1962 Five Nations Championship | |
Date: | 13 January - 17 November 1962 |
Countries: | |
Count: | 3 |
Matches: | 10 |
Previous Year: | 1961 |
Previous Tournament: | 1961 Five Nations Championship |
Next Year: | 1963 |
Next Tournament: | 1963 Five Nations Championship |
The 1962 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 17 November. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
A smallpox epidemic in South Wales in March and April caused the match between Ireland and Wales to be postponed until November 1962.[1]
The teams involved were: