1997 Five Nations Championship 1997 Five Nations Championship The 1997 Five Nations Championship was the sixty-eighth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the hundred-and-third series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played over five weekends from 18 January to 15 March, the crucial match being in Weekend 4 where England inexplicably threw away a 20-6 lead at Twickenham with quarter of the match to go and were pipped by France. France went on to win their first Grand Slam in ten years; England defeated the
1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship 1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship The 1926–27 French Rugby Union Championship of first division was won by Toulouse that beat Stade Français in the final. Le Stade Toulousain conquest his fifth Bouclier de Brennus in six year. The 1927 Five Nations Championship was won by Ireland and by Scotland, the France was last. The first tweo of each pool admitted to next round. It was assigned 3 points for victory, 2 for draw, 1 for lost match, 0 point in case of forfeit. "Tie-Break:" Grenoble – Hendaye 12–10 "Tie-Break:" Narbonne Lourdes 6–3 "Tie-Break:" :Racing – Lyon OU 19 – 6