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1961 Test rugby

29 Tests involving the ten nations. Best record of the year: Argentina, 3–0–0 (100.0%).

Open 1961 in the atlas →← 19601962 →
Tests29
Sides16
Grounds6recorded
Draws4

Table of the year every side that played · win rate, then wins

SidePWLDWin %
Argentina3300100.0
New Zealand3300100.0
South Africa650183.3
Wales422050.0
Italy211050.0
France1153345.5
Scotland523040.0
Australia623133.3
England513120.0
Ireland514020.0
Brazil10100.0
Chile10100.0
Fiji30210.0
Germany10100.0
Romania10010.0
Uruguay10100.0

Every Test click a date to open it in the atlas

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionGround
1961-01-07England0–5South AfricaTestTwickenham
1961-01-07France11–0ScotlandTestnot recorded
1961-01-15Italy19–0GermanyTestnot recorded
1961-01-21Scotland5–12South AfricaTestMurrayfield
1961-01-21Wales6–3EnglandTestnot recorded
1961-02-11Ireland11–8EnglandTestnot recorded
1961-02-11Scotland3–0WalesTestMurrayfield
1961-02-18France0–0South AfricaTestStade Olympique
1961-02-25England5–5FranceTestTwickenham
1961-02-25Scotland16–8IrelandTestMurrayfield
1961-03-11Wales9–0IrelandTestnot recorded
1961-03-18England6–0ScotlandTestnot recorded
1961-03-25France8–6WalesTestnot recorded
1961-04-02France17–0ItalyTestnot recorded
1961-04-15Ireland3–15FranceTestnot recorded
1961-05-13South Africa24–8IrelandTestNewlands
1961-06-10Australia24–6FijiTestnot recorded
1961-06-17Australia20–14FijiTestnot recorded
1961-07-01Australia3–3FijiTestnot recorded
1961-07-22New Zealand13–6FranceTestnot recorded
1961-08-05New Zealand5–3FranceTestnot recorded
1961-08-05South Africa28–3AustraliaTestEllis Park
1961-08-12South Africa23–11AustraliaTestBoet Erasmus
1961-08-19New Zealand32–3FranceTestnot recorded
1961-08-26Australia8–15FranceTestnot recorded
1961-10-07Argentina11–3ChileTestnot recorded
1961-10-12Argentina60–0BrazilTestnot recorded
1961-10-14Uruguay3–36ArgentinaTestnot recorded
1961-11-12France5–5RomaniaTestnot recorded