Full time7 February 1987
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1987Head-to-head
Ireland won by 17 points.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan2–0
- –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan5–0
- –TIreland try · Michael Kiernan9–0
- –TIreland try · Keith Crossan13–0
- –TIreland try · Phil Matthews17–0
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2Harry HarbisonHooker
- 3Des FitzgeraldProp
- 4Jim GlennonSecond row
- 5Donal LenihanSecond row
- 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
- 7Nigel CarrFlanker
- 8Willie AndersonNumber 8
- 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
- 10Paul DeanFly-half
- 11Keith CrossanWing
- 12Michael KiernanCentre
- 13Brendan MullinCentre
- 14Trevor RinglandWing
- 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
- 16Jim McCoyBench
- 17Ciaran FitzgeraldBench
- 18Paul CollinsBench
- 19Tony DoyleBench
- 20Tony WardBench
- 21Philip RaineyBench
England
- 1Paul RendallProp
- 2Graham DaweHooker
- 3Gary PearceProp
- 4Nigel RedmanSecond row
- 5David CusaniSecond row
- 6John HallFlanker
- 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
- 8Paul SimpsonNumber 8
- 9Richard HillScrum-half
- 10Rob AndrewFly-half
- 11Rory UnderwoodWing
- 12Kevin SimmsCentre
- 13Jamie SalmonCentre
- 14Mike HarrisonWing
- 15Marcus RoseFull-back
- 16Simon HallidayBench
- 17Stuart BarnesBench
- 18Richard HardingBench
- 19Gareth ChilcottBench
- 20Brian MooreBench
- 21Gary ReesBench
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: 1 March 1986, Ireland 20–25 England
- Next meeting on record: 19 March 1988
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.