TheBreakdown
Full time20 March 1971
England
15–16
Scotland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1971Head-to-head

Scotland won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller3–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller9–0
  4. –TEngland try · Bob Hiller12–0
  5. –TEngland try · Tony Neary15–0
  6. –CScotland conversion · Peter Brown15–2
  7. –CScotland conversion · Peter Brown15–4
  8. –TScotland try · Peter Brown15–7
  9. –TScotland try · Chris Rea15–10
  10. –TScotland try · Dunc Paterson15–13
  11. –DScotland drop goal · Dunc Paterson15–16

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Piggy PowellProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Peter LarterSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Anthony BucknallFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Robert TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Jacko PageScrum-half
  10. 10Alan CowmanFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12John SpencerCentre
  13. 13Chris WardlowCentre
  14. 14Jeremy JanionWing
  15. 15Bob HillerFull-back
  16. Ian WrightBench
  17. Stack StevensBench
  18. Peter GloverBench
  19. AG JohnsonBench
  20. Ronald HannafordBench
  21. Nigel Starmer-SmithBench

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Quintin DunlopHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alistair McHargSecond row
  5. 5Gordon BrownSecond row
  6. 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
  7. 7Rodger ArneilFlanker
  8. 8Peter BrownNumber 8
  9. 9Dunc PatersonScrum-half
  10. 10John TurnerFly-half
  11. 11Alistair BiggarWing
  12. 12Chris ReaCentre
  13. 13John FrameCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Arthur BrownFull-back
  16. Gordon StrachanBench
  17. Robert ClarkBench
  18. Ronald HannahBench
  19. Robert BryceBench
  20. Ian McCraeBench
  21. Arthur TurkBench

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Context

All-time, England 71–45 Scotland, 12 drawn in 128 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.