1960 Five Nations Championship

1960 Five Nations Championship
Date 9 January 1960 - 9 April 1960
Countries  England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  England and  France
Triple Crown  England (14th title)
Calcutta Cup  England
Matches played 10
← 1959 (Previous) (Next) 1961 →

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.

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 France 43105528+277
1 England 43104626+207
3 Wales 42023239−74
4 Scotland 41032947−182
5 Ireland 40042547−220

Results

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

External links

Preceded by
1959 Five Nations
Five Nations Championship
1960
Succeeded by
1961 Five Nations
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