1960 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition 1960 Five Nations Championship 9 January - 9 April 1960 ENGIREFRASCOWAL ENG and FRA ENG (14th title) 10 1959 1959 Five Nations Championship 1961 1961 Five Nations Championship The 1960 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 9 January and 9 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The championship was jointly won by England and France. Both teams beat Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the France-England game was drawn 3-3, giving both teams a total of 7 points in the final table. There was no tie-break in the Five Nations at the time and the championship was shared. England's three wins gave them the Triple Crown for the fourteenth time; they would not win it again until the 1980 Five Nations Championship. Participants The teams involved were: NationVenueCityCaptainENGTwickenhamLondonDickie JeepsFRAStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesFrançois MonclaIRELansdowne RoadDublinAndy Mulligan/Ronnie DawsonSCOMurrayfieldEdinburghArthur Smith/Gordon WaddellWALNational StadiumCardiffRhys Williams/Bryn Meredith/Onllwyn Brace Table main WDL Q 2 points FRA FRA ENG 1 ENG WAL WAL SCO SCO IRE IRE 3 1 0 55 28 3 1 0 46 26 2 0 2 32 39 1 0 3 29 47 0 0 4 25 47 #ccffcc A A complete Results 1960-01-09 SCO 11–13 FRA Edinburgh 1960-01-16 ENG 14–6 WAL London 1960-02-06 WAL 8–0 SCO Cardiff 1960-02-13 ENG 8–5 IRE London 1960-02-27 FRA 3–3 ENG Paris 1960-02-27 IRE 5–6 SCO Dublin 1960-03-12 IRE 9–10 WAL Dublin 1960-03-19 SCO 12–21 ENG Edinburgh 1960-03-26 WAL 8–16 FRA Cardiff 1960-04-09 FRA 23–6 IRE Paris External links Sports The official RBS Six Nations Site Category:Six Nations Championship seasons Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations