The 1957 Five Nations Championship was the twenty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 12 January and 23 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

England won its 15th title, winning also the Grand Slam, the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup.

Participants

The teams involved were:

NationVenueCityCaptain
EnglandTwickenhamLondonEric Evans
FranceStade Olympique Yves-du-ManoirColombesMichel Celaya
IrelandLansdowne RoadDublinNoel Henderson
ScotlandMurrayfieldEdinburghJim Greenwood/Arthur Smith
WalesNational StadiumCardiffMalcolm Thomas/Rees Stephens

Table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1England4400348+268
2Wales42023130+14
2Ireland4202212104
2Scotland42022127−64
5France40042445−210

Results

1957-01-12
France0–6Scotland
Paris
1957-01-19
Wales0–3England
Cardiff
1957-01-26
Ireland11–6France
Dublin
1957-02-02
Scotland9–6Wales
Edinburgh
1957-02-09
Ireland0–6England
Dublin
1957-02-23
England9–5France
London
1957-02-23
Scotland3–5Ireland
Edinburgh
1957-03-09
Wales6–5Ireland
Cardiff
1957-03-16
England16–3Scotland
London
1957-03-23
France13–19Wales
Paris

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