Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 26 October 1991Head-to-head
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England won by 3 points.Half-time 6–3
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Tacklesmademissed
SCO498
ENG8320
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO0/02/30
ENG0/02/61
← England attack · Scotland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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Tries and goal kicks as a table
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Team stats
ENG68Carries53
295Metres gained133
2Clean breaks2
20Defenders beaten8
77Passes62
3Offloads7
49Tackles made83
8Tackles missed20
25/37Rucks won18/22
20/25Lineouts won13/15
18/18Scrums won19/19
0/2Mauls won6/8
11Penalties conceded10
43Kicks from hand60
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 0/0, penalties 2/3 · ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 2/6. Pale segment = set piece lost.
SCO conversions 0/0, penalties 2/3 · ENG conversions 0/0, penalties 2/6. Pale segment = set piece lost.
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Line-ups
Scotland
- 1David SoleProp
- 2John AllanHooker
- 3Paul BurnellProp
- 4Chris GraySecond row
- 5Doddie WeirSecond row
- 6John JeffreyFlanker
- 7Finlay CalderFlanker
- 8Derek WhiteNumber 8
- 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
- 10Craig ChalmersFly-half
- 11Iwan TukaloWing
- 12Sean LineenCentre
- 13Scott HastingsCentre
- 14Tony StangerWing
- 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
England
- 1Jason LeonardProp
- 2Brian MooreHooker
- 3Jeff ProbynProp
- 4Paul AckfordSecond row
- 5Wade DooleySecond row
- 6Micky SkinnerFlanker
- 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
- 8Mike TeagueNumber 8
- 9Richard HillScrum-half
- 10Rob AndrewFly-half
- 11Rory UnderwoodWing
- 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
- 13Will CarlingCentre
- 14Simon HallidayWing
- 15Jonathan WebbFull-back
- 16Nigel HeslopBench
- 17David PearsBench
- 18Dewi MorrisBench
- 19Dean RichardsBench
- 20John OlverBench
- 21Paul RendallBench
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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
- Previous meeting: 16 February 1991, Scotland 12–21 England
- Next meeting on record: 18 January 1992
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.