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England men · Six Nations Championship

Wales
v England⁠

11–9

Full time

Wales v England finished 11–9.

England
None
Wales
Shane Williams 9'
Date
Saturday 5 February 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andy Titterrell (not used)
  • No. 17, Phil Vickery On in the 59'
  • No. 18, Steve Borthwick On in the 71'
  • No. 19, James Forrester On in the 42'
  • No. 20, Harry Ellis On in the 67'
  • No. 21, Olly Barkley On in the 62'
  • No. 22, Ben Cohen (not used)

Wales

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Gethin Jenkins Prop
  • No. 2, Mefin Davies Hooker
  • No. 3, Adam Jones Prop Off in the 79'
  • No. 4, Brent Cockbain Lock Off in the 79'
  • No. 5, Rob Sidoli Lock
  • No. 6, Dafydd Jones Flanker Off in the 67'
  • No. 7, Martyn Williams Flanker
  • No. 8, Michael Owen Number 8
  • No. 9, Dwayne Peel Scrum Half Off in the 64'
  • No. 10, Stephen Jones Fly Half
  • No. 11, Shane Williams Wing
  • No. 12, Gavin Henson Centre
  • No. 13, Tom Shanklin Centre
  • No. 14, Hal Luscombe Wing Off in the 68'
  • No. 15, Gareth Thomas (c) Full Back Yellow card 36'

Replacements

  • No. 16, Robin McBryde (not used)
  • No. 17, John Yapp On in the 79'
  • No. 18, Jonathan Thomas On in the 79'
  • No. 19, Ryan Jones On in the 67'
  • No. 20, Gareth Cooper On in the 64'
  • No. 21, Ceri Sweeney (not used)
  • No. 22, Kevin Morgan On in the 68'

Referee: Steve Walsh. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2002 – 2004

01 20 Mar 2004
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 31–21 Wales England won

England tries: Ben Cohen 6', Ben Cohen 64', Joe Worsley 78'

Wales tries: Mark Taylor 42', Gareth Thomas 50'

Match page: England v Wales, 20 March 2004

02 9 Nov 2003
Rugby World Cup Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane

Wales 17–28 England England won

England tries: Will Greenwood 44'

Wales tries: Stephen Jones 30', Colin Charvis 35', Martyn Williams 71'

Match page: Wales v England, 9 November 2003

03 23 Aug 2003
Test matches · Test Match Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Wales 9–43 England England won

England tries: Lewis Moody 25', Dan Luger 56', Joe Worsley 63', Stuart Abbott 74', Dorian West 80'

Wales tries: None

Match page: Wales v England, 23 August 2003

05 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

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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