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England men · Five Nations Championship

Wales
v England⁠

12–9

Full time

Wales v England finished 12–9.

England
None
Wales
Mike Hall
Date
Saturday 18 March 1989 · England in 1989
Venue
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mark Bailey (not used)
  • No. 17, Stuart Barnes (not used)
  • No. 18, Steve Bates (not used)
  • No. 19, Jeff Probyn (not used)
  • No. 20, John Olver (not used)
  • No. 21, Gary Rees (not used)

Wales

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Mike Griffiths Prop
  • No. 2, Ian Watkins Hooker
  • No. 3, Laurence Delaney Prop
  • No. 4, Phil Davies Lock
  • No. 5, Bob Norster Lock
  • No. 6, Gary Jones Flanker
  • No. 7, David Bryant Flanker
  • No. 8, Mark Jones Number 8
  • No. 9, Robert Jones Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Paul Turner Fly Half
  • No. 11, Arthur Emyr Wing
  • No. 12, David Evans Centre
  • No. 13, Mike Hall Centre
  • No. 14, Ieuan Evans Wing
  • No. 15, Paul Thorburn (c) Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Bleddyn Bowen (not used)
  • No. 17, Carwyn Davies (not used)
  • No. 18, Jonathan Griffiths (not used)
  • No. 19, Huw Williams-Jones (not used)
  • No. 20, Phil John (not used)
  • No. 21, Kevin Moseley (not used)

Referee: Kerry Fitzgerald. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1985 – 1988

02 8 Jun 1987
Rugby World Cup Ballymore, Brisbane

Wales 16–3 England England lost

England tries: None

Wales tries: Gareth Roberts 23', Robert Jones 45', John Devereux 80'

Match page: Wales v England, 8 June 1987

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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