TheBreakdown
Full time22 March 1998
Scotland
20–34
England
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1998Head-to-head

England won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Derrick Lee2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Derrick Lee4–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Craig Chalmers7–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Craig Chalmers10–0
  5. –TScotland try · Tony Stanger15–0
  6. –TScotland try · Shaun Longstaff20–0
  7. –CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson20–2
  8. –CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson20–4
  9. –CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson20–6
  10. –CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson20–8
  11. –PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson20–11
  12. –TEngland try20–16
  13. –TEngland try · Austin Healey20–21
  14. –TEngland try · Paul Grayson20–26
  15. –TEngland try · Matt Dawson20–31
  16. –DEngland drop goal · Paul Grayson20–34

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1David HiltonProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Paul BurnellProp
  4. 4Damian CroninSecond row
  5. 5Doddie WeirSecond row
  6. 6Rob WainwrightFlanker
  7. 7Adam RoxburghFlanker
  8. 8Eric PetersNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Craig ChalmersFly-half
  11. 11Shaun LongstaffWing
  12. 12Alan TaitCentre
  13. 13Gregor TownsendCentre
  14. 14Tony StangerWing
  15. 15Derrick LeeFull-back
  16. 16Hugh GilmourBench
  17. 17Cammie MurrayBench
  18. 18Andy NicolBench
  19. 19Budge PountneyBench
  20. 20Stuart GrimesBench
  21. 21George GrahamBench
  22. 22Graham EllisBench

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Richard CockerillHooker
  3. 3Darren GarforthProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Garath ArcherSecond row
  6. 6Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Dean RyanNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Adedayo AdebayoWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Austin HealeyWing
  15. 15Matt PerryFull-back
  16. 16Phil De GlanvilleBench
  17. 17Jonny WilkinsonBench
  18. 18Scott BentonBench
  19. 19Tony DiproseBench
  20. 20Danny GrewcockBench
  21. 21Phil VickeryBench
  22. 22Dorian WestBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 45–71 England, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland going in
England 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.