Gibbs stuns England at Wembley
Wales' Scott Gibbs is swamped by his team mates after scoring the match-winning try against England at Wembley in 1999
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1999
Scott Gibbs' last-minute Wembley try and Neil Jenkins's conversion deny England the Grand Slam. Wales win the last-ever Five Nations match 32-31.
England had been on-course to claim the Championship and Grand Slam with vitory over Wales, but Gibbs' try handed the tournament to Scotland on points difference after they had defeated France 36-22 in Paris on the previous afternoon.
1964
France cut loose against Ireland in Paris scoring six tries in a 27-6 win played in perfect conditions.
Winger Christian Darrouy crossed for a brace of tries while Michel Arnaudet, skipper Michel Crauste, Andre Herrero and Murice Lira also scored against an Ireland side led by Willie-John McBride and featuring Mike Gibson at fly-half.
1942
Wembley Stadium, the home of English soccer, stages its first representative rugby match when the Scottish Service XV defeat their English counterparts 8-5. Twenty thousand are present to see the Scots withstand a late English onslaught to win by two tries to one.
1892
A unique rugby v soccer match under Union rules is staged between the Barbarians and the Corinthians at Queen's Club, Kensington. The novel game ends in a surprising win for the soccer men by 14-12.
1959
French rugby, basking in its first Five Nations title, continues to shine. The French Army, fielding eight international players, dominate their British counterparts in the annual match winning 20-3 at the Stade Jean Bouin in Paris.
2001
The Auckland Blues plucked an unknown student from obscurity to play fly-half against the Cats in Whangarei. Blues Colts' James Arlidge, then 21, admitted that he thought the Blues manager Sean Fitzpatrick had got the wrong number when he called to bring him into the senior squad.
2003
Llanelli's hopes of advancing beyond the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup are dashed by Perpignan at Stradey Park. The Scarlets sorely miss Dafydd Jones, sent off after 10 minutes, and crash out 26-13.
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