1962 Five Nations Championship | |||
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Date | 13 January 1962 - 17 November 1962 | ||
Countries |
England Ireland France Scotland Wales |
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Tournament statistics | |||
Champions | France (3rd title) | ||
Matches played | 10 | ||
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The 1962 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-third series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-eighth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 13 January and 17 November. It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
A smallpox epidemic in South Wales in March and April caused the match between Ireland and Wales to be postponed until November 1962.
The teams involved were: