1958 Five Nations Championship | |||
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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.
The teams involved were:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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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 |
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