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Full time20 January 1979
Scotland
13–19
Wales
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1979Head-to-head

Wales won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine6–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine9–0
  4. –TScotland try · Andy Irvine13–0
  5. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick13–2
  6. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick13–5
  7. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick13–8
  8. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick13–11
  9. –TWales try · Elgan Rees13–15
  10. –TWales try · Terry Holmes13–19

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Bob CunninghamProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5Alistair McHargSecond row
  6. 6Mike BiggarFlanker
  7. 7Gordon DicksonFlanker
  8. 8Ian LambieNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Keith RobertsonWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Bill GammellBench
  17. 17Alistair CranstonBench
  18. 18Roy LaidlawBench
  19. 19Ken LawrieBench
  20. 20Jim AitkenBench
  21. 21Bill WatsonBench

Wales

  1. 1Charlie FaulknerProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Paul RingerFlanker
  7. 7Jeff SquireFlanker
  8. 8Derek QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14Elgan ReesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Clive GriffithsBench
  17. 17David RichardsBench
  18. 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
  19. 19Alan PhillipsBench
  20. 20John RichardsonBench
  21. 21Stuart LaneBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 49–74 Wales, 2 drawn in 125 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.