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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Wales⁠

3–11

Full time

England v Wales finished 3–11.

England
None
Wales
Adrian Hadley, Adrian Hadley
Date
Saturday 6 February 1988 · England in 1988
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Wales

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Staff Jones Prop
  • No. 2, Kevin Phillips Hooker
  • No. 3, Dai Young Prop
  • No. 4, Phil May Lock
  • No. 5, Bob Norster Lock
  • No. 6, Rowland Phillips Flanker
  • No. 7, Richie Collins Flanker
  • No. 8, Paul Moriarty Number 8
  • No. 9, Robert Jones Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Jonathan Davies Fly Half
  • No. 11, Adrian Hadley Wing
  • No. 12, Bleddyn Bowen (c) Centre
  • No. 13, Mark Ring Centre
  • No. 14, Ieuan Evans Wing
  • No. 15, Tony Clement Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Glen Webbe (not used)
  • No. 17, Mike Hall (not used)
  • No. 18, Jonathan Griffiths (not used)
  • No. 19, Jeremy Pugh (not used)
  • No. 20, Ian Watkins (not used)
  • No. 21, Mark Jones (not used)

Referee: Stephen Hilditch. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1984 – 1987

01 8 Jun 1987
Rugby World Cup Ballymore, Brisbane

Wales 16–3 England England lost

England tries: None

Wales tries: Gareth Roberts 23', Robert Jones 45', John Devereux 80'

Match page: Wales v England, 8 June 1987

Official meetings since 1881

England v Wales stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings144In our results database
England wins71England perspective
Draws12Level at full time
Wales wins61Wales victories

England have scored 2044 points to Wales's 1776 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

7

Will Greenwood

7 tries against Wales in matches we hold scorer data for.

Wales · Fixture leader

5

George North

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

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