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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Scotland⁠

24–21

Full time

England v Scotland finished 24–21.

Scotland
Alan Tait, Gregor Townsend, Alan Tait 27'
Date
Saturday 20 February 1999 · England in 1999
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Scotland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tom Smith Prop
  • No. 2, Gordon Bulloch Hooker
  • No. 3, Paul Burnell Prop Off in the 68'
  • No. 4, Scott Murray Lock
  • No. 5, Stuart Grimes Lock
  • No. 6, Peter Walton Flanker Off in the 53'
  • No. 7, Martin Leslie Flanker
  • No. 8, Eric Peters Number 8
  • No. 9, Gary Armstrong (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Gregor Townsend Fly Half
  • No. 11, Kenny Logan Wing
  • No. 12, John Leslie Centre
  • No. 13, Alan Tait Centre
  • No. 14, Cammie Murray Wing
  • No. 15, Glenn Metcalfe Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Shaun Longstaff (not used)
  • No. 17, Craig Chalmers (not used)
  • No. 18, Iain Fairley (not used)
  • No. 19, Budge Pountney On in the 53'
  • No. 20, Andy Reed (not used)
  • No. 21, David Hilton On in the 68'
  • No. 22, Steve Brotherstone (not used)

Referee: David McHugh. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1994 – 1998

01 22 Mar 1998
Five Nations Championship Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Scotland 20–34 England England won

England tries: Penalty try, Austin Healey, Paul Grayson, Matt Dawson

Scotland tries: Tony Stanger, Shaun Longstaff

Match page: Scotland v England, 22 March 1998

02 1 Feb 1997
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 41–13 Scotland England won

England tries: Will Carling, Phil De Glanville, Penalty try 15', Andy Gomarsall 67'

Scotland tries: Ronnie Eriksson 24'

Match page: England v Scotland, 1 February 1997

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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