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Starting An Attack, a painting of the England v Wales rugby match at Twickenham Stadium in 1931

England and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1881. A total of 142 matches have been played, with England having won 69 times, Wales having won 61 times and 12 matches having been drawn. There is a considerable rivalry between the sides due to the proximity of the two nations and the history between them.

Apart from their annual match, currently part of the Six Nations Championship, the teams have also met in eight warm-up matches prior to the 2003, 2007, 2011, 2019 and 2023 World Cups, with England winning on five occasions and Wales three, and a one-off match in May 2016 as a warm-up match prior to each country's summer tour to the Southern Hemisphere.

Summary

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Overall

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Details Played Won by
England 		Won by
Wales 		Drawn England points Wales points
In England 72 44 20 8 1,160 780
In Wales 68 24 40 4 735 970
Neutral venue 2 1 1 0 31 33
Overall 142 69 61 12 1,926 1,783

Records

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Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was last set.

Record England Wales
Longest winning streak 7 (4 March 2000 – 20 March 2004) 5 (15 February 1975 – 17 March 1979)
Largest points for
Home 62 (4 August 2007) 40 (27 February 2021)
Away 44 (3 February 2001) 30 (7 March 2020)
Largest winning margin
Home 57 (4 August 2007) 27 (16 March 2013)
Away 34 (23 August 2003) 13 (13 January 1906; 8 June 1987)

