1968 Five Nations Championship

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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]

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation Venue City Head coach Captain
File:Flag of England.svg England Twickenham London none Colin McFadyean/Mike Weston
File:Flag of France.svg France Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir Colombes Jean Prat Christian Carrère
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland Lansdowne Road Dublin none Tom Kiernan
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland Murrayfield Edinburgh none Pringle Fisher/Jim Telfer
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales National Stadium Cardiff none Norman Gale/Gareth Edwards/John Dawes

Table

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Squads

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Results

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References

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