italy were the only side to not win a match in the tournament, suffering defeats by twenty points or more against, in addition to ireland, france (50–8), england (36–11) and scotland (26–6), while losing 20–15 to wales. scotland managed a solitary victory against italy to finish on 2 points. england, france and wales all managed to win three of their matches to finish level on six points but england's points difference of +54 granted them second place in the table. their points tally was boosted by a 36–10 defeat of france and a 26–12 win against scotland which sealed the calcutta cup. wales' early loss to france and narrow loss to ireland in the last game of the tournament denied them a second consecutive championship. although wales needed to beat ireland by more than 13 points to win the championship, they could have won the game and the triple crown in the last minute of the tournament (as well as denying ireland the grand slam) if stephen jones' 50-yard penalty kick had not fallen short.