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England men · Five Nations Championship

Scotland
v England⁠

20–34

Full time

Scotland v England finished 20–34.

England
Penalty try, Austin Healey, Paul Grayson, Matt Dawson
Scotland
Tony Stanger, Shaun Longstaff
Date
Sunday 22 March 1998 · England in 1998
Venue
Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Phil de Glanville On in the 71'
  • No. 17, Jonny Wilkinson (not used)
  • No. 18, Scott Benton (not used)
  • No. 19, Tony Diprose On in the 68'
  • No. 20, Danny Grewcock On in the 74'
  • No. 21, Phil Vickery (not used)
  • No. 22, Dorian West On in the 83'

Scotland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, David Hilton Prop
  • No. 2, Gordon Bulloch Hooker
  • No. 3, Paul Burnell Prop
  • No. 4, Damian Cronin Lock Off in the 53'
  • No. 5, Doddie Weir Lock
  • No. 6, Rob Wainwright Flanker
  • No. 7, Adam Roxburgh Flanker
  • No. 8, Eric Peters Number 8
  • No. 9, Gary Armstrong (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Craig Chalmers Fly Half Off in the 72'
  • No. 11, Shaun Longstaff Wing
  • No. 12, Alan Tait Centre
  • No. 13, Gregor Townsend Centre
  • No. 14, Tony Stanger Wing
  • No. 15, Derrick Lee Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Hugh Gilmour (not used)
  • No. 17, Cammie Murray On in the 72'
  • No. 18, Andy Nicol (not used)
  • No. 19, Budge Pountney (not used)
  • No. 20, Stuart Grimes On in the 53'
  • No. 21, George Graham (not used)
  • No. 22, Graham Ellis (not used)

Referee: Clayton Thomas. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1993 – 1997

01 1 Feb 1997
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 41–13 Scotland England won

England tries: Will Carling, Phil De Glanville, Penalty try 15', Andy Gomarsall 67'

Scotland tries: Ronnie Eriksson 24'

Match page: England v Scotland, 1 February 1997

05 6 Mar 1993
Five Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 26–12 Scotland England won

England tries: Jeremy Guscott, Rory Underwood, Tony Underwood

Scotland tries: None

Match page: England v Scotland, 6 March 1993

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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