TheBreakdown
Full time7 February 1981
Scotland
15–6
Wales
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1981Head-to-head

Scotland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Jim Renwick2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Jim Renwick4–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Jim Renwick7–0
  4. –TScotland try · Andy Irvine11–0
  5. –TScotland try · Alan Tomes15–0
  6. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick15–3
  7. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick15–6

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Jim AitkenProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Norrie RowanProp
  4. 4Bill CuthbertsonSecond row
  5. 5Alan TomesSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Bruce HayWing
  12. 12Keith RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Steve MunroWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Gerry McGuinnessBench
  17. 17Ken LawrieBench
  18. 18Gordon DicksonBench
  19. 19Alan LawsonBench
  20. 20Ronald WilsonBench
  21. 21Richard BreakeyBench

Wales

  1. 1Ian StephensProp
  2. 2Alan PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Geoff WheelSecond row
  5. 5Clive DavisSecond 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

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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.