Five Nations 1960

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Five Nations 1960
Number of nations 5
winner EnglandEngland England and FranceFranceFrance 
Opening game January 9, 1960
Tournament end April 9, 1960
Games 10
Points 187  (⌀: 18.7 per game)
Five Nations 1959
Five Nations 1961

The 1960 edition of the annual Five Nations rugby union tournament ( Six Nations since 2000 ) took place between January 9th and April 9th. Tournament winners were jointly France and England (the point difference played no role according to the tournament mode at that time). With wins against all British teams, England achieved the Triple Crown .

Closing table

country Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
points
Table
points
FranceFrance France 4th 3 1 0 55:28 7th
EnglandEngland England 4th 3 1 0 46:26 7th
Wales Wales 4th 2 0 2 32:39 4th
ScotlandScotland Scotland 4th 1 0 3 29:47 2
IrelandIreland Ireland 4th 0 0 4th 25:47 0

Results

date place encounter Result
January 9th Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh Scotland - France 11:13
January 16 Twickenham Stadium , London England - Wales 14: 6
February 6th Cardiff Arms Park , Cardiff Wales - Scotland 8-0
13th February Twickenham Stadium, London England - Ireland 8: 5
27th of February Stade Olympique , Colombes France - England 3: 3
27th of February Lansdowne Road , Dublin Ireland - Scotland 5: 6
March 12th Lansdowne Road, Dublin Ireland - Wales 9:10
19th March Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh Scotland - England 12:21
26th of March Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff Wales - France 8:16
9th April Stade Olympique, Colombes France - Ireland 23: 6

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