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1968 Five Nations Championship
1968 Five Nations Championship
Date	13 January - 23 March 1968
Countries	England; Ireland; France; Scotland; Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions	France (5th title)
Grand Slam	France (1st title)
Matches played	10
Tries scored	19 (1.9 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Bob Hiller (22)
Top try scorer(s)	André Campaes (2); Keri Jones (2)
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1968 Five Nations Championship

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The 1968 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-ninth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 23 March. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It marked the first Grand Slam victory for France.^[1]

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Nation	Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
England	Twickenham	London	none	Colin McFadyean/Mike Weston
France	Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Jean Prat	Christian Carrère
Ireland	Lansdowne Road	Dublin	none	Tom Kiernan
Scotland	Murrayfield	Edinburgh	none	Pringle Fisher/Jim Telfer
Wales	National Stadium	Cardiff	none	Norman Gale/Gareth Edwards/John Dawes

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	4	4	0	0	52	30	+22	8
2	Ireland	4	2	1	1	38	37	+1	5
3	England	4	1	2	1	37	40	−3	4
4	Wales	4	1	1	2	31	34	−3	3
5	Scotland	4	0	0	4	18	35	−17	0

Scotland	6–8	France
Tries: Keith Pen.: Wilson		Tries: Campaes Duprat Con.: G. Camberabero

England	11–11	Wales
Tries: McFadyean Redwood Con. Hiller Pen.: Hiller		Tries: Edwards Wanbon Con.: Jarrett Drops: John

France	16–6	Ireland
Tries: Campaes Dauga Con.: Villepreux (2) Pen.: Villepreux Drops: Gachassin		Pen.: McCombe (2)

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England	9–9	Ireland
Pen.: Hiller (2) Drops: Finlan		Pen.: Kiernan (3)

France	14–9	England
Tries: Gachassin Con.: G. Camberabero Pen.: G. Camberabero Drops: L. Camberabero Lacaze		Pen.: Hiller (2) Drops: Weston

Ireland	14–6	Scotland
Tries: Bresnihan Duggan (2) Con.: Kiernan Pen.: Kiernan		Pen.: Wilson (2)

Ireland	9–6	Wales
Tries: M. Doyle Pen.: Kiernan Drops: Gibson		Pen.: Rees Drops: Edwards

Wales	9–14	France
Tries: Jones Pen.: Rees (2)		Tries: L. Camberabero Carrère Con.: G. Camberabero Pen.: G. Camberabero Drops: G. Camberabero