Full time17 February 1979
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1979Head-to-head
Ireland won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · Tony Ward2–0
- –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward5–0
- –TIreland try · Freddie McLennan9–0
- –DIreland drop goal · Tony Ward12–0
- –PEngland penalty · Nellie Bennett12–3
- –TEngland try · Nellie Bennett12–7
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2Patrick WhelanHooker
- 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
- 4Harry SteeleSecond row
- 5Moss KeaneSecond row
- 6Willie DugganFlanker
- 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 8Michael GibsonNumber 8
- 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
- 10Tony WardFly-half
- 11Freddie McLennanWing
- 12Paul McNaughtonCentre
- 13Alistair McKibbinCentre
- 14Moss FinnWing
- 15Richard SpringFull-back
- 16Ned ByrneBench
- 17Ciaran FitzgeraldBench
- 18John O'DriscollBench
- 19John MoloneyBench
- 20AD GoodrichBench
- 21Terry KennedyBench
England
- 1Robin CowlingProp
- 2Peter WheelerHooker
- 3Gary PearceProp
- 4Nigel HortonSecond row
- 5Bill BeaumontSecond row
- 6Mike RafterFlanker
- 7Tony NearyFlanker
- 8John ScottNumber 8
- 9Peter KingstonScrum-half
- 10Nellie BennettFly-half
- 11Mike SlemenWing
- 12Paul DodgeCentre
- 13Tony BondCentre
- 14Peter SquiresWing
- 15Alastair HignellFull-back
- 16John PalmerBench
- 17John HortonBench
- 18Malcolm YoungBench
- 19Jon RaphaelBench
- 20John DoubledayBench
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: 18 March 1978, Ireland 9–15 England
- Next meeting on record: 19 January 1980
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.