TheBreakdown
Full time3 February 1979
England
7–7
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1979Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Nellie Bennett3–0
  2. –TEngland try · Mike Slemen7–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine7–3
  4. –TScotland try · John Rutherford7–7

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Robin CowlingProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Tony NearyFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8Roger UttleyNumber 8
  9. 9Malcolm YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Nellie BennettFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Tony BondCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-back
  16. 16John PalmerBench
  17. 17John HortonBench
  18. 18Peter KingstonBench
  19. 19Jon RaphaelBench
  20. 20John DoubledayBench
  21. 21John ScottBench

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Bob CunninghamProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5Alistair McHargSecond row
  6. 6Mike BiggarFlanker
  7. 7Gordon DicksonFlanker
  8. 8Ian LambieNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Keith RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Bill GammellBench
  17. 17Alistair CranstonBench
  18. 18Roy LaidlawBench
  19. 19Ken LawrieBench
  20. 20Jim AitkenBench
  21. 21Richie DixonBench

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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.