internationals against South Africa. His nephew, Mike Kiernan, also played for Ireland and the Lions. Kiernan was also the Munster Munster ( or ) is the largest of the four provinces of Ireland, located in the south west of the island. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" (). Following the Nor ... team coach for their famous victory over the All Blacks in 1978. He received the IRB Distinguished Service Award in 2001. He died on 3 February 2022, at the age of 83. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
