TheBreakdown
Full time6 February 1982
England
15–16
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1982Head-to-head

Ireland won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose11–0
  5. –TEngland try · Mike Slemen15–0
  6. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell15–2
  7. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell15–5
  8. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell15–8
  9. –TIreland try · Hugo MacNeill15–12
  10. –TIreland try · Ginger McLoughlin15–16

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4James SyddallSecond row
  5. 5Maurice ColcloughSecond row
  6. 6Nick JeavonsFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Huw DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Tony BondCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Marcus RoseFull-back
  16. 16Nicholas StringerBench
  17. 17Les CusworthBench
  18. 18Nigel MelvilleBench
  19. 19Gary PearceBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21Bob HesfordBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Donal LenihanSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Robbie McGrathScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Moss FinnWing
  12. 12Paul DeanCentre
  13. 13Michael KiernanCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Michael FitzpatrickBench
  17. 17John CantrellBench
  18. 18Ronan KearneyBench
  19. 19KA O'ReganBench
  20. 20John HewittBench
  21. 21John MurphyBench

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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.