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Full time30 March 1985
Ireland
13–10
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1985Head-to-head

Ireland won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan6–0
  3. –TIreland try · Brendan Mullin10–0
  4. –DIreland drop goal · Michael Kiernan13–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew13–3
  6. –PEngland penalty · Rob Andrew13–6
  7. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood13–10

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Jim McCoyProp
  4. 4Willie AndersonSecond row
  5. 5Donal LenihanSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Nigel CarrFlanker
  8. 8Brian SpillaneNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Michael FitzpatrickBench
  17. 17Harry HarbisonBench
  18. 18Bran McCallBench
  19. 19Rab BradyBench
  20. 20Ralph KeyesBench
  21. 21Philip RaineyBench

England

  1. 1Phil BlakewayProp
  2. 2Steve BrainHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Wade DooleySecond row
  5. 5John OrwinSecond row
  6. 6David CookeFlanker
  7. 7John HallFlanker
  8. 8Bob HesfordNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel MelvilleScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Kevin SimmsCentre
  14. 14Simon SmithWing
  15. 15Chris MartinFull-back
  16. 16Huw DaviesBench
  17. 17Stuart BarnesBench
  18. 18Richard HillBench
  19. 19Austin SheppardBench
  20. 20Andrew SimpsonBench
  21. 21Mike TeagueBench

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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.