TheBreakdown
Full time18 January 1986
England
21–18
Wales
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1986Head-to-head

England won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew9–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew12–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew15–0
  6. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew18–0
  7. –DEngland drop goal · Rob Andrew21–0
  8. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn21–2
  9. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn21–5
  10. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn21–8
  11. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn21–11
  12. –TWales try · Bleddyn Bowen21–15
  13. –DWales drop goal · Jonathan Davies21–18

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Wade DooleySecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6John HallFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Graham RobbinsNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel MelvilleScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jamie SalmonCentre
  13. 13Simon HallidayCentre
  14. 14Simon SmithWing
  15. 15Huw DaviesFull-back
  16. 16John PalmerBench
  17. 17Stuart BarnesBench
  18. 18Richard HillBench
  19. 19Gareth ChilcottBench
  20. 20A SimmonsBench
  21. 21Nigel RedmanBench

Wales

  1. 1Jeff WhitefootProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Ian EidmanProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5David WatersSecond row
  6. 6Mark BrownFlanker
  7. 7David PickeringFlanker
  8. 8Phil DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Bleddyn BowenCentre
  13. 13John DevereuxCentre
  14. 14Phil LewisWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16Mark TitleyBench
  17. 17Malcolm DaceyBench
  18. 18Mark DouglasBench
  19. 19Ian StephensBench
  20. 20M RichardsBench
  21. 21Mark JonesBench

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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.