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 January 13 and March 23. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

[edit] Table

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference
1	France	4	4	0	0	52	30	+18	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

[edit] Results

1968-01-13
	Scotland	6–8	France	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1968-01-20
	England	11–11	Wales	Twickenham, London

1968-01-27
	France	16–6	Ireland	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

1968-02-03
	Wales	5–0	Scotland	National Stadium, Cardiff

1968-02-10
	England	9–9	Ireland	Twickenham, London

1968-02-24
	France	14–9	England	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes

1968-02-24
	Ireland	14–6	Scotland	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1968-03-09
	Ireland	9–6	Wales	Lansdowne Road, Dublin

1968-03-16
	Scotland	6–8	England	Murrayfield, Edinburgh

1968-03-13
	Wales	9–14	France	National Stadium, Cardiff

[edit] External links

Rugby union Portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site