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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Wales⁠

21–15

Full time

England v Wales finished 21–15.

Wales
Rob Howley, Hemi Taylor
Date
Saturday 3 February 1996 · England in 1996
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Wales

Starting XV

  • No. 1, ALP Lewis Prop
  • No. 2, Jonathan Humphreys (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, John Davies Prop
  • No. 4, Gareth Llewellyn Lock
  • No. 5, Derwyn Jones Lock
  • No. 6, Emyr Lewis Flanker
  • No. 7, Gwyn Jones Flanker
  • No. 8, Hemi Taylor Number 8
  • No. 9, Rob Howley Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Arwel Thomas Fly Half
  • No. 11, Wayne Proctor Wing
  • No. 12, Nigel Davies Centre
  • No. 13, Leigh Davies Centre
  • No. 14, Ieuan Evans Wing
  • No. 15, Justin Thomas Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Gareth Thomas (not used)
  • No. 17, Neil Jenkins (not used)
  • No. 18, Andy Moore (S/H) (not used)
  • No. 19, Steve Williams (not used)
  • No. 20, Lyndon Mustoe (not used)
  • No. 21, Garin Jenkins (not used)

Referee: Ken McCartney. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1991 – 1995

04 7 Mar 1992
Five Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 24–0 Wales England won

England tries: Will Carling, Wade Dooley, Micky Skinner

Wales tries: None

Match page: England v Wales, 7 March 1992

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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