TheBreakdown
Full time4 February 1978
England
6–9
Wales
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1978Head-to-head

Wales won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Alastair Hignell6–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett6–3
  4. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett6–6
  5. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett6–9

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Barry NelmesProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Mike BurtonProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Rob MordellFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Malcolm YoungScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Barrie CorlessCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-back
  16. 16Geoff EvansBench
  17. 17Alan OldBench
  18. 18IN OrumBench
  19. 19Jon RaphaelBench
  20. 20Colin WhiteBench
  21. 21Maurice ColcloughBench

Wales

  1. 1Charlie FaulknerProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7Terry CobnerFlanker
  8. 8Derek QuinnellNumber 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. 16Gareth EvansBench
  17. 17John BevanBench
  18. 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
  19. 19John RichardsonBench
  20. 20Mike WatkinsBench
  21. 21Trevor EvansBench

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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.