1958 Five Nations Championship Explained

1958 Five Nations Championship
Date:11 January - 19 April 1958
Countries:



Count:16
Matches:10
Previous Year:1957
Previous Tournament:1957 Five Nations Championship
Next Year:1959
Next Tournament:1959 Five Nations Championship

The 1958 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 11 and April 19. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityCaptain
TwickenhamLondonEric Evans
Stade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesMichel Celaya/Maurice Prat
Lansdowne RoadDublinNoel Henderson
MurrayfieldEdinburghArthur Smith/Jim Greenwood
National StadiumCardiffClem Thomas

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