You have to go all the way back to 1983 for Scotland's last win over England at Twickenham in the then Five Nations Championship. The coach wasn’t a big figure back then, so it was the players who made the decisions. The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes “I played better that day than I ever had for Scotland, partly because I played alongside Jim Renwick and no one is better at creating space.“We should have had a penalty try in the first minute when Jim [Renwick] was tackled high as he was going to score, and from then on it was all Scotland.
Scotland celebrating victory over England at Twickenham in 1983

‘The main thing we had going for us in 1983 was naivety,” says John Rutherford, the man who cut England to shreds “Although England were a bit low on confidence, in most other ways it was very much like today’s match,” says Rutherford. Read our community guidelines in full Although it was 9-9 at half-time, we were in control. “England were big and powerful up front, our forwards were more mobile and we had a set of backs who, apart from Jim Pollock from Gosforth, played together for the South and knew each other’s games inside out.”“We were really confident, there was no inferiority complex,” says Paxton.

Tom and I were pretty inexperienced – I hadn’t played in the second row since school – but so were Steve Bainbridge and Stephen Boyle.“The atmosphere was brilliant, it always was at the old Twickenham, and our forwards got around the park better than theirs. “A lot of us wanted to put down a Lions marker but unusually before the game we were out at Weybridge and things were really calm, or as calm as they ever got with Jim Telfer. Find out more

It was never comfortable but we never felt we were going to lose.”That theme of Scottish confidence is echoed by Robertson. Jim Telfer was head coach and scrum-half Roy Laidlaw (Uncle to a certain Greig) scored a try in the 12–22 victory.

You have to go all the way back to 1983 for Scotland's last win over England at Twickenham in the then Five Nations Championship.With the score locked at 9-9 at half-time, the Scots went on to record a deserved 22-12 victory over a mentally fragile England outfit.Telegraph Sport looks back on the England side who suffered only a fourth defeat at home to the Scots and what happened next...We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. “The first time I …




England and Scotland have been playing each other at rugby union since 1871 when … Who would have thought then that it would be at least 34 years before we got another chance to do that again.”We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. The atmosphere was different too: at the old Twickenham the crowd was at eye level and so close I could hear individual friends from the Borders; for me it was the best ground in the world.“The official dinner afterwards was at the Hilton, but it’s the festivities later on that really stick in my mind. The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. “We were just a bunch of guys who were ready to have a right good go,” he said. The latest offers and discount codes from popular brands on Telegraph Voucher Codes A momentous day for Scottish Rugby fans, but what else happened in 1983? Jim Aitken arranged for a really good pianist to come to the Charing Cross Hotel where we and lots of Scotland fans were staying and we stayed up til two or three in the morning singing our hearts out. It helped that we had a Kiwi referee, Tom Doocey, who was sympathetic to the way we played at the breakdown. Scotland The last time Scotland tasted victory in Twickenham against England was 34 years ago. Records include the following current or recent matches: Ireland v England at Lansdowne Road, Five Nations, Mar 19, 1983 [ 25-15 FT] France v Wales at Parc des Princes, Five Nations, Mar 19, 1983 [ 16-9 FT] England v Scotland at Twickenham, Five Nations, Mar 5, 1983 [ 12-22 FT] Records include the following current or recent matches: England v New Zealand at Twickenham, Nov 19, 1983 [ 15-9 FT] England v Scotland at Twickenham, Five Nations, Mar 5, 1983 [ 12-22 FT] England v France at Twickenham, Five Nations, Jan 15, 1983 [ 15-19 FT] You need to be a subscriber to join the conversation. ‘The main thing we had going for us in 1983 was naivety,” says John Rutherford, the man who cut England to shreds the last time Scotland won at Twickenham.

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