TheBreakdown
Full time19 March 1983
Ireland
25–15
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1983Head-to-head

Ireland won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell8–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell11–0
  5. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell14–0
  6. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell17–0
  7. –TIreland try · Fergus Slattery21–0
  8. –TIreland try · Ollie Campbell25–0
  9. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare25–3
  10. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare25–6
  11. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare25–9
  12. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare25–12
  13. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare25–15

Line-ups

Ireland

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

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Stephen BoyleSecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6Nick JeavonsFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Nick YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11David TrickWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Clive WoodwardCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Nicholas StringerBench
  17. 17Huw DaviesBench
  18. 18Stephen SmithBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20Steve MillsBench
  21. 21Bob HesfordBench

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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

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.