1998 Five Nations Championship

Rugby competition

1998 Five Nations Championship
Date	7 February – 5 April 1998
Countries	England Ireland France Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (12th title)
Grand Slam	France (6th title)
Triple Crown	England (21st title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	51 (5.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	England Paul Grayson (66 points)
Top try scorer(s)	France Philippe Bernat-Salles (4 tries)
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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. 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

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Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	Clive Woodward	Lawrence Dallaglio
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Jean-Claude Skrela	Raphaël Ibañez
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Brian Ashton (resigned) / Warren Gatland	Keith Wood
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Gary Armstrong
Wales	Wembley Stadium ^[1]	London	Kevin Bowring	Rob Howley

Squads

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For each nation's squad for the 1998 Five Nations Championship, see 1998 Five Nations Championship squads.

Standings

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	4	0	144	49	+95	8
2	England	4	3	1	146	87	+59	6
3	Wales	4	2	2	75	145	−70	4
4	Scotland	4	1	3	66	120	−54	2
5	Ireland	4	0	4	70	100	−30	0

Source: ^{[citation needed ]}

Results

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Week 1

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7 February 1998
15:00

France 24–17 England

Try: Bernat-Salles
Dominici
Con: Lamaison
Pen: Lamaison (2)
Drop: Castaignède
Sadourny Report Try: Back
Pen: Grayson (4)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,567
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

7 February 1998
15:00

Ireland 16–17 Scotland

Try: Penalty try
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys (2)
Drop: Humphreys Report Try: Tait
Pen: Chalmers (2)
Shepherd (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

Ireland head coach Brian Ashton resigned on 20 February. He was replaced by Warren Gatland on 24 February.

Week 2

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21 February 1998
14:00

England 60–26 Wales

Try: Back
Bracken
Dallaglio
Dawson
Greenwood
Healey
Rees (2)
Con: Grayson (7)
Pen: Grayson (2) Report Try: Bateman (2)
Gibbs
G. Thomas
Con: N. Jenkins (3)

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)

21 February 1998
15:00

Scotland 16–51 France

Try: Stanger
Con: Chalmers
Pen: Chalmers (3) Report Try: Bernat-Salles (2)
Brouzet
Califano
Carbonneau
Castaignède
M. Lièvremont
Con: Castaignède (3)
Lamaison (2)
Pen: Castaignède
Lamaison

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand)

Week 3

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7 March 1998
15:00

France 18–16 Ireland

Try: Bernat-Salles
Ibañez
Con: Lamaison
Pen: Lamaison (2) Report Try: Hickie
Con: Elwood
Pen: Elwood (3)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

7 March 1998
16:00

Wales 19–13 Scotland

Try: Proctor
Con: A. Thomas
Pen: N. Jenkins
A. Thomas (3) Report Try: Cronin
Townsend
Pen: Chalmers

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Joël Dumé (France)

Week 4

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21 March 1998
16:00

Ireland 21–30 Wales

Try: Costello
Ward
Con: Elwood
Pen: Elwood (3) Report Try: Bateman
N. Jenkins
Morgan
Con: N. Jenkins (3)
Pen: N. Jenkins (3)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ed Morrison (England)

22 March 1998
15:00

Scotland 20–34 England

Try: Longstaff
Stanger
Con: Lee (2)
Pen: Chalmers (2) Report Try: Dawson
Grayson
Healey
Penalty try
Con: Grayson (4)
Pen: Grayson
Drop: Grayson

Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

Week 5

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4 April 1998
14:00 BST

England 35–17 Ireland

Try: Catt
Cockerill
De Glanville
Perry
Con: Grayson (3)
Pen: Grayson (3) Report Try: Hickie (2)
Con: Elwood (2)
Pen: Elwood

Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

5 April 1998
15:00

Wales 0–51 France

Report Try: Galthié
Garbajosa (2)
Glas
T. Lièvremont
Sadourny (2)
Con: Lamaison (5)
Pen: Lamaison (2)

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

References

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^ Wales home matches were played at Wembley Stadium due to the ongoing construction of the Millennium Stadium

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Six Nations Championship

Teams

Stadia

Seasons

Home	1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
Five	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
Home	1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Five	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Six	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Squads

Five	1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Six	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Head-to-head
records

England	France Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
France	England Ireland Italy Scotland Wales
Ireland	England France Italy Scotland Wales
Italy	England France Ireland Scotland Wales
Scotland	England France Ireland Italy Wales
Wales	England France Ireland Italy Scotland

Honours

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