# 1986 Five Nations Championship

The 1986 Five Nations Championship was the fifty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 18 January and 15 March.
France and Scotland shared the title. Phillipe Sella of France scored a try in every match, repeating the feat achieved three years earlier by fellow Frenchman Patrick Estève.
This championship marked a turnaround in the fortunes of the Irish team who won the competition the previous year, but took home the wooden spoon.

## Participants

The teams involved were:
| Nation | Venue | City | Head coach | Captain |
| England | Twickenham | London | Martin Green | Nigel Melville |
| France | Parc des Princes | Paris | Jacques Fouroux | Daniel Dubroca |
| Ireland | Lansdowne Road | Dublin | Mick Doyle | Ciaran Fitzgerald |
| Scotland | Murrayfield | Edinburgh | Derrick Grant | Colin Deans |
| Wales | National Stadium | Cardiff | Tony Gray | Dai Pickering |

## Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 98 | 52 | +46 | 6 |
| 1 | Scotland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 6 |
| 3 | Wales | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 71 | +3 | 4 |
| 3 | England | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 100 | −38 | 4 |
| 5 | Ireland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 83 | −33 | 0 |

## Results

* 1986-01-18
| England | 21–18 | Wales |
| Pen.: Andrew (6) Drops: Andrew | | Tries: Bowen Con.: Thorburn Pen.: Thorburn (3) Drops: J. Davies |
* Twickenham, London Referee: R. J. Fordham (Australia)
* 1986-01-18
| Scotland | 18–17 | France |
| Pen.: G. Hastings (6) | | Tries: Berbizier Sella Pen.: G. Laporte (2) Drops: G. Laporte |
* Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 60,000 Referee: D. I. H. Burnett (Ireland)
* 1986-02-01
| France | 29–9 | Ireland |
| Tries: Berbizier Marocco Sella Con.: G. Laporte Pen.: Blanco G. Laporte (3) Drops: Lafond | | Pen.: Kiernan (3) |
* Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 49,238 Referee: R. J. Fordham (Australia)
* 1986-02-01
| Wales | 22–15 | Scotland |
| Tries: Hadley Pen.: Thorburn (5) Drops: J. Davies | | Tries: Duncan G. Hastings Jeffrey Pen.: G. Hastings |
* National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: R. C. Francis (New Zealand)
* 1986-02-15
| Ireland | 12–19 | Wales |
| Tries: Ringland Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (2) | | Tries: Ph. Davies Lewis Con.: Thorburn Pen.: Thorburn (3) |
* Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: F. A. Howard (England)
* 1986-02-15
| Scotland | 33–6 | England |
| Tries: Duncan S. Hastings Rutherford Con.: G. Hastings (3) Pen.: G. Hastings (5) | | Pen.: Andrew (2) |
* Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: R. C. Francis (New Zealand)
* 1986-03-01
| England | 25–20 | Ireland |
| Tries: H. Davies Richards (2) penalty try Con.: Andrew (3) Pen.: Andrew | | Tries: McCall Mullin Ringland Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan (2) |
* Twickenham, London Referee: C. Norling (Wales)
* 1986-03-01
| Wales | 15–23 | France |
| Pen.: Thorburn (5) | | Tries: Blanco Lafond (2) Sella Con.: G. Laporte (2) Drops: G. Laporte |
* National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 58,000 Referee: J. B. Anderson (Scotland)
* 1986-03-15
| France | 29–10 | England |
| Tries: Blanco G. Laporte Sella penalty try Con.: G. Laporte (2) Pen.: G. Laporte (3) | | Tries: Dooley Pen.: Barnes (2) |
* Parc des Princes, Paris Attendance: 49,238 Referee: W. D. Bevan (Wales)
* 1986-03-15
| Ireland | 9–10 | Scotland |
| Tries: Ringland Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan | | Tries: Laidlaw Pen.: G. Hastings (2) |
* Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: F. Palmade (France)