1998 Five Nations Championship
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| 1998 Five Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 7 February 1998 – 5 April 1998 | ||
| Countries |  England Ireland France Scotland Wales |
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| Champions | France (12th title) |
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| Grand Slam | France (6th title) |
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| Triple Crown | England (21st title) |
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| Calcutta Cup | England |
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| Millennium Trophy | England |
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| Centenary Quaich | Scotland |
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| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Top point scorer(s) | Paul Grayson (66 points) |
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| Top try scorer(s) | Philippe Bernat-Salles (4 tries) |
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The 1998 Five Nations Championship was the sixty-ninth 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.
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Participants
The teams involved were:
Squads
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Standings
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points |
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 1 | France |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 49 | +95 | 8 |
| 2 | England |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 87 | +59 | 6 |
| 3 | Wales |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 145 | −70 | 4 |
| 4 | Scotland |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 120 | −54 | 2 |
| 5 | Ireland |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 70 | 100 | −30 | 0 |
Results
Week 1
| 7 February 1998 15:00 |
| France |
24 – 17 | England |
| Tries: Bernat-Salles Dominici Con: Lamaison (1) 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, being replaced by Warren Gatland, who was appointed on 24 February.
Week 2
| 21 February 1998 14:00 |
| England |
60 – 26 | Wales |
| Tries: Back Bracken Dallaglio Dawson Greenwood Healey Rees (2) Con: Grayson (7) Pen: Grayson (2) |
Report | Tries: Bateman (2) Gibbs G. Thomas Con: N. Jenkins (3) |
| Twickenham, 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 | Tries: Bernat-Salles (2) Brouzet Califano Carbonneau Castaignède M. Lièvremont Con: Castaignède (3) Lamaison (2) Pen: Castaignède Lamaison |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,500 Referee: Paddy O'Brien (New Zealand) |
Week 3
| 7 March 1998 15:00 |
| France |
18 – 16 | Ireland |
| Tries: Bernat-Salles Ibañez Con: Lamaison (1) 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 | Tries: Cronin Townsend Pen: Chalmers |
| Wembley, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Joel Dume (France) |
Week 4
| 21 March 1998 16:00 |
| Ireland |
21 – 30 | Wales |
| Tries: Costello Ward Con: Elwood (1) Pen: Elwood (3) |
Report | Tries: 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 |
| Tries: Longstaff Stanger Con: Lee (2) Pen: Chalmers (2) |
Report | Tries: Dawson Grayson Healey Penalty try Con: Grayson (4) Pen: Grayson Drop: Grayson |
| Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 67,500 Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales) |
Week 5
| 4 April 1998 14:00 GMT |
| England |
35 – 17 | Ireland |
| Tries: Catt Cockerill de Glanville Perry Con: Grayson (3) Pen: Grayson (3) |
Report | Tries: Hickie (2) Con: Elwood (2) Pen: Elwood |
| Twickenham, London Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales) |
| 5 April 1998 15:00 |
| Wales |
0 – 51 | France |
| Report | Tries: Galthié Garbajosa (2) Glas T. Lièvremont Sadourny (2) Con: Lamaison (5) Pen: Lamaison (2) |
| Wembley, London Attendance: 72,000 Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia) |
References
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