1960 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.

1960 Five Nations Championship
Date9 January - 9 April 1960
Countries England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions England and  France
Triple Crown England (14th title)
Matches played10
1959 (Previous) (Next) 1961

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

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The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Captain
  England Twickenham London Dickie Jeeps
  France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes François Moncla
  Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Andy Mulligan/Ronnie Dawson
  Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Arthur Smith/Gordon Waddell
  Wales National Stadium Cardiff Rhys Williams/Bryn Meredith/Onllwyn Brace

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1   France 4 3 1 0 55 28 +27 7
1   England 4 3 1 0 46 26 +20 7
3   Wales 4 2 0 2 32 39 −7 4
4   Scotland 4 1 0 3 29 47 −18 2
5   Ireland 4 0 0 4 25 47 −22 0
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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1960-01-09
Scotland  11–13  France
Edinburgh
1960-01-16
England  14–6  Wales
London
1960-02-06
Wales  8–0  Scotland
Cardiff
1960-02-13
England  8–5  Ireland
London
1960-02-27
France  3–3  England
Paris
1960-02-27
Ireland  5–6  Scotland
Dublin
1960-03-12
Ireland  9–10  Wales
Dublin
1960-03-19
Scotland  12–21  England
Edinburgh
1960-03-26
Wales  8–16  France
Cardiff
1960-04-09
France  23–6  Ireland
Paris
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