1950 Five Nations Championship
Date	14 January - 25 March 1950
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	Wales (11th title)
Grand Slam	Wales (4th title)
Triple Crown	Wales (8th title)
Matches played	10
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The 1950 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 14 January and 25 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Wales won their 11th title, and also the Grand Slam and the Triple Crown.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Ivor Preece
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Guy Basquet
Ireland	Lansdowne Road/Ravenhill	Dublin/Belfast	Karl Mullen
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Doug Elliot/Peter Kininmonth
Wales	St. Helen's/National Stadium	Swansea/Cardiff	John Gwilliam

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Wales	4	4	0	0	50	8	+42	8
2	Scotland	4	2	0	2	21	49	−28	4
3	Ireland	4	1	1	2	27	12	+15	3
3	France	4	1	1	2	14	35	−21	3
5	England	4	1	0	3	22	30	−8	2

Results

1950-01-14

Scotland	8–5	France
Try: Macdonald Budge c Con: Lockhart		Try: Merquey Con: Prat (1/1)

Edinburgh

1950-01-21

England	5–11	Wales
Try: Smith Con: Hofmeyr (1/1)		Try: C Davies Cale c Con: Robins (0/1) L Jones (1/1) Pen: L Jones

London

1950-01-28

France	3–3	Ireland
Drop: Lauga		Pen: Burges

Colombes

1950-02-04

Wales	12–0	Scotland
Try: Thomas K Jones Con: L Jones (0/2) Pen: L Jones Drop: Cleaver

Cardiff

1950-02-11

England	3–0	Ireland
Try: Roberts

London

1950-02-25

France	6–3	England
Try: Pilon Cazenave		Try: Smith

Colombes

1950-02-25

Ireland	21–0	Scotland
Try: Blayney c Curtis c Crowe c Con: Norton (3/3) Pen: Norton 2		Try: Smith

Dublin

1950-03-11

Ireland	3–6	Wales
Pen: Norton		Try: Jones Thomas

Belfast

1950-03-18

Scotland	13–11	England
Try: Scott Abercrombie c Sloan c Con: Gray (2/3)		Try: Smith Smith Con: Hofmeyr (1/2) Pen: Hofmeyr

Edinburgh

1950-03-25

Wales	21–0	France
Try: Matthews c K Jones c K Jones c John Con: L Jones (3/4) Pen: L Jones

Cardiff