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1957 Five Nations Championship

Season of five nations championship

Field	Value
name	1957 Five Nations Championship
date	12 January - 23 March 1957
countries

champions
count	15
grand slam	(7th title)
triple crown	(13th title)
matches	10
previous year	1956
previous tournament	1956 Five Nations Championship
next year	1958
next tournament	1958 Five Nations Championship

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:

Venue	City	Captain
Twickenham	London	Eric Evans
Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir	Colombes	Michel Celaya
Lansdowne Road	Dublin	Noel Henderson
Murrayfield	Edinburgh	Jim Greenwood/Arthur Smith
National Stadium	Cardiff	Malcolm Thomas/Rees Stephens

Table

Results

date = 1957-01-12| home = | score = 0–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

date = 1957-01-19| home = | score = 0–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1957-01-26| home = | score = 11–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1957-02-02| home = | score = 9–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1957-02-09| home = | score = 0–6 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Dublin | attendance = }}

date = 1957-02-23| home = | score = 9–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1957-02-23| home = | score = 3–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Edinburgh | attendance = }}

date = 1957-03-09| home = | score = 6–5 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Cardiff | attendance = }}

date = 1957-03-16| home = | score = 16–3 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = London | attendance = }}

date = 1957-03-23| home = | score = 13–19 | away = | homescore = | awayscore = | stadium = Paris | attendance = }}

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