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1998 Five Nations Championship

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Champions
  
France (12th title)

Triple Crown
  
England (21st title)

Grand Slam
  
France (6th title)

Calcutta Cup
  
England

Date
  
7 February 1998 – 5 April 1998

Countries
  
England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales

The 1998 Five Nations Championship was the sixty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 7 February to 5 April. France won it with a Grand Slam. England had the consolation of winning the Triple Crown.

Participants

The teams involved were:

  • Ireland head coach Brian Ashton resigned on 20 February, being replaced by Warren Gatland, who was appointed on 24 February.
  • References

    1998 Five Nations Championship Wikipedia