Willem NEL

Willem Nel playing for Scotland against England at Twickenham where they

won 27-23 in the Six Nations Championship and kept the Calcutta Cup north

of the border.  "WP' had fun during the game ignoring the ball whlist trying

to expose his English opponent.

International record: Played 61. Won 34, Drawn 1, Lost 26.

2015 v Italy  (Turin) L 16-12 (R)
2015 v Italy (Edinburgh) W 23-7
2015 v France (Paris) L 19-16
2015 v Japan (Gloucester) W 45-10 (World Cup)
2015 v USA (Leeds) W 39-16 (World Cup) (R)
2015 v South Africa (Newcastle) L 34-16 (World Cup)
2015 v Samoa (Newcastle) W 36-33 (World Cup)
2015 v Australia (Twickenham) L 35-34 (World Cup)

2016 v England (Edinburgh) L 15-9 (SN)
2016 v Wales (Cardiff) L 27-23 (SN)
2016 v Italy (Rome) W 36-20 (SN)
2016 v France (Edinburgh) W 29-18 (SN)
2016 v Ireland (Dublin) L 35-25 (SN)
2016 v Japan (Aichi) W 26-13
2016 v Japan (Tokyo) W 21-16 (R)

2017 v Italy (Singapore) W 34-13
2017 v Australia (Sydney) W 24-19 (R)
2017 v Fiji (Suva) L 22-27
2017 v Samoa (Murrayfield) W 44-38

2018 v England (Edinburgh) W 25-13 (R)
2018 v Ireland (Dublin) L 8-28 (SN) (R)
2018 v Italy (Rome) W 29-27 (SN)
2018 v Wales (Cardiff) L 10-21
2018 v Fiji (Edinburgh) W 54-17
2018 v South Africa (Edinburgh) L 20-26
2018 v Argentina (Edinburgh) W 14-9 (R)

2019 v Italy (Edinburgh) W 33-20 (SN)
2019 v Wales (Murrayfield) L 11-18 (SN)
2019 v England (Twickenham) D 38-38 (SN) !

2019 v France (Edinburgh) W 17-14
2019 v Georgia (Tbilisi) W 43-16
2019 v Ireland (Yokohama) L 3-27 (World Cup)
2019 v Samoa (Kobe) W 34-0 (World Cup)
2019 v Russia (Shizuoka) W 61-0 (World Cup) (R)
2019 v Japan (Yokohama) L 21-28 (World Cup)


2020 v Ireland (Dublin) L 12-19 (SN) (R)
2020 v Italy (Rome) W 17-0 (SN) (R)
2020 v France (Edinburgh) W 28-17 (SN) (R)

2020 v Italy (Florence) W 28-17 (ANC) (R)
2020 v Ireland (Dublin) L 16-31 (ANC) (R)

2021 v England (Twickenham) W 11-6 (SN)
2021 v Wales (Edinburgh) L 24-25 (SN)
2021 v Ireland (Murrayfield) L 24-27 (SN)

2022 v England (Edinburgh) W 20-17 (SN) (R)
2022 v Wales (Cardiff) L 17-20 (SN)
2022 v France (Edinburgh) L 17-36 (SN) (R)
2022 v Italy (Rome) W 33-22 (SN) (R)
2022 v Ireland (Dublin) L 5-26 (SN) (R)

2022 v Australia (Edinburgh) L 15-16 (R)
2022 v New Zealand (Edinburgh) L 23-31 (R)

 
2023 v England (Twickenham) W 27-23 (SN)

2023 v Wales (Edinburgh) W 35-7 (SN) (R)
2023 v France (Paris) L 21-32 (SN) (R)
2023 v Italy (Edinburgh) W 26-14 (SN) (R)

2023 v France (Edinburgh) W 25-21 (R)
2023 v France (Paris) L 30-27
2023 v Georgia (Edinburgh) W 33-6
2023 v South Africa (Marseille) L 3-18 (World Cup) (R)
2023 v Tonga (Nice) W 45-17 (World Cup) (R)
2023 v Romania (Lille) W 84-0 (World Cup) (R)
2023 v Ireland (Paris) L 14-36 (World Cup) (R)

(R) = Replacement.

at Twickenham in the Six Nations Championship. Losing 31-0 during the first

half the score at the end was 38-38 !  16th March 2019.