TheBreakdown
Full time15 March 1980
Scotland
18–30
England
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1980Head-to-head

England won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine4–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine7–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine10–0
  5. –TScotland try · John Rutherford14–0
  6. –TScotland try · Alan Tomes18–0
  7. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare18–2
  8. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare18–4
  9. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare18–7
  10. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare18–10
  11. –TEngland try · John Carleton18–14
  12. –TEngland try · John Carleton18–18
  13. –TEngland try · John Carleton18–22
  14. –TEngland try · Mike Slemen18–26
  15. –TEngland try · Stephen Smith18–30

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Jim BurnettProp
  2. 2Ken LawrieHooker
  3. 3Norrie RowanProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5David GraySecond row
  6. 6Mike BiggarFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12David JohnstonCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Keith RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Ian McLauchlanBench
  17. 17Colin FisherBench
  18. 19Alan LawsonBench
  19. 20Bryan GossmanBench
  20. 21James GossmanBench

England

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Roger UttleyFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Clive WoodwardCentre
  13. 13Paul DodgeCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16John PalmerBench
  17. 17Alan OldBench
  18. 18IG PeckBench
  19. 19Steve MillsBench
  20. 20Gordon SargentBench
  21. 21Mike RafterBench

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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

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.