TheBreakdown
Full time16 February 1974
England
21–26
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1974Head-to-head

Ireland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Alan Old2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old11–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old14–0
  6. –PEngland penalty · Alan Old17–0
  7. –TEngland try · Peter Squires21–0
  8. –CIreland conversion · Mike Gibson21–2
  9. –CIreland conversion · Mike Gibson21–4
  10. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ensor21–7
  11. –TIreland try · Mike Gibson21–11
  12. –TIreland try · Mike Gibson21–15
  13. –TIreland try · John Moloney21–19
  14. –TIreland try · Terence Moore21–23
  15. –DIreland drop goal · Michael Quinn21–26

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Roger UttleySecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Alan OldFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12David RoughleyCentre
  13. 13Geoff EvansCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Peter RossboroughFull-back
  16. 16Tony JordenBench
  17. 17Martin CooperBench
  18. 18Jan WebsterBench
  19. 19Peter WheelerBench
  20. 20Mike BurtonBench
  21. 21John WatkinsBench

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Moss KeaneSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  8. 8Terence MooreNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Michael QuinnFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tony EnsorFull-back
  16. 16Paddy AgnewBench
  17. 17Patrick WhelanBench
  18. 18Seamus DeeringBench
  19. 19WR OakesBench
  20. 20Richard SpringBench
  21. 21Seamus DennisonBench

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Context

All-time, England 70–54 Ireland, 7 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England going in
Ireland going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.