Full time4 March 1978
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1978Head-to-head
England won by 15 points.
Scoring
- –CEngland conversion · Malcolm Young0–2
- –CEngland conversion · Malcolm Young0–4
- –PEngland penalty · Paul Dodge0–7
- –TEngland try · Peter Squires0–11
- –TEngland try · Barry Nelmes0–15
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Ian McLauchlanProp
- 2Colin DeansHooker
- 3Norm PenderProp
- 4Alan TomesSecond row
- 5David GraySecond row
- 6Mike BiggarFlanker
- 7Charles HegartyFlanker
- 8Donald MacdonaldNumber 8
- 9Dougie MorganScrum-half
- 10Richard BreakeyFly-half
- 11Bruce HayWing
- 12Alistair CranstonCentre
- 13Jim RenwickCentre
- 14Bill GammellWing
- 15Andy IrvineFull-back
- 16AG DougallBench
- 17Charles HoggBench
- 18Roy LaidlawBench
- 19Ken LawrieBench
- 20Sandy CarmichaelBench
- 21Bill WatsonBench
England
- 1Barry NelmesProp
- 2Peter WheelerHooker
- 3Fran CottonProp
- 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
- 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
- 6Peter DixonFlanker
- 7Mike RafterFlanker
- 8John ScottNumber 8
- 9Malcolm YoungScrum-half
- 10John HortonFly-half
- 11Mike SlemenWing
- 12Paul DodgeCentre
- 13Barrie CorlessCentre
- 14Peter SquiresWing
- 15David CaplanFull-back
- 16Charles KentBench
- 17Martin CooperBench
- 18IN OrumBench
- 19Jon RaphaelBench
- 20Mike BurtonBench
- 21Rob MordellBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Scotland 45–71 England, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Scotland going in
England going in
- Previous meeting: 15 January 1977, Scotland 6–26 England
- Next meeting on record: 3 February 1979
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.