1960 Five Nations Championship
The 1960 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 9 January and 9 April. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
| 1960 Five Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 9 January - 9 April 1960 | ||
| Countries | England Ireland France Scotland Wales | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Champions | England and France | ||
| Triple Crown | England (14th title) | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
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The championship was jointly won by England and France. Both teams beat Ireland, Scotland and Wales and the France-England game was drawn 3-3, giving both teams a total of 7 points in the final table. There was no tie-break in the Five Nations at the time and the championship was shared. England's three wins gave them the Triple Crown for the fourteenth time; they would not win it again until the 1980 Five Nations Championship.