El Home Nations Championship de 1908 fue la vigésimo sexta edición del Home Nations Championship de rugby union . Se jugaron seis partidos entre el 18 de enero y el 21 de marzo. En él participaron Inglaterra , Irlanda , Escocia y Gales .
Aunque no formaba parte oficialmente del torneo hasta 1910, se organizaron partidos con la selección francesa que se jugaron durante el campeonato. Durante el campeonato de 1908, dos naciones locales se enfrentaron a Francia, Inglaterra y Gales. Cuando Gales venció a los tres oponentes de las naciones locales y a Francia, no solo se llevó la Triple Corona , sino que fue el ganador del primer Grand Slam del campeonato .
Los partidos de esta temporada se decidían por los puntos anotados. Un ensayo valía tres puntos, mientras que convertir un gol pateado desde el ensayo otorgaba dos puntos adicionales. Un drop goal valía cuatro puntos, mientras que un gol desde el punto de penalti y los goles de penalti valían tres puntos.
Inglaterra: AE Wood ( Gloucester ), WN Lapage (United Services), JGG Birkett ( Harlequins ) , capitán , D Lambert ( Harlequins ), A Hudson ( Gloucester ), J Peters (Plymouth), RH Williamson ( Universidad de Oxford ), R Gilbert ( Devonport Albion ), F Boylen ( Harlepool Rovers ), GD Roberts ( Harlequins ), CEL Hammond ( Harlequins ), LAN Slocock (Liverpool), WA Mills ( Devonport Albion ), H Havelock ( Harlepool Rovers ), Robert Dibble ( Bridgwater & Albion )
Gales: Bert Winfield ( Cardiff ), Johnnie Williams ( Cardiff ), Billy Trew ( Swansea ), Rhys Gabe ( Cardiff ), Reggie Gibbs ( Cardiff ), Percy Bush ( Cardiff ), Tommy Vile ( Newport ), James Watts ( Llanelli ), George Travers ( Pill Harriers ), Charlie Pritchard ( Newport ), John Alf Brown ( Cardiff ), Billy O'Neill ( Cardiff ), Jim Webb ( Abertillery ), William Dowell ( Newport ), Arthur Harding ( Swansea ) , capitán.
Gales: Bert Winfield ( Cardiff ), Johnnie Williams ( Cardiff ), Billy Trew ( Swansea ), Rhys Gabe ( Cardiff ), Reggie Gibbs ( Cardiff ), Percy Bush ( Cardiff ), Tommy Vile ( Newport ), James Watts ( Llanelli ), George Travers ( Pill Harriers ) , capitán , George Hayward ( Swansea ), John Alf Brown ( Cardiff ), Billy O'Neill ( Cardiff ), Jim Webb ( Abertillery ), William Dowell ( Newport ), Arthur Harding ( Swansea )
Escocia: DG Schulze (Royal Navy College, Dartmouth), T Sloan ( London Scottish ), H Martin ( Oxford University ), MW Walter ( London Scottish ), ABHL Purves ( London Scottish ), LL Greig (US Portsmouth) , capitán , George Cunningham ( Oxford University ), IC Geddes ( London Scottish ), JA Brown ( Glasgow Acads ), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum ( Watsonians ), LM Speirs ( Watsonians ), GC Gowlland ( London Scottish ), Bedell-Sivright ( Edinburgh University ), JMB Scott ( Edinburgh Acads ).
Inglaterra: AE Wood ( Gloucester ), WN Lapage (United Services), JGG Birkett ( Harlequins ), Henry Vassall ( Universidad de Oxford ), A Hudson ( Gloucester ), GV Portus ( Blackheath ), RH Williamson ( Universidad de Oxford ), R Gilbert ( Devonport Albion ), F Boylen ( Harlepool Rovers ), TS Kelly ( Exeter ), CEL Hammond ( Harlequins ) , capitán , LAN Slocock ( Liverpool ), John Hopley ( Blackheath ), H Havelock ( Harlepool Rovers ), Robert Dibble ( Bridgwater & Albion )
Irlanda: WP Hinton ( Old Wesley ), GGP Beckett ( Universidad de Dublín ), C Thompson (Belfast Collegians), James Cecil Parke ( Universidad de Dublín ), HB Thrift ( Universidad de Dublín ) , capitán , Herbert Aston ( Universidad de Dublín ), FNB Smartt ( Universidad de Dublín ), Bethel Solomons ( Universidad de Dublín ), Tommy Smyth ( Malone ), C Adams ( Old Wesley ), A Tedford ( Malone ), HG Wilson ( Malone ), E McG Morphy ( Universidad de Dublín ), TG Harpur ( Universidad de Dublín ), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley )
Irlanda: WP Hinton ( Old Wesley ), GGP Beckett ( Universidad de Dublín ), C Thompson (Belfast Collegians), James Cecil Parke ( Universidad de Dublín ) , capitán , HB Thrift ( Universidad de Dublín ), ED Caddell ( Wanderers ), FNB Smartt ( Universidad de Dublín ), Bethel Solomons ( Universidad de Dublín ), Tommy Smyth ( Malone ), F Gardiner ( NIFC ), A Tedford ( Malone ), HG Wilson ( Malone ), EHJ Knox ( Lansdowne ), TG Harpur ( Universidad de Dublín ), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley )
Escocia: DG Schulze (Royal Navy College, Dartmouth), KG McLeod ( Universidad de Cambridge ), H Martin ( Universidad de Oxford ), MW Walter ( London Scottish ), ABHL Purves ( London Scottish ), LL Greig (US Portsmouth) , capitán , George Cunningham ( Universidad de Oxford ), JS Wilson ( London Scottish ), JA Brown ( Glasgow Acads ), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum ( Watsonians ), LM Speirs ( Watsonians ), GA Sanderson (Royal HSFP), Bedell-Sivright ( Universidad de Edimburgo ), JMB Scott ( Edinburgh Acads. ).
