TheBreakdown
Full time17 January 1981
Wales
21–19
England
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1981Head-to-head

Wales won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick8–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick11–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick14–0
  6. –TWales try · Clive Davis18–0
  7. –DWales drop goal · Gareth Davies21–0
  8. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare21–3
  9. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare21–6
  10. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare21–9
  11. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare21–12
  12. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare21–15
  13. –TEngland try · Dusty Hare21–19

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Ian StephensProp
  2. 2Alan PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Clive DavisSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Rhodri LewisFlanker
  7. 7Jeff SquireFlanker
  8. 8Gareth WilliamsNumber 8
  9. 9Brynmor WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth DaviesFly-half
  11. 11David NicholasWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13David RichardsCentre
  14. 14Rob AckermanWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Gwyn EvansBench
  17. 17Gary PearceBench
  18. 18Gerald WilliamsBench
  19. 19Clive WilliamsBench
  20. 20Steve JonesBench
  21. 21Allan MartinBench

England

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Mike RafterFlanker
  7. 7David CookeFlanker
  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. 16Marcus RoseBench
  17. 17Huw DaviesBench
  18. 18Nick YoungsBench
  19. 19Andrew SimpsonBench
  20. 20Austin SheppardBench
  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.