1968 Five Nations Championship

The 1968 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 23 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It marked the first Grand Slam victory for France.^[1]

1968 Five Nations Championship
Date	13 January - 23 March 1968
Countries	England  Ireland  France  Scotland  Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (5th title)
Grand Slam	France (1st title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	19 (1.9 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Bob Hiller (22)
Top try scorer(s)	André Campaes (2) Keri Jones (2)
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Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	none	Colin McFadyean/Mike Weston
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Jean Prat	Christian Carrère
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	none	Tom Kiernan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	none	Pringle Fisher/Jim Telfer
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	none	Norman Gale/Gareth Edwards/John Dawes

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	4	0	0	52	30	+22	8
2	Ireland	4	2	1	1	38	37	+1	5
3	England	4	1	2	1	37	40	−3	4
4	Wales	4	1	1	2	31	34	−3	3
5	Scotland	4	0	0	4	18	35	−17	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Squads

For each nation's squad for the 1968 Five Nations Championship, see 1968 Five Nations Championship squads.

Results

1968-01-13

Scotland	6–8	France
Tries: Keith Pen.: Wilson		Tries: Campaes Duprat Con.: G. Camberabero

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Attendance: 45,000 Referee: K. D. Kelleher (Ireland)

1968-01-20

England	11–11	Wales
Tries: McFadyean Redwood Con. Hiller Pen.: Hiller		Tries: Edwards Wanbon Con.: Jarrett Drops: John

Twickenham, London Attendance: 70,000 Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

1968-01-27

France	16–6	Ireland
Tries: Campaes Dauga Con.: Villepreux (2) Pen.: Villepreux Drops: Gachassin		Pen.: McCombe (2)

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 28,148 Referee: G. C. Lamb (England)

1968-02-03

Wales	5–0	Scotland
Tries: Jones Con.: Jarrett

National Stadium, Cardiff Referee: G. C. Lamb (England)

1968-02-10

England	9–9	Ireland
Pen.: Hiller (2) Drops: Finlan		Pen.: Kiernan (3)

Twickenham, London Attendance: 70,000 Referee: M. Joseph (Wales)

1968-02-24

France	14–9	England
Tries: Gachassin Con.: G. Camberabero Pen.: G. Camberabero Drops: L. Camberabero Lacaze		Pen.: Hiller (2) Drops: Weston

Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes Attendance: 22,456 Referee: H. B. Laidlaw (Scotland)

1968-02-24

Ireland	14–6	Scotland
Tries: Bresnihan Duggan (2) Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan		Pen.: Wilson (2)

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: M. Joseph (Wales)

1968-03-09

Ireland	9–6	Wales
Tries: M. Doyle Pen.: Kiernan Drops: Gibson		Pen.: Rees Drops: Edwards

Lansdowne Road, Dublin Referee: M. H. Titcomb (England)

1968-03-16

Scotland	6–8	England
Pen.: Wilson Drops: Connell		Tries: Coulman Con. Hiller Pen.: Hiller

Murrayfield, Edinburgh Referee: D. P. d'Arcy (Ireland)

1968-03-23

Wales	9–14	France
Tries: Jones Pen.: Rees (2)		Tries: L. Camberabero Carrère Con.: G. Camberabero Pen.: G. Camberabero Drops: G. Camberabero

National Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 55,000 Referee: H. B. Laidlaw (Scotland)