Results

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No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition Ref.
1 19 February 1881 Richardson's Field, Blackheath (6T) 8G–0G (0)  England 1880–81 Home Nations International
2 16 December 1882 St Helen's, Swansea (0) 0G–2G (4T)  England 1883 Home Nations Championship
3 5 January 1884 Cardigan Fields, Leeds (2T) 1G–1G (0)  England 1884 Home Nations Championship
4 3 January 1885 St Helen's, Swansea (1T) 1G–1G (4T)  England 1885 Home Nations Championship
5 2 January 1886 Rectory Field, Blackheath (2T) 1G–1G (0)  England 1886 Home Nations Championship
6 8 January 1887 Stradey Park, Llanelli (0) 0G–0G (0) draw 1887 Home Nations Championship
7 15 February 1890 Crown Flatt, Dewsbury 0–1  Wales 1890 Home Nations Championship
8 3 January 1891 Rodney Parade, Newport 3–7  England 1891 Home Nations Championship
9 2 January 1892 Rectory Field, Blackheath 17–0  England 1892 Home Nations Championship
10 7 January 1893 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 12–11  Wales 1893 Home Nations Championship
11 4 January 1894 Upper Park, Birkenhead 24–3  England 1894 Home Nations Championship
12 5 January 1895 St Helen's, Swansea 6–14  England 1895 Home Nations Championship
13 4 January 1896 Rectory Field, Blackheath 25–0  England 1896 Home Nations Championship
14 9 January 1897 Rodney Parade, Newport 11–0  Wales 1897 Home Nations Championship
15 2 April 1898 Rectory Field, Blackheath 14–7  England 1898 Home Nations Championship
16 7 January 1899 St Helen's, Swansea 26–3  Wales 1899 Home Nations Championship
17 6 January 1900 Kingsholm, Gloucester 3–13  Wales 1900 Home Nations Championship
18 5 January 1901 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 13–0  Wales 1901 Home Nations Championship
19 11 January 1902 Rectory Field, Blackheath 8–9  Wales 1902 Home Nations Championship
20 10 January 1903 St Helen's, Swansea 21–5  Wales 1903 Home Nations Championship
21 9 January 1904 Welford Road, Leicester 14–14 draw 1904 Home Nations Championship
22 14 January 1905 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 25–0  Wales 1905 Home Nations Championship
23 13 January 1906 Athletic Ground, Richmond 3–16  Wales 1906 Home Nations Championship
24 12 January 1907 St Helen's, Swansea 22–0  Wales 1907 Home Nations Championship
25 18 January 1908 Ashton Gate, Bristol 18–28  Wales 1908 Home Nations Championship
26 16 January 1909 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 8–0  Wales 1909 Home Nations Championship
27 15 January 1910 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–6  England 1910 Five Nations Championship
28 21 January 1911 St Helen's, Swansea 15–11  Wales 1911 Five Nations Championship
29 20 January 1912 Twickenham Stadium, London 8–0  England 1912 Five Nations Championship
30 18 January 1913 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 0–12  England 1913 Five Nations Championship
31 17 January 1914 Twickenham Stadium, London 10–9  England 1914 Five Nations Championship
32 17 January 1920 St Helen's, Swansea 19–5  Wales 1920 Five Nations Championship
33 15 January 1921 Twickenham Stadium, London 18–3  England 1921 Five Nations Championship
34 21 January 1922 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 28–6  Wales 1922 Five Nations Championship
35 20 January 1923 Twickenham Stadium, London 7–3  England 1923 Five Nations Championship
36 19 January 1924 St Helen's, Swansea 9–17  England 1924 Five Nations Championship
37 17 January 1925 Twickenham Stadium, London 12–6  England 1925 Five Nations Championship
38 16 January 1926 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 3–3 draw 1926 Five Nations Championship
39 15 January 1927 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–9  England 1927 Five Nations Championship
40 21 January 1928 St Helen's, Swansea 8–10  England 1928 Five Nations Championship
41 19 January 1929 Twickenham Stadium, London 8–3  England 1929 Five Nations Championship
42 18 January 1930 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 3–11  England 1930 Five Nations Championship
43 17 January 1931 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–11 draw 1931 Five Nations Championship
44 16 January 1932 St Helen's, Swansea 12–5  Wales 1932 Home Nations Championship
45 21 January 1933 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–7  Wales 1933 Home Nations Championship
46 20 January 1934 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 0–9  England 1934 Home Nations Championship
47 19 January 1935 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–3 draw 1935 Home Nations Championship
48 18 January 1936 St Helen's, Swansea 0–0 draw 1936 Home Nations Championship
49 16 January 1937 Twickenham Stadium, London 4–3  England 1937 Home Nations Championship
50 15 January 1938 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 14–8  Wales 1938 Home Nations Championship
51 21 January 1939 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–0  England 1939 Home Nations Championship
52 18 January 1947 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 6–9  England 1947 Five Nations Championship
53 17 January 1948 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–3 draw 1948 Five Nations Championship
54 15 January 1949 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 9–3  Wales 1949 Five Nations Championship
55 21 January 1950 Twickenham Stadium, London 5–11  Wales 1950 Five Nations Championship
56 20 January 1951 St Helen's, Swansea 23–5  Wales 1951 Five Nations Championship
57 2 February 1952 Twickenham Stadium, London 6–8  Wales 1952 Five Nations Championship
58 17 January 1953 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 3–8  England 1953 Five Nations Championship
59 16 January 1954 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–6  England 1954 Five Nations Championship
60 22 January 1955 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 3–0  Wales 1955 Five Nations Championship
61 21 January 1956 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–8  Wales 1956 Five Nations Championship
62 19 January 1957 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 0–3  England 1957 Five Nations Championship
63 18 January 1958 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–3 draw 1958 Five Nations Championship
64 17 January 1959 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 5–0  Wales 1959 Five Nations Championship
65 16 January 1960 Twickenham Stadium, London 14–6  England 1960 Five Nations Championship
66 21 January 1961 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 6–3  Wales 1961 Five Nations Championship
67 20 January 1962 Twickenham Stadium, London 0–0 draw 1962 Five Nations Championship
68 19 January 1963 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 6–13  England 1963 Five Nations Championship
69 18 January 1964 Twickenham Stadium, London 6–6 draw 1964 Five Nations Championship
70 16 January 1965 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 14–3  Wales 1965 Five Nations Championship
71 15 January 1966 Twickenham Stadium, London 6–11  Wales 1966 Five Nations Championship
72 15 April 1967 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 34–21  Wales 1967 Five Nations Championship
73 20 January 1968 Twickenham Stadium, London 11–11   draw 1968 Five Nations Championship
