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England men · Five Nations Championship

Scotland
v England⁠

13–7

Full time

Scotland v England finished 13–7.

Scotland
Tony Stanger
Date
Saturday 17 March 1990 · England in 1990
Venue
Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jonathan Webb (not used)
  • No. 17, Mark Bailey (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)

Scotland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, David Sole (c) Prop
  • No. 2, Kenny Milne Hooker
  • No. 3, Paul Burnell Prop
  • No. 4, Chris Gray Lock
  • No. 5, Damian Cronin Lock
  • No. 6, John Jeffrey Flanker
  • No. 7, Finlay Calder Flanker
  • No. 8, Derek White Number 8 Off in the 13'
  • No. 9, Gary Armstrong Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Craig Chalmers Fly Half
  • No. 11, Iwan Tukalo Wing
  • No. 12, Sean Lineen Centre
  • No. 13, Scott Hastings Centre
  • No. 14, Tony Stanger Wing
  • No. 15, Gavin Hastings Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Craig Redpath (not used)
  • No. 17, Doug Wyllie (not used)
  • No. 18, Greig Oliver (not used)
  • No. 19, Derek Turnbull On in the 13'
  • No. 20, Alex Brewster (not used)
  • No. 21, John Allan (not used)

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

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1985 – 1989

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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