TheBreakdown
Full time1 February 1997
England
41–13
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1997Head-to-head

England won by 28 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson2–0
  2. 1’CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson4–0
  3. 1’CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson6–0
  4. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson9–0
  5. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson12–0
  6. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson15–0
  7. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson18–0
  8. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson21–0
  9. 1’TEngland try · Will Carling26–0
  10. 1’TEngland try · Phil De Glanville31–0
  11. 1’CScotland conversion · Rowan Shepherd31–2
  12. 1’PScotland penalty · Rowan Shepherd31–5
  13. 1’PScotland penalty · Rowan Shepherd31–8
  14. 16’TEngland try36–8
  15. 25’TScotland try · Ronnie Eriksson36–13
  16. 68’TEngland try · Andy Gomarsall41–13

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Simon ShawSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Richard HillFlanker
  8. 8Tim RodberNumber 8
  9. 9Andy GomarsallScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Tony UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Jon SleightholmeWing
  15. 15Tim StimpsonFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy GuscottBench
  17. 17Mike CattBench
  18. 18Austin HealeyBench
  19. 19Ben ClarkeBench
  20. 20Darren GarforthBench
  21. 21Phil GreeningBench

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Graham EllisHooker
  3. 3Mattie StewartProp
  4. 4Doddie WeirSecond row
  5. 5Andy ReedSecond row
  6. 6Peter WaltonFlanker
  7. 7Ian SmithFlanker
  8. 8Rob WainwrightNumber 8
  9. 9Bryan RedpathScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Ronnie ErikssonCentre
  13. 13Tony StangerCentre
  14. 14Derek StarkWing
  15. 15Rowan ShepherdFull-back
  16. 16Scott HastingsBench
  17. 17Craig ChalmersBench
  18. 18Gary ArmstrongBench
  19. 19Shade MunroBench
  20. 20David HiltonBench
  21. 21Steve BrotherstoneBench

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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.