Full time6 March 1976
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1976Head-to-head
Ireland won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · Alan Old3–0
- –PEngland penalty · Alan Old6–0
- –PEngland penalty · Alan Old9–0
- –PEngland penalty · Alan Old12–0
- –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann12–3
- –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann12–6
- –TIreland try · Tom Grace12–10
- –DIreland drop goal · Barry McGann12–13
Line-ups
England
- 1Fran CottonProp
- 2Peter WheelerHooker
- 3Mike BurtonProp
- 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
- 5Rob WilkinsonSecond row
- 6Mark KeyworthFlanker
- 7Tony NearyFlanker
- 8Garry AdeyNumber 8
- 9Mike LamphowskiScrum-half
- 10Alan OldFly-half
- 11Mike SlemenWing
- 12David CookeCentre
- 13Andy MaxwellCentre
- 14Kenneth PlummerWing
- 15Alastair HignellFull-back
- 16Barrie CorlessBench
- 17Martin CooperBench
- 18Stephen SmithBench
- 19Barry NelmesBench
- 20John PullinBench
- 21Andy RipleyBench
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2John CantrellHooker
- 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
- 4Moss KeaneSecond row
- 5Brendan FoleySecond row
- 6Seamus DeeringFlanker
- 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
- 8Harry SteeleNumber 8
- 9Donal CanniffeScrum-half
- 10Barry McGannFly-half
- 11Stephen Blake-KnoxWing
- 12Mike GibsonCentre
- 13Joseph BradyCentre
- 14Tom GraceWing
- 15Tony EnsorFull-back
- 16Larry MoloneyBench
- 17Michael QuinnBench
- 18John MoloneyBench
- 19Patrick WhelanBench
- 20Tom FeigheryBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 18 January 1975, England 9–12 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 5 February 1977
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.