1998 Five Nations Championship

Rugby competition October 2021 1998 Five Nations Championship 7 February – 5 April 1998 ENGIREFRA 1974SCOWAL FRA 1974 12 FRA 1974 (6th title) ENG (21st title) 10 51 ENG Paul Grayson (66 points) FRA 1974 Philippe Bernat-Salles (4 tries) 1997 1997 Five Nations Championship 1999 1999 Five Nations Championship The 1998 Five Nations Championship was the 69th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. In total, ten matches were played over five weekends from 7 February to 5 April. France won it with a Grand Slam. England had the consolation of winning the Triple Crown, the Calcutta Cup and the Millennium Trophy. Participants NationVenueCityHead coachCaptainENGTwickenham StadiumLondonClive WoodwardLawrence DallaglioFRA 1974Stade de FranceSaint-DenisJean-Claude SkrelaRaphaël IbañezIRELansdowne RoadDublinBrian Ashton (resigned) / Warren GatlandKeith WoodSCOMurrayfield StadiumEdinburghJim TelferGary ArmstrongWALWembley StadiumWales home matches were played at Wembley Stadium due to the ongoing construction of the Millennium StadiumLondonKevin BowringRob Howley Squads each nation's squad for the 1998 Five Nations Championship 1998 Five Nations Championship squads Standings main WDL Q points 2 FRA FRA 1974 ENG ENG WAL WAL SCO SCO IRE IRE 4 0 0 144 49 3 0 1 146 87 2 0 2 75 145 1 0 3 66 120 0 0 4 70 100 #ccffcc A complete Results Week 1 7 February 1998 15:00 FRA 1974 24–17 Report ENG Bernat-SallesDominici Lamaison Lamaison (2) CastaignèdeSadourny Back Grayson (4) Stade de France, Saint-Denis 77,567 David McHugh (Ireland) 7 February 1998 15:00 IRE 16–17 Report SCO Penalty try Humphreys Humphreys (2) Humphreys Tait Chalmers (2)Shepherd (2) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 55,000 Andre Watson (South Africa) Ireland head coach Brian Ashton resigned on 20 February. He was replaced by Warren Gatland on 24 February. Week 2 21 February 1998 14:00 ENG 60–26 Report WAL BackBrackenDallaglioDawsonGreenwoodHealeyRees (2) Grayson (7) Grayson (2) Bateman (2)GibbsG. Thomas N. Jenkins (3) Twickenham Stadium, London 75,000 Colin Hawke (New Zealand) 21 February 1998 15:00 SCO 16–51 Report FRA 1974 Stanger Chalmers Chalmers (3) Bernat-Salles (2)BrouzetCalifanoCarbonneauCastaignèdeM. Lièvremont Castaignède (3)Lamaison (2) CastaignèdeLamaison Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 67,500 Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand) Week 3 7 March 1998 15:00 FRA 1974 18–16 Report IRE Bernat-SallesIbañez Lamaison Lamaison (2) Hickie Elwood Elwood (3) Stade de France, Saint-Denis 78,000 Jim Fleming (Scotland) 7 March 1998 16:00 WAL 19–13 Report SCO Proctor A. Thomas N. JenkinsA. Thomas (3) CroninTownsend Chalmers Wembley Stadium, London 75,000 Joël Dumé (France) Week 4 21 March 1998 16:00 IRE 21–30 Report WAL CostelloWard Elwood Elwood (3) BatemanN. JenkinsMorgan N. Jenkins (3) N. Jenkins (3) Lansdowne Road, Dublin 55,000 Ed Morrison (England) 22 March 1998 15:00 SCO 20–34 Report ENG LongstaffStanger Lee (2) Chalmers (2) DawsonGraysonHealeyPenalty try Grayson (4) Grayson Grayson Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh 67,500 Clayton Thomas (Wales) Week 5 4 April 1998 14:00 BST ENG 35–17 Report IRE CattCockerillDe GlanvillePerry Grayson (3) Grayson (3) Hickie (2) Elwood (2) Elwood Twickenham Stadium, London 75,000 Derek Bevan (Wales) 5 April 1998 15:00 WAL 0–51 Report FRA 1974 GalthiéGarbajosa (2)GlasT. LièvremontSadourny (2) Lamaison (5) Lamaison (2) Wembley Stadium, London 72,000 Peter Marshall (Australia) References Category:1998 rugby union tournaments for national teams 1998 Category:1997–98 in European rugby union Category:1997–98 in Irish rugby union Category:1997–98 in English rugby union Category:1997–98 in Welsh rugby union Category:1997–98 in Scottish rugby union Category:1997–98 in French rugby union Five Nations Five Nations Five Nations