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1996 Five Nations Championship

1996 Five Nations Championship
Date 20 January 1996 - 16 March 1996
Countries  England
 Ireland
 France
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions  England (22nd title)
Triple Crown  England (19th title)
Calcutta Cup  England
Millennium Trophy  England
Centenary Quaich  Scotland
Matches played 10
Tries scored 30 (3 per match)
Top point scorer(s) England Paul Grayson (64 points)
Top try scorer(s) Scotland Michael Dods
France Émile Ntamack (3 tries)
1995 (Previous) (Next) 1997

The 1996 Five Nations Championship was the sixty-seventh series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship, and the first in the sport's professional era, which officially began in August 1995. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 20 January to 16 March. England were the winners, losing only the first game with France, thus missing the Grand Slam, but winning the Triple Crown. For the second year in a row, Scotland went into their final game chasing a Grand Slam but lost the deciding match to England. France went into the final week needing a victory to clinch the championship themselves thanks to superior points difference, but lost by a single point to Wales, who not only avoided a whitewash but climbed above Ireland on points difference in doing so.

The teams involved were:


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