TheBreakdown
Full time4 April 1987
England
21–12
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1987Head-to-head

England won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose4–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose7–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose10–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose13–0
  6. –TEngland try17–0
  7. –TEngland try · Marcus Rose21–0
  8. –CScotland conversion · Gavin Hastings21–2
  9. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings21–5
  10. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings21–8
  11. –TScotland try · Keith Robertson21–12

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Nigel RedmanSecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6John HallFlanker
  7. 7Gary ReesFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HardingScrum-half
  10. 10Peter WilliamsFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jamie SalmonCentre
  13. 13Simon HallidayCentre
  14. 14Mike HarrisonWing
  15. 15Marcus RoseFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan WebbBench
  17. 17Rob AndrewBench
  18. 18D HolmesBench
  19. 19A SimmonsBench
  20. 20Jeff ProbynBench
  21. 21Peter WinterbottomBench

Scotland

  1. 1David SoleProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Derek WhiteSecond row
  5. 5Iain PaxtonSecond row
  6. 6John JeffreyFlanker
  7. 7Finlay CalderFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Roger BairdCentre
  13. 13Keith RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Matt DuncanWing
  15. 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
  16. 16Norrie RowanBench
  17. 17Gary CallanderBench
  18. 18Alan TomesBench
  19. 19Greig OliverBench
  20. 20Alan TaitBench
  21. 21Peter DodsBench

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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.