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England men · Five Nations Championship

Wales
v England⁠

13–34

Full time

Wales v England finished 13–34.

Wales
Rob Howley
Date
Saturday 15 March 1997 · England in 1997
Venue
National Stadium, Cardiff

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Wales

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Christian Loader Prop
  • No. 2, Jonathan Humphreys (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, Dai Young Prop
  • No. 4, Gareth Llewellyn Lock
  • No. 5, Mike Voyle Lock
  • No. 6, Steve Williams Flanker
  • No. 7, Kingsley Jones Flanker
  • No. 8, Scott Quinnell Number 8
  • No. 9, Rob Howley Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Jonathan Davies Fly Half
  • No. 11, Gareth Thomas Wing
  • No. 12, Nigel Davies Centre
  • No. 13, Allan Bateman Centre
  • No. 14, Simon Hill Wing
  • No. 15, Neil Jenkins Full Back Off in the 55'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Wayne Proctor On in the 55'
  • No. 17, Paul John (not used)
  • No. 18, Craig Quinnell (not used)
  • No. 19, Dale McIntosh (not used)
  • No. 20, Spencer John (not used)
  • No. 21, Garin Jenkins (not used)

Referee: Joel Dume. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1992 – 1996

05 7 Mar 1992
Five Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 24–0 Wales England won

England tries: Will Carling, Wade Dooley, Micky Skinner

Wales tries: None

Match page: England v Wales, 7 March 1992

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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