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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 9 January - 9 April 1960 | ||
| Countries |  England Ireland France Scotland.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | England and France | ||
| Triple Crown | England (14th title) | ||
| Calcutta Cup | England | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
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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
The teams involved were:
Table
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | |||
| 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 |
Results
External links
| Preceded by 1959 Five Nations |
Five Nations Championship 1960 |
Succeeded by 1961 Five Nations |