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1998 Five Nations Championship
Date	7 February – 5 April 1998
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (12th title)
Grand Slam	France (6th title)
Triple Crown	England (21st title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	51 (5.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Paul Grayson (66 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Philippe Bernat-Salles (4 tries)
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The 1998 Five Nations Championship was the 69th 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, the Calcutta Cup and the Millennium Trophy.

Participants

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham Stadium	London	Clive Woodward	Lawrence Dallaglio
France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Jean-Claude Skrela	Raphaël Ibañez
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Brian Ashton (resigned) / Warren Gatland	Keith Wood
Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Gary Armstrong
Wales	Wembley Stadium	London	Kevin Bowring	Rob Howley

Squads

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	4	0	0	144	49	+95	8
2	England	4	3	0	1	146	87	+59	6
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	75	145	−70	4
4	Scotland	4	1	0	3	66	120	−54	2
5	Ireland	4	0	0	4	70	100	−30	0

Results

Week 1

France	24–17	England
Try: Bernat-Salles Dominici Con: Lamaison Pen: Lamaison (2) Drop: Castaignède Sadourny	Report	Try: Back Pen: Grayson (4)

Ireland	16–17	Scotland
Try: Penalty try Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys (2) Drop: Humphreys	Report	Try: Tait Pen: Chalmers (2) Shepherd (2)

• Ireland head coach Brian Ashton resigned on 20 February. He was replaced by Warren Gatland on 24 February.

Week 2

England	60–26	Wales
Try: Back Bracken Dallaglio Dawson Greenwood Healey Rees (2) Con: Grayson (7) Pen: Grayson (2)	Report	Try: Bateman (2) Gibbs G. Thomas Con: N. Jenkins (3)

Scotland	16–51	France
Try: Stanger Con: Chalmers Pen: Chalmers (3)	Report	Try: Bernat-Salles (2) Brouzet Califano Carbonneau Castaignède M. Lièvremont Con: Castaignède (3) Lamaison (2) Pen: Castaignède Lamaison

Week 3

France	18–16	Ireland
Try: Bernat-Salles Ibañez Con: Lamaison Pen: Lamaison (2)	Report	Try: Hickie Con: Elwood Pen: Elwood (3)

Wales	19–13	Scotland
Try: Proctor Con: A. Thomas Pen: N. Jenkins A. Thomas (3)	Report	Try: Cronin Townsend Pen: Chalmers

Week 4

Ireland	21–30	Wales
Try: Costello Ward Con: Elwood Pen: Elwood (3)	Report	Try: Bateman N. Jenkins Morgan Con: N. Jenkins (3) Pen: N. Jenkins (3)

Scotland	20–34	England
Try: Longstaff Stanger Con: Lee (2) Pen: Chalmers (2)	Report	Try: Dawson Grayson Healey Penalty try Con: Grayson (4) Pen: Grayson Drop: Grayson

Week 5

England	35–17	Ireland
Try: Catt Cockerill De Glanville Perry Con: Grayson (3) Pen: Grayson (3)	Report	Try: Hickie (2) Con: Elwood (2) Pen: Elwood

Wales	0–51	France
	Report	Try: Galthié Garbajosa (2) Glas T. Lièvremont Sadourny (2) Con: Lamaison (5) Pen: Lamaison (2)

References

1. Wales home matches were played at Wembley Stadium due to the ongoing construction of the Millennium Stadium

• 1998 rugby union tournaments for national teams
• Six Nations Championship seasons
• 1997–98 in European rugby union
• 1997–98 in Irish rugby union
• 1997–98 in English rugby union
• 1997–98 in Welsh rugby union
• 1997–98 in Scottish rugby union
• 1997–98 in French rugby union
• February 1998 sports events in Europe
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• April 1998 sports events in Europe