TheBreakdown
Full time5 March 1983
England
12–22
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1983Head-to-head

Scotland won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare9–0
  4. –DEngland drop goal · John Horton12–0
  5. –CScotland conversion · Peter Dods12–2
  6. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods12–5
  7. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods12–8
  8. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods12–11
  9. –TScotland try · Roy Laidlaw12–15
  10. –TScotland try · Tom Smith12–19
  11. –DScotland drop goal · Keith Robertson12–22

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Stephen BoyleSecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6Nick JeavonsFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11Anthony SwiftWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Huw DaviesCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Nicholas StringerBench
  17. 17Tony BondBench
  18. 18Nick YoungsBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20Steve MillsBench
  21. 21Bob HesfordBench

Scotland

  1. 1Jim AitkenProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Tom SmithSecond row
  5. 5Iain PaxtonSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12Keith RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Jim PollockWing
  15. 15Peter DodsFull-back
  16. 16Gerry McGuinnessBench
  17. 17Bob CunninghamBench
  18. 18Alister CampbellBench
  19. 19Gordon HunterBench
  20. 20Bryan GossmanBench
  21. 21David JohnstonBench

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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.