1998 Five Nations Championship

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Six Nations Championship 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. In total, 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
File:Flag of England.svg England	Twickenham Stadium	London	Clive Woodward	Lawrence Dallaglio
File:Flag of France (lighter variant).svg France	Stade de France	Saint-Denis	Jean-Claude Skrela	Raphaël Ibañez
File:IRFU flag.svg Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Brian Ashton (resigned) / Warren Gatland	Keith Wood
File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Gary Armstrong
File:Flag of Wales (1959–present).svg Wales	Wembley Stadium^[1]	London	Kevin Bowring	Rob Howley

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

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

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