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England men · Five Nations Championship

Scotland
v England⁠

6–9

Full time

Scotland v England finished 6–9.

Date
Saturday 5 March 1988 · England in 1988
Venue
Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, John Buckton (not used)
  • No. 17, Les Cusworth (not used)
  • No. 18, Simon Robson (not used)
  • No. 19, Gareth Chilcott (not used)
  • No. 20, Graham Dawe (not used)
  • No. 21, Gary Rees On in the 5'

Scotland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, David Sole Prop
  • No. 2, Gary Callander (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Norrie Rowan Prop
  • No. 4, Derek White Lock
  • No. 5, Damian Cronin Lock
  • No. 6, Derek Turnbull Flanker
  • No. 7, Finlay Calder Flanker
  • No. 8, Iain Paxton Number 8
  • No. 9, Roy Laidlaw Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Andy Ker Fly Half
  • No. 11, Iwan Tukalo Wing
  • No. 12, Keith Robertson Centre
  • No. 13, Alan Tait Centre
  • No. 14, Matt Duncan Wing
  • No. 15, Gavin Hastings Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Alex Brewster (not used)
  • No. 17, Kenny Milne (not used)
  • No. 18, John Jeffrey (not used)
  • No. 19, Greig Oliver (not used)
  • No. 20, Bill Renwick (not used)
  • No. 21, Peter Dods (not used)

Referee: WKM Jones. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1983 – 1987

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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