Full time21 January 1928
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Five Nations 1928Head-to-head
England won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –CWales conversion · Ivor Jones2–0
- –TWales try · John Bartlett5–0
- –TWales try · Dai John8–0
- –CEngland conversion · James Richardson8–2
- –CEngland conversion · James Richardson8–4
- –TEngland try · Kirwan Taylor8–7
- –TEngland try · Henri Laird8–10
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Lonza BowdlerProp
- 2Cecil PritchardHooker
- 3Harry PhillipsProp
- 4Ned JenkinsSecond row
- 5Archie SkymSecond row
- 6Iorwerth JonesFlanker
- 7Ivor JonesFlanker
- 8Tom HollingdaleNumber 8
- 9Arthur JohnScrum-half
- 10Dai JohnFly-half
- 11Rowe HardingWing
- 12Bernard TurnbullCentre
- 13John RobertsCentre
- 14John BartlettWing
- 15Tommy ReesFull-back
England
- 1Edward StanburyProp
- 2John TuckerHooker
- 3Thomas CoulsonProp
- 4Kendrick StarkSecond row
- 5Ronald Cove-SmithSecond row
- 6Jerry HanleyFlanker
- 7Tom LawsonFlanker
- 8David Turquand-YoungNumber 8
- 9Arthur YoungScrum-half
- 10Henri LairdFly-half
- 11Thomas DevittWing
- 12James RichardsonCentre
- 13Carl AarvoldCentre
- 14Kirwan TaylorWing
- 15Monkey SellarFull-back
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Context
All-time, Wales 61–66 England, 11 drawn in 138 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Wales going in
England going in
- Previous meeting: 15 January 1927, Wales 9–11 England
- Next meeting on record: 19 January 1929
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.