TheBreakdown
Full time15 March 1997
Wales
13–34
England
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1997Head-to-head

England won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Jonathan Davies2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Jonathan Davies5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Jonathan Davies8–0
  4. –TWales try · Rob Howley13–0
  5. –CEngland conversion · Mike Catt13–2
  6. –CEngland conversion · Mike Catt13–4
  7. –CEngland conversion · Mike Catt13–6
  8. –CEngland conversion · Mike Catt13–8
  9. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt13–11
  10. –PEngland penalty · Mike Catt13–14
  11. –TEngland try · Tim Stimpson13–19
  12. –TEngland try · Phil De Glanville13–24
  13. –TEngland try · Tony Underwood13–29
  14. –TEngland try · Richard Hill13–34

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mike VoyleSecond row
  6. 6Steve WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Kingsley JonesFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Nigel DaviesCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Simon HillWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 16Wayne ProctorBench
  17. 17Paul JohnBench
  18. 18Craig QuinnellBench
  19. 19Dale McIntoshBench
  20. 20Spencer JohnBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Simon ShawSecond row
  6. 6Ben ClarkeFlanker
  7. 7Richard HillFlanker
  8. 8Tim RodberNumber 8
  9. 9Austin HealeyScrum-half
  10. 10Mike CattFly-half
  11. 11Tony UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Phil De GlanvilleCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Jon SleightholmeWing
  15. 15Tim StimpsonFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy GuscottBench
  17. 17Rob AndrewBench
  18. 18Andy GomarsallBench
  19. 19Chris SheasbyBench
  20. 20Darren GarforthBench
  21. 21Phil GreeningBench

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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.