England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Scotland⁠

41–13

Full time

England v Scotland finished 41–13.

Scotland
Ronnie Eriksson 24'
Date
Saturday 1 February 1997 · England in 1997
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Scotland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tom Smith Prop
  • No. 2, Graham Ellis Hooker
  • No. 3, Mattie Stewart Prop
  • No. 4, Doddie Weir Lock
  • No. 5, Andy Reed Lock
  • No. 6, Peter Walton Flanker
  • No. 7, Ian Smith Flanker
  • No. 8, Rob Wainwright (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Bryan Redpath Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Gregor Townsend Fly Half
  • No. 11, Kenny Logan Wing
  • No. 12, Ronnie Eriksson Centre Off in the 70'
  • No. 13, Tony Stanger Centre
  • No. 14, Derek Stark Wing
  • No. 15, Rowan Shepherd Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Scott Hastings On in the 70'
  • No. 17, Craig Chalmers (not used)
  • No. 18, Gary Armstrong (not used)
  • No. 19, Shade Munro (not used)
  • No. 20, David Hilton (not used)
  • No. 21, Steve Brotherstone (not used)

Referee: Paddy O'Brien. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1992 – 1996

04 6 Mar 1993
Five Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 26–12 Scotland England won

England tries: Jeremy Guscott, Rory Underwood, Tony Underwood

Scotland tries: None

Match page: England v Scotland, 6 March 1993

Official meetings since 1871

England v Scotland stats

Full head-to-head

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

6

Jason Robinson

6 tries against Scotland in matches we hold scorer data for.

Scotland · Fixture leader

8

Huw Jones

Scotland's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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