01
15 Feb 1986
Five Nations Championship
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Scotland
33–6
England
England lost
England men · Five Nations Championship
England
v Scotland
21–12
Full time
England v Scotland finished 21–12.
- England
- Penalty try, Marcus Rose
- Scotland
- Keith Robertson
- Date
- Saturday 4 April 1987 · England in 1987
- Venue
- Twickenham, London
- Competition
- Five Nations Championship
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England
Starting XV
- No. 1, Paul Rendall Prop
- No. 2, Brian Moore Hooker
- No. 3, Gary Pearce Prop
- No. 4, Nigel Redman Lock
- No. 5, Steve Bainbridge Lock
- No. 6, John Hall Flanker
- No. 7, Gary Rees Flanker
- No. 8, Dean Richards Number 8
- No. 9, Richard Harding Scrum Half
- No. 10, Peter Williams Fly Half
- No. 11, Rory Underwood Wing
- No. 12, Jamie Salmon Centre
- No. 13, Simon Halliday Centre
- No. 14, Mike Harrison (c) Wing
- No. 15, Marcus Rose Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Jonathan Webb (not used)
- No. 17, Rob Andrew (not used)
- No. 18, D Holmes (not used)
- No. 19, A Simmons (not used)
- No. 20, Jeff Probyn (not used)
- No. 21, Peter Winterbottom (not used)
Scotland
Starting XV
- No. 1, David Sole Prop
- No. 2, Colin Deans (c) Hooker
- No. 3, Iain Milne Prop
- No. 4, Derek White Lock
- No. 5, Iain Paxton Lock
- No. 6, John Jeffrey Flanker
- No. 7, Finlay Calder Flanker
- No. 8, John Beattie Number 8 Off in the 44'
- No. 9, Roy Laidlaw Scrum Half
- No. 10, John Rutherford Fly Half
- No. 11, Iwan Tukalo Wing
- No. 12, Roger Baird Centre
- No. 13, Keith Robertson Centre
- No. 14, Matt Duncan Wing
- No. 15, Gavin Hastings Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Norrie Rowan (not used)
- No. 17, Gary Callander (not used)
- No. 18, Alan Tomes On in the 44'
- No. 19, Greig Oliver (not used)
- No. 20, Alan Tait (not used)
- No. 21, Peter Dods (not used)
Referee: Owen Doyle. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.
Men's senior internationals · Newest first
The 5 meetings before this one
02
16 Mar 1985
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England
10–7
Scotland
England won
03
4 Feb 1984
Five Nations Championship
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Scotland
18–6
England
England lost
04
5 Mar 1983
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England
12–22
Scotland
England lost
05
16 Jan 1982
Five Nations Championship
Murrayfield, Edinburgh
Scotland
9–9
England
England drew
Official meetings since 1871
England v Scotland stats
Meetings144In our results database
England wins77England perspective
Draws19Level at full time
Scotland wins48Scotland victories
England have scored 1786 points to Scotland's 1369 across these meetings.
Individual fixture records
Who has scored most?
England · Fixture leader
6Jason Robinson
6 tries against Scotland in matches we hold scorer data for.
Scotland · Fixture leader
8Huw Jones
Scotland's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.