Who scored Wales' first five-point Test try? David James, Wales
The IRB upgraded the points value for a try from four to five in mid-1992. The last four-point try for Wales was scored by Richard Webster against Scotland in the Five Nations match at Cardiff in March 1992.
A Wales team turned out against Italy at Cardiff in October 1992, with Anthony Clement, Ieuan Evans, Colin Stephens, Scott Gibbs, Stuart Davies, Richard Webster and Mike Rayer scoring five-pointers in a 43-12 victory, but neither side awarded caps.
Wales then lost 23-6 to Australia in November, failing to score a try, before opening the 1993 Five Nations with a 10-9 home win against Will Carling's England, who were hot favourites to win a third successive Grand Slam.
The match turned on an uncharacteristic slip by Rory Underwood, the English left wing, just before half-time. England were leading 9-3 when he was left flat-footed by an Emyr Lewis chip ahead which Ieuan Evans hacked on before winning a chase for the touchdown.
Neil Jenkins converted to give Wales a one-point lead and the home side tackled everything that moved to hold out for victory in a scoreless second half.
Ieuan Evans' score was the only try of the match and Wales's first worth five points in a Test. More significantly, though, it was the first international in which the new tariff affected the outcome of the match -- the game would have been left drawn at 9-all under the previous four-point try scoring system.
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