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England men · Six Nations Championship

Wales
v England⁠

23–15

Full time

Wales v England finished 23–15.

Wales
Leigh Halfpenny 44'
Date
Saturday 14 February 2009 · England in 2009
Venue
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Dylan Hartley On in the 65'
  • No. 17, Julian White On in the 65'
  • No. 18, Tom Croft On in the 54'
  • No. 19, Luke Narraway On in the 65'
  • No. 20, Paul Hodgson (not used)
  • No. 21, Toby Flood On in the 52'
  • No. 22, Mathew Tait On in the 65'

Wales

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Gethin Jenkins Prop
  • No. 2, Matthew Rees Hooker Off in the 66'
  • No. 3, Adam Jones Prop
  • No. 4, Ian Gough Lock
  • No. 5, Alun Wyn Jones Lock
  • No. 6, Ryan Jones (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Martyn Williams Flanker
  • No. 8, Andy Powell Number 8 Off in the 60'
  • No. 9, Mike Phillips Scrum Half Off in the 72'
  • No. 10, Stephen Jones Fly Half
  • No. 11, Mark Jones Wing
  • No. 12, Jamie Roberts Centre
  • No. 13, Tom Shanklin Centre
  • No. 14, Leigh Halfpenny Wing
  • No. 15, Lee Byrne Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Huw Bennett On in the 66'
  • No. 17, John Yapp (not used)
  • No. 18, Luke Charteris (not used)
  • No. 19, Dafydd Jones On in the 60'
  • No. 20, Dwayne Peel On in the 72'
  • No. 21, James Hook (not used)
  • No. 22, Andrew Bishop (not used)

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2005 – 2008

02 4 Aug 2007
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 62–5 Wales England won

England tries: Nick Easter 14', Nick Easter 21', Steve Borthwick 30', Jason Robinson 38', Nick Easter 46', Nick Easter 50', Lawrence Dallaglio 66', Shaun Perry 74', Mathew Tait 80'

Wales tries: Dafydd James 59'

Match page: England v Wales, 4 August 2007

03 17 Mar 2007
Six Nations Championship Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Wales 27–18 England England lost

England tries: Harry Ellis 32', Jason Robinson 40'

Wales tries: James Hook 3', Chris Horsman 14'

Match page: Wales v England, 17 March 2007

04 4 Feb 2006
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 47–13 Wales England won

England tries: Mark Cueto 15', Lewis Moody 32', Mike Tindall 65', Lawrence Dallaglio 75', Matt Dawson 78', Tom Voyce 87'

Wales tries: Martyn Williams 35'

Match page: England v Wales, 4 February 2006

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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