TheBreakdown
Full time21 February 1981
England
23–17
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1981Head-to-head

England won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare11–0
  5. –TEngland try · Clive Woodward15–0
  6. –TEngland try · Mike Slemen19–0
  7. –TEngland try · Huw Davies23–0
  8. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine23–2
  9. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine23–5
  10. –TScotland try · Steve Munro23–9
  11. –TScotland try · Steve Munro23–13
  12. –TScotland try · Jim Calder23–17

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Nick JeavonsFlanker
  7. 7David CookeFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Huw DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Marcus RoseBench
  17. 17Nick PrestonBench
  18. 18Nick YoungsBench
  19. 19Andrew SimpsonBench
  20. 20Gordon SargentBench
  21. 21Bob HesfordBench

Scotland

  1. 1Jim AitkenProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Norrie RowanProp
  4. 4Bill CuthbertsonSecond row
  5. 5Alan TomesSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Keith RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Steve MunroWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Gerry McGuinnessBench
  17. 17Ken LawrieBench
  18. 18Tom SmithBench
  19. 19Alan LawsonBench
  20. 20Ronald WilsonBench
  21. 21Richard BreakeyBench

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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.