TheBreakdown
Full time17 March 1979
Wales
27–3
England
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1979Head-to-head

Wales won by 24 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Allan Martin4–0
  3. –TWales try · Elgan Rees8–0
  4. –TWales try · David Richards12–0
  5. –TWales try · JJ Williams16–0
  6. –TWales try · Mike Roberts20–0
  7. –TWales try · Paul Ringer24–0
  8. –DWales drop goal · Gareth Davies27–0
  9. –PEngland penalty · Nellie Bennett27–3

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1John RichardsonProp
  2. 2Alan PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Mike RobertsSecond 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. 13David RichardsCentre
  14. 14Elgan ReesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Clive GriffithsBench
  17. 17Peter MorganBench
  18. 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
  19. 19J DixonBench
  20. 21Stuart LaneBench

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Tony NearyFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Peter KingstonScrum-half
  10. 10Nellie BennettFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Richard CardusCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-back
  16. 16Tony BondBench
  17. 17John HortonBench
  18. 18Malcolm YoungBench
  19. 19Jon RaphaelBench
  20. 20John DoubledayBench
  21. 21Andy RipleyBench

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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.