Five Nations 1997
| Five Nations 1997 | |
| Number of nations | 5 |
| winner |
 France (11th title)
|
| Opening game | January 18, 1997 |
| Tournament end | March 15, 1997 |
| Games | 10 |
| Points | 511 (⌀: 51.1 per game) |
| tries | 50 (⌀: 5 per game) |
| Most of the points |
 Paul Grayson (52)
|
| Most attempts |
David Venditti Laurent Leflamand (4 each)
|
| ← Five Nations 1996 | |
| Five Nations 1998 → | |
The 1997 edition of the annual Five Nations rugby union tournament ( Six Nations since 2000 ) took place on five match days between January 18 and March 15. The tournament winner was France , which won the Grand Slam for the fifth time with victories over all other participants . Second-placed England beat all British teams and secured the Triple Crown for the third time in a row .
Wales played their home games for the last time in the old national stadium Cardiff Arms Park , which had to give way to the new Millennium Stadium in the same year . France played at the Parc des Princes for the last time (the French home games have been held at the Stade de France since 1998 ).
Closing table
| country | Games | Victories | Unent. | Ndlg. | Game points |
Diff. | Table points |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
France
|
4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 129: 77 | +52 | 8th |
| 2. |
England
|
4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 141: 55 | +86 | 6th |
| 3. |
.svg){kind=small} Wales
|
4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 99: 101 | −2 | 2 |
| 4th |
 Scotland
|
4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 90: 132 | −42 | 2 |
| 5. |
 Ireland
|
4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 57: 141 | −84 | 2 |
Results
First round:
| date | place | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 18th | Lansdowne Road , Dublin | Ireland - France | 15:32 |
| January 18th | Murrayfield Stadium , Edinburgh | Scotland - Wales | 19:34 |
Second round:
| date | place | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff | Wales - Ireland | 25:26 |
| February 1st | Twickenham Stadium , London | England - Scotland | 41:13 |
Third round:
| date | place | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 15th | Parc des Princes , Paris | France - Wales | 27:22 |
| February 15th | Lansdowne Road, Dublin | Ireland - England | 6:46 |
Fourth round:
| date | place | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st March | Twickenham Stadium, London | England - France | 20:23 |
| 1st March | Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh | Scotland - Ireland | 38:10 |
Fifth round:
| date | place | encounter | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| March, 15 | Parc des Princes, Paris | France - Scotland | 47:20 |
| March, 15 | Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff | Wales - England | 13:34 |