TheBreakdown
Full time28 February 1970
England
13–17
Wales
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1970Head-to-head

Wales won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Bob Hiller2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Bob Hiller4–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller7–0
  4. –TEngland try · Michael Novak10–0
  5. –TEngland try · David Duckham13–0
  6. –CWales conversion · JPR Williams13–2
  7. –TWales try · JPR Williams13–5
  8. –TWales try · Barry John13–8
  9. –TWales try · Mervyn Davies13–11
  10. –TWales try · Ray Hopkins13–14
  11. –DWales drop goal · Barry John13–17

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Keith FairbrotherProp
  4. 4Mike DavisSecond row
  5. 5Peter LarterSecond row
  6. 6Anthony BucknallFlanker
  7. 7Bryan WestFlanker
  8. 8Robert TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel Starmer-SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Roger ShackletonFly-half
  11. 11Peter HaleWing
  12. 12David DuckhamCentre
  13. 13John SpencerCentre
  14. 14Michael NovakWing
  15. 15Bob HillerFull-back
  16. 16Chris WardlowBench
  17. 17John FinlanBench
  18. 18Malcolm YoungBench
  19. 19Barry JacksonBench
  20. 20RFS HarrisBench
  21. 21PJ HaywardBench

Wales

  1. 1Barry LlewelynProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Denzil WilliamsProp
  4. 4Delme ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Geoff EvansSecond row
  6. 6Dai MorrisFlanker
  7. 7Dennis HughesFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Barry JohnFly-half
  11. 11Ian HallWing
  12. 12Billy RaybouldCentre
  13. 13John DawesCentre
  14. 14Stuart WatkinsWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Graham HodgsonBench
  17. 17Phil BennettBench
  18. 18Ray HopkinsBench
  19. 19John LloydBench
  20. 20Vic PerrinsBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

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Context

All-time, England 66–61 Wales, 11 drawn in 138 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
Wales 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.