74 12 April 1969 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 30–9  Wales 1969 Five Nations Championship
75 28 February 1970 Twickenham Stadium, London 13–17  Wales 1970 Five Nations Championship
76 16 January 1971 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 22–6  Wales 1971 Five Nations Championship
77 15 January 1972 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–12  Wales 1972 Five Nations Championship
78 20 January 1973 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 25–9  Wales 1973 Five Nations Championship
79 16 March 1974 Twickenham Stadium, London 16–12  England 1974 Five Nations Championship
80 15 February 1975 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 20–4  Wales 1975 Five Nations Championship
81 17 January 1976 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–21  Wales 1976 Five Nations Championship
82 5 March 1977 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 14–9  Wales 1977 Five Nations Championship
83 4 February 1978 Twickenham Stadium, London 6–9  Wales 1978 Five Nations Championship
84 17 March 1979 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 27–3  Wales 1979 Five Nations Championship
85 16 February 1980 Twickenham Stadium, London 9–8  England 1980 Five Nations Championship
86 17 January 1981 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 21–19  Wales 1981 Five Nations Championship
87 6 March 1982 Twickenham Stadium, London 17–7  England 1982 Five Nations Championship
88 5 February 1983 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 13–13 draw 1983 Five Nations Championship
89 17 March 1984 Twickenham Stadium, London 15–24  Wales 1984 Five Nations Championship
90 20 April 1985 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 24–15  Wales 1985 Five Nations Championship
91 18 January 1986 Twickenham Stadium, London 21–18  England 1986 Five Nations Championship
92 7 March 1987 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 19–12  Wales 1987 Five Nations Championship
93 8 June 1987 Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane (Australia) 3–16  Wales 1987 Rugby World Cup
94 6 February 1988 Twickenham Stadium, London 3–11  Wales 1988 Five Nations Championship
95 18 March 1989 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 12–9  Wales 1989 Five Nations Championship
96 17 February 1990 Twickenham Stadium, London 34–6  England 1990 Five Nations Championship
97 19 January 1991 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 6–25  England 1991 Five Nations Championship
98 7 March 1992 Twickenham Stadium, London 24–0  England 1992 Five Nations Championship
99 6 February 1993 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 10–9  Wales 1993 Five Nations Championship
100 19 March 1994 Twickenham Stadium, London 15–8  England 1994 Five Nations Championship
101 18 February 1995 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 9–23  England 1995 Five Nations Championship
102 3 February 1996 Twickenham Stadium, London 21–15  England 1996 Five Nations Championship
103 15 March 1997 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 13–34  England 1997 Five Nations Championship
104 21 February 1998 Twickenham Stadium, London 60–26  England 1998 Five Nations Championship
105 11 April 1999 Wembley Stadium, London 32–31  Wales 1999 Five Nations Championship [1]
106 4 March 2000 Twickenham Stadium, London 46–12  England 2000 Six Nations Championship [2]
107 3 February 2001 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 15–44  England 2001 Six Nations Championship [3]
108 23 March 2002 Twickenham Stadium, London 50–10  England 2002 Six Nations Championship [4]
109 22 February 2003 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 9–26  England 2003 Six Nations Championship [5]
110 23 August 2003 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 9–43  England 2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up match [6]
111 9 November 2003 Lang Park, Brisbane (Australia) 28–17  England 2003 Rugby World Cup [7]
112 20 March 2004 Twickenham Stadium, London 31–21  England 2004 Six Nations Championship [8]
113 5 February 2005 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 11–9  Wales 2005 Six Nations Championship [9]
114 4 February 2006 Twickenham Stadium, London 47–13  England 2006 Six Nations Championship [10]
115 17 March 2007 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 27–18  Wales 2007 Six Nations Championship [11]
116 4 August 2007 Twickenham Stadium, London 62–5  England 2007 Rugby World Cup warm-up match [12]
117 2 February 2008 Twickenham Stadium, London 19–26  Wales 2008 Six Nations Championship [13]
118 14 February 2009 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 23–15  Wales 2009 Six Nations Championship [14]
119 6 February 2010 Twickenham Stadium, London 30–17  England 2010 Six Nations Championship [15]
120 4 February 2011 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 19–26  England 2011 Six Nations Championship [16]
121 6 August 2011 Twickenham Stadium, London 23–19  England 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up match [17]
122 13 August 2011 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 19–9  Wales [18]
123 25 February 2012 Twickenham Stadium, London 12–19  Wales 2012 Six Nations Championship [19]
124 16 March 2013 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 30–3  Wales 2013 Six Nations Championship [20]
125 9 March 2014 Twickenham Stadium, London 29–18  England 2014 Six Nations Championship [21]
126 6 February 2015 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 16–21  England 2015 Six Nations Championship [22]
127 26 September 2015 Twickenham Stadium, London 25–28  Wales 2015 Rugby World Cup [23]
128 12 March 2016 Twickenham Stadium, London 25–21  England 2016 Six Nations Championship [24]
129 29 May 2016 Twickenham Stadium, London 27–13  England 2016 Summer International [25]
130 11 February 2017 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 16–21  England 2017 Six Nations Championship [26]
131 10 February 2018 Twickenham Stadium, London 12–6  England 2018 Six Nations Championship [27]
132 23 February 2019 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 21–13  Wales 2019 Six Nations Championship [28]
133 11 August 2019 Twickenham Stadium, London 33–19  England 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match [29]
134 17 August 2019 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 13–6  Wales [30]
135 7 March 2020 Twickenham Stadium, London 33–30  England 2020 Six Nations Championship
136 28 November 2020 Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli 13–24  England Autumn Nations Cup
137 27 February 2021 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 40–24  Wales 2021 Six Nations Championship
138 26 February 2022 Twickenham Stadium, London 23–19  England 2022 Six Nations Championship
139 25 February 2023 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 10–20  England 2023 Six Nations Championship
140 5 August 2023 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 20–9  Wales 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up match
141 12 August 2023 Twickenham Stadium, London 19–17  England
142 10 February 2024 Twickenham Stadium, London 16–14  England 2024 Six Nations Championship [31]
143 15 March 2025 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2025 Six Nations Championship

