Home Nations Championship

1939
Home Nations⁠

England: Shared champions

How England performed

England shared the 1939 Home Nations Championship title, winning two of their three matches and improving on third place in 1938.

The campaign opened on 21 January with a 3–0 win over Wales at Twickenham, London. Ireland proved stronger at the same ground on 11 February, England losing 0–5. On 18 March England travelled to Murrayfield, Edinburgh, and beat Scotland 9–6 to finish with 12 points scored and 11 conceded.

Head coach
None (the first was appointed in 1969)
Record
P3 W2 D0 L1
Points
12 for, 11 against

England fixtures

England: 1939 Home Nations

3 matches

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