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Full time18 January 1997
Scotland
19–34
Wales
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1997Head-to-head

Wales won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Rowan Shepherd2–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Rowan Shepherd5–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Rowan Shepherd8–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Rowan Shepherd11–0
  5. –TScotland try · Scott Hastings16–0
  6. –DScotland drop goal · Craig Chalmers19–0
  7. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins19–2
  8. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins19–4
  9. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins19–6
  10. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins19–8
  11. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins19–11
  12. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins19–14
  13. –TWales try · Neil Jenkins19–19
  14. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans19–24
  15. –TWales try · Arwel Thomas19–29
  16. –TWales try · Scott Quinnell19–34

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1David HiltonProp
  2. 2Graham EllisHooker
  3. 3Mattie StewartProp
  4. 4Doddie WeirSecond row
  5. 5Andy ReedSecond row
  6. 6Peter WaltonFlanker
  7. 7Murray WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Rob WainwrightNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Craig ChalmersFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Gregor TownsendCentre
  13. 13Scott HastingsCentre
  14. 14Tony StangerWing
  15. 15Rowan ShepherdFull-back
  16. 16Derek StarkBench
  17. 17Ronnie ErikssonBench
  18. 18Bryan RedpathBench
  19. 19Shade MunroBench
  20. 20Ian SmithBench

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mark RowleySecond row
  6. 6Steve WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Colin CharvisFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan DaviesBench
  17. 17Paul JohnBench
  18. 18Craig QuinnellBench
  19. 19Gwyn JonesBench
  20. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

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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.