| 1948 Five Nations Championship | |||
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| Date | 17 January - 29 March 1948 | ||
| Countries |  England France Ireland Scotland Wales | ||
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| Champions | Ireland (5th title) | ||
| Grand Slam | Ireland (1st title) | ||
| Triple Crown | Ireland (3rd title) | ||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
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The1948 Five Nations Championship was the nineteenth series of the rugby unionFive Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the fifty-fourth series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Ten matches were played between 17 January and 29 March. It was contested byEngland,France,Ireland,Scotland andWales. The tournament was won byIreland, who achieved aGrand Slam by defeating all the other participants, a feat they would not accomplish again until2009 and their first on home soil.
The teams involved were:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 | Ireland | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 19 | +17 | 8 |
| 2 | France | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 25 | +15 | 4 |
| 2 | Scotland | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 4 |
| 4 | Wales | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 3 |
| 5 | England | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 1 |
| 1 January 1948 |
| France | 6–13 | Ireland |
| Try:Soro Basquet | Report[1] | Try:Reid McCarthy Mullan Con:Mullan (2) |
| Stade Olympique de Colombes,Paris |
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| 14 February 1948 |
| England | 10–11 | Ireland |
| Try:Guest (2) Con:Uren (2) | Report[2] | Try:Callan Kyle McKay Con:Mullan |
| Twickenham,London |
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| 13 March 1948 |
| Ireland | 6–3 | Wales |
| Try:Mullan Daly | Report[4] | Try:B. Williams |
| Ravenhill,Belfast Attendance: 32,000[5] |
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