Gordon Bulloch, with two tries, and Brendan Laney, who held his nerve to kick two late, late penalties, were the heroes as the visitors won 27-22 in what was then known as the Millennium Stadium.
These pictures tell the story of a closely-fought match which saw the lead change hands seven times.
Scotland, coached by Ian McGeechan and captained by Bryan Redpath and Budge Pountney, finished fourth in the 2002 Six Nations, winning two and losing three of their games. The other victory came against Italy in Rome.
The game also marked the end of the legendary Bill McLaren's career commentating on international rugby. He had begun in 1953 on BBC radio when he covered Scotland's 12-0 loss to Wales in Edinburgh. He bowed out 49 years later.
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Stephen Jones, now Wales’ assistant coach, kicked three early penalties to give the Welsh an early 9-0 lead over Scotland in Cardiff in 2002.
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Current Scotland coach Gregor Townsend is tackled by Colin Jarvis of Wales. Townsend, who was playing in France for Castres at the time, was at stand-off for Scotland in Cardiff.
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Hooker Gordon Bulloch only ever scored four tries for Scotland in 77 appearances but two of them came in the first half of the 2002 win in Cardiff.
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Brendan Laney's place-kicking accuracy was key to Scotland's win over Wales in 2002. The Kiwi import played at full-back in Cardiff and slotted over four penalties and a conversion to contribute 14 points to the 27-22 victory.
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Source: scotsman.com
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