TheBreakdown
Full time15 January 1977
England
26–6
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1977Head-to-head

England won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Alastair Hignell2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Alastair Hignell4–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell7–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell10–0
  5. –TEngland try · Charles Kent14–0
  6. –TEngland try · Mike Slemen18–0
  7. –TEngland try · Malcolm Young22–0
  8. –TEngland try · Roger Uttley26–0
  9. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine26–3
  10. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine26–6

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Robin CowlingProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8Roger UttleyNumber 8
  9. 9Malcolm YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Martin CooperFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Charles KentCentre
  13. 13Barrie CorlessCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-back
  16. 16Nigel FrenchBench
  17. 17Alan OldBench
  18. 18Stephen SmithBench
  19. 19Jon RaphaelBench
  20. 20Mike BurtonBench
  21. 21Andy RipleyBench

Scotland

  1. 1Jim AitkenProp
  2. 2Duncan MadsenHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5Alistair McHargSecond row
  6. 6Wilson LauderFlanker
  7. 7Alex BrewsterFlanker
  8. 8Donald MacdonaldNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Ronald WilsonFly-half
  11. 11Lewis DickWing
  12. 12Alistair CranstonCentre
  13. 13Ian McGeechanCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Bruce HayBench
  17. 17Jim RenwickBench
  18. 18Dougie MorganBench
  19. 19Colin FisherBench
  20. 20Norm PenderBench
  21. 21Bill WatsonBench

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Context

All-time, England 71–45 Scotland, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
Scotland going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.