For the association football tournaments, see 1937–38 British Home Championship and 1938–39 British Home Championship.
1938 Home Nations Championship
Date
15 January - 19 March 1938
Countries
England Ireland Scotland Wales
Tournament statistics
Champions
Scotland (11th title)
Triple Crown
Scotland (8th title)
Matches played
6
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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]
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