Rugby Union
Five Nations Championship
- 55th Five Nations Championship series is won by Ireland
- 3 September – "blackest day" in All Blacks history as two Test matches are lost on the same day: 6–11 at home to the Wallabies; and 3–9 on tour to South Africa.
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