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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Wales⁠

34–6

Full time

England v Wales finished 34–6.

Wales
Phil Davies
Date
Saturday 17 February 1990 · England in 1990
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mark Bailey (not used)
  • No. 17, Francis Clough (not used)
  • No. 18, Steve Bates (not used)
  • No. 19, Mark Linnett (not used)
  • No. 20, John Olver (not used)
  • No. 21, Dave Egerton (not used)

Wales

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Mike Griffiths Prop
  • No. 2, Kevin Phillips Hooker
  • No. 3, Laurence Delaney Prop
  • No. 4, Andy Allen Lock
  • No. 5, Gareth Llewellyn Lock
  • No. 6, Phil Davies Flanker
  • No. 7, Richie Collins Flanker
  • No. 8, Mark Jones Number 8
  • No. 9, Robert Jones (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, David Evans Fly Half
  • No. 11, Arthur Emyr Wing
  • No. 12, Mike Hall Centre
  • No. 13, Mark Ring Centre
  • No. 14, Mark Titley Wing
  • No. 15, Paul Thorburn Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Steve Ford (not used)
  • No. 17, Tony Clement (not used)
  • No. 18, Andy Booth (not used)
  • No. 19, Huw Williams-Jones (not used)
  • No. 20, Ian Watkins (not used)
  • No. 21, Mark Perego (not used)

Referee: Dave Leslie. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1986 – 1989

03 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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