TheBreakdown
Full time19 March 1988
England
35–3
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1988Head-to-head

England won by 32 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Jonathan Webb2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Rob Andrew4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · Rob Andrew6–0
  4. –CEngland conversion · Rob Andrew8–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Jonathan Webb11–0
  6. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood15–0
  7. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood19–0
  8. –TEngland try · Chris Oti23–0
  9. –TEngland try · Chris Oti27–0
  10. –TEngland try · Chris Oti31–0
  11. –TEngland try · Gary Rees35–0
  12. –DIreland drop goal · Michael Kiernan35–3

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4John OrwinSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6Micky SkinnerFlanker
  7. 7Gary ReesFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel MelvilleScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Chris OtiWing
  12. 12Will CarlingCentre
  13. 13Simon HallidayCentre
  14. 14Rory UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Jonathan WebbFull-back
  16. 16Bryan BarleyBench
  17. 17Les CusworthBench
  18. 18Richard HardingBench
  19. 19Gareth ChilcottBench
  20. 20Graham DaweBench
  21. 21Dave EgertonBench

Ireland

  1. 1Tom ClancyProp
  2. 2Terry KingstonHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Michael MoylettSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Denis McBrideFlanker
  8. 8Willie AndersonNumber 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. 16Jim McCoyBench
  17. 17John McDonaldBench
  18. 18Don WhittleBench
  19. 19Fergus AherneBench
  20. 20Ralph KeyesBench
  21. 21Phil DanaherBench

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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.