TheBreakdown
Full time16 January 1971
Wales
22–6
England
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1971Head-to-head

Wales won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · John Taylor2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · John Taylor4–0
  3. –PWales penalty · JPR Williams7–0
  4. –TWales try · Gerald Davies10–0
  5. –TWales try · Gerald Davies13–0
  6. –TWales try · John Bevan16–0
  7. –DWales drop goal · Barry John19–0
  8. –DWales drop goal · Barry John22–0
  9. –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough22–3
  10. –TEngland try · Ronald Hannaford22–6

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Barry LlewelynProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Denzil WilliamsProp
  4. 4Delme ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Mike RobertsSecond row
  6. 6Dai MorrisFlanker
  7. 7John TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Barry JohnFly-half
  11. 11John BevanWing
  12. 12Arthur LewisCentre
  13. 13John DawesCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Ian HallBench
  17. 17Phil BennettBench
  18. 18Ray HopkinsBench
  19. 19John LloydBench
  20. 20N ReesBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

England

  1. 1Piggy PowellProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Keith FairbrotherProp
  4. 4Barry NinnesSecond row
  5. 5Peter LarterSecond row
  6. 6Anthony BucknallFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Ronald HannafordNumber 8
  9. 9Jacko PageScrum-half
  10. 10Ian WrightFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12John SpencerCentre
  13. 13Chris WardlowCentre
  14. 14Jeremy JanionWing
  15. 15Peter RossboroughFull-back
  16. 16Peter GloverBench
  17. 17Alan CowmanBench
  18. 18Nigel Starmer-SmithBench
  19. 19AG JohnsonBench
  20. 20Fran CottonBench
  21. 21Peter DixonBench

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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

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.