01
18 Jan 1986
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England
21–18
Wales
England won
England men · Five Nations Championship
Wales
v England
19–12
Full time
Wales v England finished 19–12.
- England
- None
- Wales
- Stuart Evans
- Date
- Saturday 7 March 1987 · England in 1987
- Venue
- National Stadium, Cardiff
- Competition
- Five Nations Championship
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England
Starting XV
- No. 1, Gareth Chilcott Prop
- No. 2, Graham Dawe Hooker
- No. 3, Gary Pearce Prop
- No. 4, Wade Dooley Lock
- No. 5, Steve Bainbridge Lock
- No. 6, Peter Winterbottom Flanker
- No. 7, Gary Rees Flanker
- No. 8, John Hall Number 8
- No. 9, Richard Hill (c) Scrum Half
- No. 10, Rob Andrew Fly Half
- No. 11, Rory Underwood Wing
- No. 12, Jamie Salmon Centre
- No. 13, Kevin Simms Centre
- No. 14, Mike Harrison Wing
- No. 15, Marcus Rose Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Simon Halliday (not used)
- No. 17, Peter Williams (not used)
- No. 18, Richard Harding (not used)
- No. 19, Jeff Probyn (not used)
- No. 20, Brian Moore (not used)
- No. 21, Dave Egerton (not used)
Wales
Starting XV
- No. 1, Jeff Whitefoot Prop
- No. 2, Billy James Hooker
- No. 3, Stuart Evans Prop
- No. 4, Steve Sutton Lock
- No. 5, Bob Norster Lock
- No. 6, Paul Moriarty Flanker
- No. 7, David Pickering (c) Flanker
- No. 8, Phil Davies Number 8
- No. 9, Robert Jones Scrum Half
- No. 10, Jonathan Davies Fly Half
- No. 11, Ieuan Evans Wing
- No. 12, Kevin Hopkins Centre
- No. 13, John Devereux Centre
- No. 14, Glen Webbe Wing
- No. 15, Mark Wyatt Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Adrian Hadley (not used)
- No. 17, Malcolm Dacey (not used)
- No. 18, Jonathan Griffiths (not used)
- No. 19, Anthony Buchanan (not used)
- No. 20, Stuart Davies (not used)
- No. 21, Richie Collins (not used)
Referee: Ray Megson. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.
Men's senior internationals · Newest first
The 5 meetings before this one
02
20 Apr 1985
Five Nations Championship
National Stadium, Cardiff
Wales
24–15
England
England lost
03
17 Mar 1984
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham Stadium, London
England
15–24
Wales
England lost
04
5 Feb 1983
Five Nations Championship
National Stadium, Cardiff
Wales
13–13
England
England drew
05
6 Mar 1982
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England
17–7
Wales
England won
Official meetings since 1881
England v Wales stats
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
7Will Greenwood
7 tries against Wales in matches we hold scorer data for.
Wales · Fixture leader
5George North
Wales's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.