Full time18 January 1975
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1975Head-to-head
Ireland won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · William McCombe2–0
- –CIreland conversion · William McCombe4–0
- –TIreland try · Mike Gibson8–0
- –TIreland try · William McCombe12–0
- –CEngland conversion · Alan Old12–2
- –TEngland try · Stack Stevens12–6
- –DEngland drop goal · Alan Old12–9
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Ray McLoughlinProp
- 2Patrick WhelanHooker
- 3Roger CleggProp
- 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 5Moss KeaneSecond row
- 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
- 8Willie DugganNumber 8
- 9John MoloneyScrum-half
- 10William McCombeFly-half
- 11Seamus DennisonWing
- 12Mike GibsonCentre
- 13Dick MillikenCentre
- 14Tom GraceWing
- 15Tony EnsorFull-back
- 16Paddy AgnewBench
- 17Harry SteeleBench
- 18Michael QuinnBench
- 19WT PostlethwaiteBench
- 20Ken KennedyBench
- 21Christopher McKibbinBench
England
- 1Stack StevensProp
- 2John PullinHooker
- 3Fran CottonProp
- 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
- 5Chris RalstonSecond row
- 6Peter DixonFlanker
- 7Tony NearyFlanker
- 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
- 9Jan WebsterScrum-half
- 10Alan OldFly-half
- 11David DuckhamWing
- 12Peter PreeceCentre
- 13Peter WarfieldCentre
- 14Peter SquiresWing
- 15Peter RossboroughFull-back
- 16Robin CowlingBench
- 17Peter WheelerBench
- 19Stephen SmithBench
- 20Martin CooperBench
- 21Tony JordenBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Ireland 54–70 England, 7 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Ireland going in
England going in
- Previous meeting: 16 February 1974, Ireland 26–21 England
- Next meeting on record: 6 March 1976
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.