| 1988 Five Nations Championship | |
| Date: | 16 January – 19 March 1988 |
| Countries: | |
| Champions: | and |
| Triple Crown: | (17th title) |
| Matches: | 10 |
| Tries: | 31 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Gavin Hastings (41 points) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Chris Oti (3 tries) |
| Previous Year: | 1987 |
| Previous Tournament: | 1987 Five Nations Championship |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
| Next Tournament: | 1989 Five Nations Championship |
The 1988 Five Nations Championship was the 59th series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the ninety–fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends between 16 January and 19 March. Wales and France were declared joint winners with six points each; it was the most recent time the Championship was shared between two or more nations as the rules were changed in 1994 to make such an event unlikely.[1]
The final match of the tournament, England's victory over Ireland, was notable for the crowd bursting into song with "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" as a response to the hat-trick of tries scored by England's Chris Oti (only the second black player, and the first for 80 years, to be capped by England). The song was subsequently to become the unofficial rugby anthem for England.[2]
Wales missed out on a ninth Grand Slam after losing to France at Cardiff Arms Park.
The teams involved were:
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