TheBreakdown
Full time20 January 1990
England
23–0
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1990Head-to-head

England won by 23 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson4–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Simon Hodgkinson7–0
  4. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood11–0
  5. –TEngland try · Will Carling15–0
  6. –TEngland try · Jeremy Guscott19–0
  7. –TEngland try · Jeff Probyn23–0

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Paul RendallProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4Paul AckfordSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6Micky SkinnerFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Dave EgertonNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Mark BaileyWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Rory UnderwoodWing
  15. 15Simon HodgkinsonFull-back
  16. 16Allan BuzzaBench
  17. 17Simon HallidayBench
  18. 18Steve BatesBench
  19. 19Mark LinnettBench
  20. 20John OlverBench
  21. 21Mike TeagueBench

Ireland

  1. 1Des FitzgeraldProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Gary HalpinProp
  4. 4Neil FrancisSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Patrick O'HaraFlanker
  8. 8Noel MannionNumber 8
  9. 9Fergus AherneScrum-half
  10. 10Peter RussellFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12David IrwinCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Michael KiernanWing
  15. 15Kenny MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Patrick MurrayBench
  17. 17Brian SmithBench
  18. 18Michael BradleyBench
  19. 19Paul CollinsBench
  20. 20Nick PopplewellBench
  21. 21John McDonaldBench

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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.