With England leading the match by six points as the clock passed 80 minutes, Wales centre Scott Gibbs evaded a number of tackles to score a try from approximately 20 metres.

Neil Jenkins successfully converted to claim victory for Wales by a single point and hand the Championship to Scotland in one of the most memorable matches in the tournament's history.

Scotland had staged their own remarkable upset the previous day, scoring five first-half tries to beat France in Paris for only the second time in 30 years.

Scotland's Gregor Townsend became only the fifth player in history to score a try against each other country in a single Five Nations tournament.

Italy played all of the Five Nations sides during the 1998–99 season, partly in preparation for joining the tournament the following year, albeit the game against England (at Huddersfield) was a World Cup qualifier.