Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the seventy-seventh series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship.

This was the last Five Nations tournament where a try was worth 3 points.

[1] Ten matches were played between 16 January and 27 March.

It was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Wales won all their four matches to win the championship for the seventeenth time outright, excluding shared titles.