1938 Home Nations Championship

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The 1938 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fourth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-first series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 15 January and 19 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Scotland won their 12th title, also winning the Triple Crown and the Calcutta Cup.[1]

Date15 January - 19 March 1938
Champions Scotland (11th title)
Triple Crown Scotland (8th title)
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1938 Home Nations Championship
Date15 January - 19 March 1938
Countries England
 Ireland
 Scotland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions Scotland (11th title)
Triple Crown Scotland (8th title)
Matches played6
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Participants

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Scotland 3 3 0 0 52 36 +16 6
2  Wales 3 2 0 1 31 21 +10 4
3  England 3 1 0 2 60 49 +11 2
4  Ireland 3 0 0 3 33 70 −37 0
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Results

1938-01-15
 Wales14–8 England
Cardiff
1938-02-05
Scotland 8–6 Wales
Edinburgh
1938-02-12
Ireland 14–36 England
Dublin
1938-02-26
Scotland 23–14 Ireland
Edinburgh
1938-03-12
 Wales11–5 Ireland
Swansea
1938-03-19
England 16–21 Scotland
London

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