1998 Five Nations Championship

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, the Calcutta Cup and the Millennium Trophy.

1998 Five Nations Championship
Date7 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)
Calcutta Cup England
Millennium Trophy England
Centenary Quaich Scotland
Matches played10
Tries scored51 (5.1 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Paul Grayson (66 points)
Top try scorer(s) Philippe Bernat-Salles (4 tries)
1997 (Previous) (Next) 1999

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
 England Twickenham London Clive Woodward Lawrence Dallaglio
 France Stade de France Saint-Denis Jean-Claude Skrela Raphaël Ibañez
 Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin Warren Gatland Keith Wood
 Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh Jim Telfer Gary Armstrong
 Wales Wembley Stadium[1] London Kevin Bowring Rob Howley

Squads

Standings

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1 France 440014449+958
2 England 430114687+596
3 Wales 420275145704
4 Scotland 410366120542
5 Ireland 400470100300

Results

Week 1

7 February 1998
15:00
France  24 17  England
Tries: Bernat-Salles
Dominici
Con: Lamaison (1)
Pen: Lamaison (2)
Drop: Castaignède
Sadourny
Report Try: Back
Pen: Grayson (4)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 77,567
Referee: David McHugh (Ireland)

7 February 1998
15:00
Ireland  16 17  Scotland
Try: Penalty try
Con: Humphreys
Pen: Humphreys (2)
Drop: Humphreys
Report Try: Tait
Pen: Chalmers (2)
Shepherd (2)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Andre Watson (South Africa)

Week 2

21 February 1998
14:00
England  60 26  Wales
Tries: Back
Bracken
Dallaglio
Dawson
Greenwood
Healey
Rees (2)
Con: Grayson (7)
Pen: Grayson (2)
Report Tries: Bateman (2)
Gibbs
G. Thomas
Con: N. Jenkins (3)
Twickenham, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Colin Hawke (New Zealand)

Week 3

7 March 1998
15:00
France  18 16  Ireland
Tries: Bernat-Salles
Ibañez
Con: Lamaison (1)
Pen: Lamaison (2)
Report Try: Hickie
Con: Elwood
Pen: Elwood (3)
Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Attendance: 78,000
Referee: Jim Fleming (Scotland)

7 March 1998
16:00
Wales  19 13  Scotland
Try: Proctor
Con: A. Thomas
Pen: N. Jenkins
A. Thomas (3)
Report Tries: Cronin
Townsend
Pen: Chalmers
Wembley, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Joel Dume (France)

Week 4

21 March 1998
16:00
Ireland  21 30  Wales
Tries: Costello
Ward
Con: Elwood (1)
Pen: Elwood (3)
Report Tries: Bateman
N. Jenkins
Morgan
Con: N. Jenkins (3)
Pen: N. Jenkins (3)
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 55,000
Referee: Ed Morrison (England)

22 March 1998
15:00
Scotland  20 34  England
Tries: Longstaff
Stanger
Con: Lee (2)
Pen: Chalmers (2)
Report Tries: Dawson
Grayson
Healey
Penalty try
Con: Grayson (4)
Pen: Grayson
Drop: Grayson
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Attendance: 67,500
Referee: Clayton Thomas (Wales)

Week 5

4 April 1998
14:00 BST
England  35 17  Ireland
Tries: Catt
Cockerill
de Glanville
Perry
Con: Grayson (3)
Pen: Grayson (3)
Report Tries: Hickie (2)
Con: Elwood (2)
Pen: Elwood
Twickenham, London
Attendance: 75,000
Referee: Derek Bevan (Wales)

5 April 1998
15:00
Wales  0 51  France
Report Tries: Galthié
Garbajosa (2)
Glas
T. Lièvremont
Sadourny (2)
Con: Lamaison (5)
Pen: Lamaison (2)
Wembley, London
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Peter Marshall (Australia)

References

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

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