Irlanda: WP Hinton ( Old Wesley ), GGP Beckett ( Universidad de Dublín ), C Thompson (Belfast Collegians), James Cecil Parke ( Universidad de Dublín ) , capitán , HB Thrift ( Universidad de Dublín ), ED Caddell ( Wanderers ), Herbert Aston ( Universidad de Dublín ), Bethel Solomons ( Universidad de Dublín ), Tommy Smyth ( Malone ), F Gardiner ( NIFC ), A Tedford ( Malone ), HG Wilson ( Malone ), JJ Coffey ( Lansdowne ), TG Harpur ( Universidad de Dublín ), George Hamlet ( Old Wesley )
Gales: Bert Winfield ( Cardiff ) , capitán , Johnnie Williams ( Cardiff ), Billy Trew ( Swansea ), Rhys Gabe ( Cardiff ), Reggie Gibbs ( Cardiff ), Dick Jones ( Swansea ), Dicky Owen ( Swansea ), James Watts ( Llanelli ), George Travers ( Pill Harriers ), George Hayward ( Swansea ), Tom Evans ( Llanelli ), Billy O'Neill ( Cardiff ), Jim Webb ( Abertillery ), William Dowell ( Newport ), Dick Thomas ( Mountain Ash )
Escocia: DG Schulze (Royal Navy College, Dartmouth), KG McLeod ( Universidad de Cambridge ), H Martin ( Universidad de Oxford ), CM Gilray ( London Scottish ), ABHL Purves ( London Scottish ), AL Wade ( London Scottish ), J Robertson ( Clydesdale ), IC Geddes ( London Scottish ) , capitán , AL Robertson ( London Scottish ), GM Frew (Glasgow HSFP), JC MacCallum ( Watsonians ), LM Speirs ( Watsonians ), HG Monteith ( London Scottish ), WE Kyle (Hawick), JMB Scott ( Edinburgh Acads. ).
Inglaterra: GH D'O Lyon (US Portsmouth), D Lambert ( Harlequins ), JGG Birkett ( Harlequins ), WN Lapage (United Services), A Hudson ( Gloucester ), J Davey (Redruth), RH Williamson ( Oxford University ), R Gilbert ( Devonport Albion ), F Boylen ( Hartlepool Rovers ), TS Kelly ( Exeter ), Tommy Woods ( Bridgwater & Albion ), LAN Slocock ( Liverpool ) capitán , WL Oldham ( Coventry ), FB Watson (US Portsmouth), Robert Dibble ( Bridgwater & Albion )
Francia: H Issac ( Racing Club de France ), C Varseilles ( Stade Français ), R Sagot ( Stade Français ), E Lesieur ( Stade Français ), Gaston Lane ( Racing Club de France ), A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), A Mayssonnie ( Toulouse ), G Borchard ( Racing Club de France ) , P Guillemin ( Racing Club de France ), P Mauriat (Lyon), H Moure (Université de France), R de Malmann ( Racing Club de France ), Marcel Communeau ( Stade Français ) capitán , C Beaurin ( Stade Français ), R Duval ( Racing Club de France )
Inglaterra: AE Wood ( Gloucester ), WN Lapage (United Services), JGG Birkett ( Harlequins ), D Lambert ( Harlequins ), A Hudson ( Gloucester ), GV Portus ( Blackheath ), HJH Sibree ( Harlequins ), EL Chambers ( Bedford ), F Boylen ( Harlepool Rovers ), GD Roberts ( Harlequins ), TS Kelly ( Exeter ) , capitán , LAN Slocock (Liverpool), WA Mills ( Devonport Albion ), H Havelock ( Harlepool Rovers ), Robert Dibble ( Bridgwater & Albion )
Gales: Bert Winfield ( Cardiff ), capitán Teddy Morgan ( London Welsh ) , Billy Trew ( Swansea ), Rhys Gabe ( Cardiff ), Reggie Gibbs ( Cardiff ), Dick Jones ( Swansea ), Dicky Owen ( Swansea ), James Watts ( Llanelli ), George Travers ( Pill Harriers ), George Hayward ( Swansea ), John Alf Brown ( Cardiff ), Billy O'Neill ( Cardiff ), Jim Webb ( Abertillery ), William Dowell ( Newport ), Dick Thomas ( Mountain Ash )
Francia: H Martin ( Stade Bordelais Universitaire ), C Varseilles ( Stade Français ), Maurice Leuvielle ( Stade Bordelais ), E Lesieur ( Stade Français ), Gaston Lane ( Racing Club de France ), A Hubert (Association Sportive Français), A Mayssonnie ( Toulouse ), A Masse ( Stade Bordelais Universitaire ), P Guillemin ( Racing Club de France ), P Mauriat ( Lyon ), A Branlat ( Racing Club de France ), R de Malmann ( Racing Club de France ), Marcel Communeau ( Stade Francés ) capitán. , J Dufourcq ( Stade Bordelais Universitaire ), R Duval ( Racing Club de France )