TheBreakdown
Full time20 February 1988
Wales
25–20
Scotland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1988Head-to-head

Wales won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn4–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn7–0
  4. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans11–0
  5. –TWales try · Jonathan Davies15–0
  6. –TWales try · Ian Watkins19–0
  7. –DWales drop goal · Jonathan Davies22–0
  8. –DWales drop goal · Jonathan Davies25–0
  9. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings25–3
  10. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings25–6
  11. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings25–9
  12. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings25–12
  13. –TScotland try · Matt Duncan25–16
  14. –TScotland try · Finlay Calder25–20

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Staff JonesProp
  2. 2Ian WatkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Phil MaySecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Rowland PhillipsFlanker
  7. 7Richie CollinsFlanker
  8. 8Paul MoriartyNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Bleddyn BowenCentre
  13. 13Mark RingCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16Glen WebbeBench
  17. 17Mike HallBench
  18. 18Jonathan GriffithsBench
  19. 19Jeremy PughBench
  20. 20Kevin PhillipsBench
  21. 21Mark JonesBench

Scotland

  1. 1David SoleProp
  2. 2Gary CallanderHooker
  3. 3Norrie RowanProp
  4. 4Alister CampbellSecond row
  5. 5Damian CroninSecond row
  6. 6John JeffreyFlanker
  7. 7Finlay CalderFlanker
  8. 8Derek WhiteNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Andy KerFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Scott HastingsCentre
  13. 13Alan TaitCentre
  14. 14Matt DuncanWing
  15. 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
  16. 16Alex BrewsterBench
  17. 17Kenny MilneBench
  18. 18Iain PaxtonBench
  19. 19Greig OliverBench
  20. 20Bill RenwickBench
  21. 21Peter DodsBench

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Context

All-time, Wales 74–49 Scotland, 2 drawn in 125 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Wales going in
Scotland 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.