Venues

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In England

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Stadium City Won by
England		 Won by
Wales		 Draw
Twickenham Stadium Twickenham, London 37 14 7
Rectory Field Blackheath, London 4 1 0
Richardson's Field 1 0 0
Cardigan Fields Leeds 1 0 0
Crown Flatt Dewsbury 0 1 0
Upper Park Birkenhead 1 0 0
Kingsholm Gloucester 0 1 0
Welford Road Leicester 0 0 1
Athletic Ground Richmond, London 0 1 0
Ashton Gate Bristol 0 1 0
Wembley Stadium Wembley, London 0 1 0
Total 44 20 8

Note: The match at Wembley Stadium was considered a home match for Wales, who played home fixtures there from 1997-1999 while the Millennium Stadium was under construction.

In Wales

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Stadium City Won by
Wales		 Won by
England		 Draw
Cardiff Arms Park Cardiff 23 10 2
Millennium Stadium 9 7 0
St Helen's Swansea 7 5 1
Rodney Parade Newport 1 1 0
Stradey Park Llanelli 0 0 1
Parc y Scarlets 0 1 0
Total 40 24 4

In other countries

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Stadium City Country Won by
England		 Won by
Wales		 Draw
Ballymore Stadium Brisbane Australia 0 1 0
Lang Park 1 0 0
Total 1 1 0

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