TheBreakdown
Full time16 February 1980
England
9–8
Wales
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1980Head-to-head

England won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare9–0
  4. –TWales try · Elgan Rees9–4
  5. –TWales try · Jeff Squire9–8

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Roger UttleyFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 17Alan OldBench
  17. 18IG PeckBench
  18. 19Steve MillsBench
  19. 20Gordon SargentBench
  20. 21Mike RafterBench

Wales

  1. 1Clive WilliamsProp
  2. 2Alan PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Paul RingerFlanker
  7. 7Jeff SquireFlanker
  8. 8Eddie ButlerNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Les KeenWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13David RichardsCentre
  14. 14Elgan ReesWing
  15. 15Roger BlythFull-back
  16. 16Chris WebberBench
  17. 17Ray GravellBench
  18. 18Gerald WilliamsBench
  19. 19John RichardsonBench
  20. 20Billy JamesBench
  21. 21Stuart LaneBench

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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.