TheBreakdown
Full time17 January 1976
England
9–21
Wales
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1976Head-to-head

Wales won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell9–0
  4. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick9–2
  5. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick9–4
  6. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick9–6
  7. –PWales penalty · Allan Martin9–9
  8. –TWales try · JPR Williams9–13
  9. –TWales try · JPR Williams9–17
  10. –TWales try · Gareth Edwards9–21

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Mike BurtonProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Rob WilkinsonSecond row
  6. 6Mark KeyworthFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Mike LamphowskiScrum-half
  10. 10Martin CooperFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12David CookeCentre
  13. 13Andy MaxwellCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-back
  16. 16Peter PreeceBench
  17. 17Alan OldBench
  18. 18Stephen SmithBench
  19. 19Barry NelmesBench
  20. 20John PullinBench
  21. 21Peter DixonBench

Wales

  1. 1Charlie FaulknerProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Terry CobnerFlanker
  7. 7Trevor EvansFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Roy BergiersBench
  17. 17Gareth DaviesBench
  18. 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
  19. 19Mike KnillBench
  20. 20Roy ThomasBench
  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.