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Five Nations Championship

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noun

  1. rugby Union a former annual competition involving the national sides of England, France, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales; replaced by the Six Nations Championship in 2000

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Having impressed with Bridgend and then London Welsh, Williams made his Wales debut as a 19-year-old in 1969 and won the Five Nations Championship in his first campaign.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024

Weir helped his country to the 1999 Five Nations Championship — Scotland’s last major tournament success.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2022

Fifty years ago the 1972 Five Nations Championship was abandoned, left unfinished for the first and so far only time in its history.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2022

"For someone with suspected concussion, all the top scientists say you take them off and watch them that night," says O'Driscoll, who played in the 1971 Five Nations Championship.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2013

It put a ravishing tin lid on a quite unprecedented rugby weekend in the sun to bring down the final curtain on the ancient Five Nations Championship in utterly sensational fashion.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2013