TheBreakdown
Full time15 March 2008
England
33–10
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

England won by 23 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’TIreland try · Rob Kearney0–5
  2. 6’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara0–7
  3. 8’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara0–10
  4. 13’PEngland penalty · Danny Cipriani3–10
  5. 20’TEngland try · Paul Sackey8–10
  6. 21’CEngland conversion · Danny Cipriani10–10
  7. 31’PEngland penalty · Danny Cipriani13–10
  8. 46’PEngland penalty · Danny Cipriani16–10
  9. 58’TEngland try · Mathew Tait21–10
  10. 59’CEngland conversion · Danny Cipriani23–10
  11. 70’TEngland try · Jamie Noon28–10
  12. 71’CEngland conversion · Danny Cipriani30–10
  13. 75’PEngland penalty · Danny Cipriani33–10

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2Lee MearsHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Simon ShawSecond row
  5. 5Steve BorthwickSecond row
  6. 6Tom CroftFlanker
  7. 7Michael LipmanFlanker
  8. 8Nick EasterNumber 8
  9. 9Richard WigglesworthScrum-half
  10. 10Danny CiprianiFly-half
  11. 11Lesley VainikoloWing
  12. 12Toby FloodCentre
  13. 13Jamie NoonCentre
  14. 14Paul SackeyWing
  15. 15Iain BalshawFull-back
  16. 16George ChuterBench
  17. 17Matt StevensBench
  18. 18Ben KayBench
  19. 19James HaskellBench
  20. 20Paul HodgsonBench
  21. 21Jonny WilkinsonBench
  22. 22Mathew TaitBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Denis LeamyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Rob KearneyWing
  12. 12Shane HorganCentre
  13. 13Andrew TrimbleCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Bernard JackmanBench
  17. 17Tony BuckleyBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Simon EasterbyBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Luke FitzgeraldBench

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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.