Professional Era

Scotland (1999) were the last team to lift the Five Nations trophy as Italy joined the following year and the Championship became a six-country festival of rugby with three fixtures…

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Post War

Proceedings were halted again during World War II and resumed in 1947 as the Five Nations with France welcomed backed into the…

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Up to World War I

1871, England and Scotland played the first rugby union international with the latter coming out on top.
After 12 years of occasional friendly…

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