1958 Five Nations Championship

1958 Five Nations Championship
Date	11 January - 19 April 1958
Countries	England   Ireland   France   Scotland   Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	England (16th title)
Matches played	10
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The 1958 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between January 11 and April 19. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Nation	Venue	City	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	Eric Evans
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Michel Celaya/Maurice Prat
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Noel Henderson
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Arthur Smith/Jim Greenwood
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	Clem Thomas

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	England	4	2	2	0	26	6	+20	6
2	Wales	4	2	1	1	26	28	−2	5
3	France	4	2	0	2	36	37	−1	4
4	Scotland	4	1	1	2	23	32	−9	3
5	Ireland	4	1	0	3	24	32	−8	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Results

1958-01-11

Scotland	11–9	France

Edinburgh Attendance: 50,000

1958-01-18

England	3–3	Wales

London

1958-02-01

Wales	8–3	Scotland

Cardiff

1958-02-08

England	6–0	Ireland

London

1958-03-01

France	0–14	England

Paris Attendance: 33,254

1958-03-01

Ireland	12–6	Scotland

Dublin

1958-03-15

Ireland	6–9	Wales

Dublin

1958-03-15

Scotland	3–3	England

Edinburgh Attendance: 60,000

1958-03-29

Wales	6–16	France

Cardiff Attendance: 60,000

1958-04-19

France	11–6	Ireland

Paris Attendance: 25,043

External links

• Sports portal

• The official RBS Six Nations Site