1960 Five Nations Championship Explained

1960 Five Nations Championship
Date:9 January - 9 April 1960
Countries:



Champions: and
Triple Crown: (14th title)
Matches:10
Previous Year:1959
Previous Tournament:1959 Five Nations Championship
Next Year:1961
Next Tournament:1961 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.

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:

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