TheBreakdown
Full time16 March 1985
England
10–7
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1985Head-to-head

England won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew6–0
  3. –TEngland try · Simon Smith10–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods10–3
  5. –TScotland try · Keith Robertson10–7

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Phil BlakewayProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4John OrwinSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6John HallFlanker
  7. 7David CookeFlanker
  8. 8Bob HesfordNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HardingScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Kevin SimmsCentre
  14. 14Simon SmithWing
  15. 15Chris MartinFull-back
  16. 16Huw DaviesBench
  17. 17Stuart BarnesBench
  18. 18Richard HillBench
  19. 19Austin SheppardBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21Mike TeagueBench

Scotland

  1. 1Gerry McGuinnessProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Alister CampbellSecond row
  5. 5Alan TomesSecond row
  6. 6John JeffreyFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Gordon HunterScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12Keith RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Doug WyllieCentre
  14. 14Peter StevenWing
  15. 15Peter DodsFull-back
  16. 16Norrie RowanBench
  17. 17Gary CallanderBench
  18. 18Tom SmithBench
  19. 19RJ HogarthBench
  20. 20Alex KennedyBench
  21. 21Jim PollockBench

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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.