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1996 Five Nations Championship

Rugby union competition

Field	Value
name	1996 Five Nations Championship
date	20 January - 16 March 1996
countries

champions
count	22
triple crown	(19th title)
matches	10
tries	30
top point scorer	ENG Paul Grayson (64 points)
top try scorer	SCO Michael Dods
FRA Émile Ntamack (3 tries)
previous year	1995
previous tournament	1995 Five Nations Championship
next year	1997
next tournament	1997 Five Nations Championship

FRA Émile Ntamack (3 tries)

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. 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.

missed out on a fourth Grand Slam after losing to at Murrayfield, this was the second successive season Scotland lost out on a Grand Slam.

Participants

The teams involved were:

Venue	City	Head coach	Captain
Twickenham	London	Jack Rowell	Will Carling
Parc des Princes	Paris	Jean-Claude Skrela	Philippe Saint-André
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Murray Kidd	Jim Staples/Niall Hogan
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Telfer	Rob Wainwright
National Stadium	Cardiff	Kevin Bowring	Jonathan Humphreys

Squads

Standings

Results

date = 20 January 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 15–12 | away = | homescore = Pen: Lacroix (3) Drops:: Castaignède Lacroix| awayscore = Pen: Grayson (2) Drops: Grayson (2)| stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris | attendance = 45,000 | referee = David McHugh (Ireland)}}

date = 20 January 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 10–16 | away = | homescore = Tries: Clohessy Con: Elwood Pen: Elwood| awayscore = Tries: Dods McKenzie Pen: Dods Drops: Townsend| stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = Brian Campsall (England)}}

date = 3 February 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 21–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Guscott R. Underwood Con: Grayson Pen: Grayson (3)| awayscore = Tries: Howley Taylor Con: A. Thomas Pen: A. Thomas| stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = | referee = Ken McCartney (Scotland)}}

date = 3 February 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 19–14 | away = | homescore = Tries: Dods (2) Pen: Dods (3)| awayscore = Tries: Benazzi Pen: Castaignède Lacroix (2)| stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = 65,000 | referee = Clayton Thomas (Wales)}}

date = 17 February 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 45–10 | away = | homescore = Tries: Accoceberry Campan Castel (2) Ntamack (2) Saint-André Con: Castaignède (5)| awayscore = Tries: Penalty try Con: Humphreys Pen: Humphreys| stadium = Parc des Princes, Paris | attendance = | referee = Ed Morrison (England)}}

date = 17 February 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 14–16 | away = | homescore = Tries: Proctor Pen: A. Thomas (3)| awayscore = Tries: Townsend Con: Dods Pen: Dods (3)| stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = 47,000 | referee = Joel Dume (France)}}

date = 2 March 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 30–17 | away = | homescore = Tries: Corkery Fulcher Geoghegan Woods Con: Mason (2) Pen: Mason (2)| awayscore = Tries: I. Evans (2) Con: A. Thomas (2) Pen: A. Thomas| stadium = Lansdowne Road, Dublin | attendance = | referee = Didier Mene (France)}}

date = 2 March 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 9–18 | away = | homescore = Pen: Dods (3) | awayscore = Pen: Grayson (6) | stadium = Murrayfield, Edinburgh | attendance = 67,000 | referee = Derek Bevan (Wales)}}

date = 16 March 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 28–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Sleightholme Con: Grayson Pen: Grayson (6) Drops: Grayson| awayscore = Pen: Mason (4) Drops: Humphreys| stadium = Twickenham, London | attendance = 75,000 | referee = Edward Murray (Scotland)}}

date = 16 March 1996| time = 15:00| home = | score = 16–15 | away = | homescore = Tries: Howley Con: Jenkins Pen: Jenkins (3)| awayscore = Tries: Castaignède Ntamack Con: Castaignède Pen: Castaignède| stadium = National Stadium, Cardiff | attendance = 52,000 | referee = Brian Stirling (Ireland)}}

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