1938 Home Nations Championship

1938 Home Nations Championship
Date 15 January 1938 - 19 March 1938
Countries  England
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  Scotland (11th title)
Triple Crown  Scotland
Matches played 6
1937 (Previous) (Next) 1939

The 1938 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 15 January and 19 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Table

Position Nation Games Points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  Scotland 3 3 0 0 52 36 +19 6
2  Wales 3 2 0 1 31 21 +10 4
3  England 3 1 0 2 60 11 −11 2
4  Ireland 3 0 0 3 43 70 −37 0

Results

1938-01-15
Wales  14–8  England Cardiff
1938-02-05
Scotland  8–6  Wales Edinburgh
1938-02-12
Ireland  14–36  England Swansea
1938-02-26
Scotland  23–14  Ireland Edinburgh
1938-03-12
Wales  11–5  Ireland Swansea
1938-03-19
England  16–21  Scotland London

External links

Preceded by
1937 Home Nations
Home Nations Championship
1938
Succeeded by
1939 Home Nations