TheBreakdown
Full time20 April 1985
Wales
24–15
England
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1985Head-to-head

Wales won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn4–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn7–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn10–0
  5. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn13–0
  6. –TWales try · Jonathan Davies17–0
  7. –TWales try · Gareth Roberts21–0
  8. –DWales drop goal · Jonathan Davies24–0
  9. –CEngland conversion · Rob Andrew24–2
  10. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew24–5
  11. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew24–8
  12. –TEngland try · Simon Smith24–12
  13. –DEngland drop goal · Rob Andrew24–15

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Jeff WhitefootProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Stuart EvansProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Gareth RobertsFlanker
  7. 7David PickeringFlanker
  8. 8Phil DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Kevin HopkinsCentre
  13. 13Rob AckermanCentre
  14. 14Phil LewisWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16Mark WyattBench
  17. 17Malcolm DaceyBench
  18. 18Dai BishopBench
  19. 19Ian StephensBench
  20. 20M RichardsBench
  21. 21Mark BrownBench

England

  1. 1Austin SheppardProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4John OrwinSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6John HallFlanker
  7. 7David CookeFlanker
  8. 8Bob HesfordNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel MelvilleScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Kevin SimmsCentre
  14. 14Simon SmithWing
  15. 15Chris MartinFull-back
  16. 16Huw DaviesBench
  17. 17Stuart BarnesBench
  18. 18Richard HillBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20Paul SimpsonBench
  21. 21Mike TeagueBench

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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.