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Wales
v England⁠

9–43

Full time

Wales v England finished 9–43.

Wales
None
Date
Saturday 23 August 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Competition
Test matches · Test Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dorian West On in the 38'
  • No. 17, Will Green On in the 80'
  • No. 18, Steve Borthwick On in the 12'
  • No. 19, Alex Sanderson On in the 62'
  • No. 20, Austin Healey (not used)
  • No. 21, Dave Walder On in the 72'
  • No. 22, Ollie Smith On in the 56'

Wales

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Gethin Jenkins Prop Off in the 73'
  • No. 2, Robin McBryde Hooker Off in the 61'
  • No. 3, Iestyn Thomas Prop
  • No. 4, Rob Sidoli Lock
  • No. 5, Chris Wyatt Lock Off in the 62'
  • No. 6, Colin Charvis Flanker
  • No. 7, Martyn Williams Flanker
  • No. 8, Dafydd Jones Number 8 Off in the 73'
  • No. 9, Gareth Cooper Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Stephen Jones (c) Fly Half
  • No. 11, Gareth Thomas Wing
  • No. 12, Sonny Parker Centre
  • No. 13, Mark Taylor Centre
  • No. 14, Mark Jones Wing
  • No. 15, Rhys Williams Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Gareth Williams On in the 61'
  • No. 17, Adam Jones On in the 73'
  • No. 18, Jonathan Thomas On in the 62'
  • No. 19, Gavin Thomas On in the 73'
  • No. 20, Mike Phillips (not used)
  • No. 21, Gavin Henson (not used)
  • No. 22, Tom Shanklin (not used)

Referee: Pablo Deluca. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1999 – 2003

02 23 Mar 2002
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 50–10 Wales England won

England tries: Will Greenwood 10', Jonny Wilkinson 42', Dan Luger 65', Dan Luger 67', Tim Stimpson 91'

Wales tries: Iestyn Harris 72'

Match page: England v Wales, 23 March 2002

03 3 Feb 2001
Six Nations Championship Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Wales 15–44 England England won

England tries: Will Greenwood 11', Will Greenwood 14', Matt Dawson 30', Matt Dawson 39', Will Greenwood 41', Ben Cohen 59'

Wales tries: Rob Howley 22', Scott Quinnell 61'

Match page: Wales v England, 3 February 2001

04 4 Mar 2000
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 46–12 Wales England won

England tries: Phil Greening 29', Neil Back 52', Richard Hill 61', Lawrence Dallaglio 69', Ben Cohen 77'

Wales tries: None

Match page: England v Wales, 4 March 2000

05 11 Apr 1999
Five Nations Championship Wembley Stadium, London

Wales 32–31 England England lost

England tries: Dan Luger, Steve Hanley, Richard Hill

Wales tries: Shane Howarth, Scott Gibbs

Match page: Wales v England, 11 April 1999

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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