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ANZAC XV 15 - 19 British & Irish Lions, Brisbane, July 23, 1989
Jul 23, 1989: With the 1989 Test series won 2-1, the Lions stayed in Australia for two more games; a 12 try midweek romp against NSW Country and a more serious encounter with a combined Australian and New Zealand XV
Australia 12-19 British & Irish Lions, Brisbane
Jul 8, 1989: After a crushing defeat in the first Test, the Lions came back at Australia with a battling, physical performance that shocked the hosts and set up a mouth-watering decider to be played in Sydney a week later. 'The Battle of Ballymore', as Australian news
England 35-3 Ireland, Twickenham, March 19 1988
Mar 19, 1988: "It was probably the most extraordinary match that any of us at Twickenham had ever seen." So The Sunday Times opened its account of the day England's try famine turned to feast in breathtaking style
Leicester Tigers 24-13 Bath Rugby, Welford Road
Sep 12, 1987: Structured league rugby union in England took its first, tentative steps on September 12 1987, with the top two club teams of the previous decade, Leicester and Bath, meeting on the opening day. They conspired to produce a thrilling curtain raiser for a l
Wales 19-12 England, Cardiff
Mar 7, 1987: England crossed the Severn Bridge in 1987 grimly aware that they had not beaten Wales in Cardiff since 1963, when the pitch was frozen solid and the television pictures black and white. The 24 year wait had become an uncomfortable burden they were determi
England 22-15 Romania, Twickenham
Jan 5, 1985: Twickenham was less than half full for the international baptism of Rob Andrew and Wade Dooley. Romania were at their best in the 1980s, a period in which they beat Wales and France twice each, and overcame Scotland's 1984 Grand Slam winners
England 15-11 Australia, Twickenham
Jan 2, 1982: England beat Australia in a game of high quality, played in dreadful conditions. It was a match best remembered by many, however, for the unscheduled entertainment provided by Erica Roe
Scotland 24-15 Australia, Murrayfield
Dec 19, 1981: Scotland recorded their sixth win in eight matches against Australia since 1927. Their 24 points remains the record Scottish score in the series and they have won only three of 19 Wallaby encounters since 1981
New Zealand 25-22 South Africa, Eden Park, Auckland
Sep 12, 1981: New Zealand won the third and deciding Test in 1981 with an injury time penalty to take the series 2-1. So ended a Springbok tour that had caused the greatest civil unrest in New Zealand's history, with demonstrations and violence occurring wherever the S
Argentina 19-19 England, Buenos Aires
May 30, 1981: Argentina and England drew their first full cap international in Buenos Aires back in 1981. Clive Woodward's second try, four minutes from time, saved England from defeat at the hands of a powerful Puma team who were regularly commanding respect in intern
England 9-8 Wales, Five Nations, Twickenham, 1980
Feb 16, 1980: England beat Wales 9-8, their first win against them since 1974, thanks to three penalties from Dusty Hare, although the match hinged on Paul Ringer's 13th-minute dismissal for a late tackle
British Lions 23-14 Barbarians, Twickenham
Sep 10, 1977: The Lions won their first officially sanctioned 'home' match, played at Twickenham as part of the Queen's silver jubilee celebrations. A capacity crowd, including Prince Charles, was royally entertained and £100,000 raised for the Queen's Jubilee Appeal F
England 3-4 France, February 19, 1977
Feb 19, 1977: France secured the narrowest of victories at Twickenham to secure the second step of a unique Grand Slam in 1977. They used only 15 players throughout the Five Nations Championship and did not concede a single try
Scotland 10-3 Australia, Murrayfield, December 6, 1975
Dec 6, 1975: Scotland achieved a noteworthy win over Australia back in 1975, providing rich entertainment for the Murrayfield crowd in an evenly matched contest. Australia's inability to convert their fine work into points, and one careless error just before half-tim
Barbarians 23-11 New Zealand, Cardiff Arms Park
Jan 27, 1973: "If the greatest writer of the written word would have written that story, no-one would have believed it!" was Cliff Morgan's silky summing up of what is often described as the greatest try of them all
Scotland v England, Edinburgh, 1871
Mar 27, 1971: A look back at rugby's first international, when Scotland beat England by one goal to nil
England v South Africa, Twickenham, 1969
Dec 20, 1969: England's narrow victory over South Africa at Twickenham was their first in six attempts at home since the Springboks first tour in 1906
Australia 0 - 31 British Lions, Brisbane
Jun 4, 1966: The Lions trounced Australia with five second half tries to win the series 2-0 and set off for New Zealand, where a sterner challenge awaited. This match still holds the records for the Lions' biggest Test win, highest points score and most tries
Scotland 0-6 Wales, Edinburgh, February 2, 1963
Feb 2, 1963: The match report of Scotland v Wales at a freezing Murrayfield in 1963
Wales 6-13 England, January 19, 1963
Jan 19, 1963: When England beat Wales in Cardiff in 1991 for the first time in 28 years, the length of the hiatus was the talking point. Relatively few remembered that England's previous win, in 1963, took place on a pitch frozen solid in conditions that would see any
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