Full time28 February 2009
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head
Ireland won by 1 point.
Scoring
- 30’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–0
- 40’PEngland penalty · Toby Flood3–3
- 46’DIreland drop goal · Brian O'Driscoll6–3
- 58’TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll11–3
- 66’PEngland penalty · Delon Armitage11–6
- 71’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara14–6
- 80’CEngland conversion · Andy Goode14–8
- 80’TEngland try · Delon Armitage14–13
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Marcus HoranProp
- 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
- 3John HayesProp
- 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
- 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
- 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
- 7David WallaceFlanker
- 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
- 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
- 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
- 11Luke FitzgeraldWing
- 12Paddy WallaceCentre
- 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
- 14Tommy BoweWing
- 15Rob KearneyFull-back
- 16Rory BestBench
- 17Tom CourtBench
- 18Mick O'DriscollBench
- 19Denis LeamyBench
- 20Peter StringerBench
- 21Gordon D'ArcyBench
- 22Geordan MurphyBench
England
- 1Andrew SheridanProp
- 2Lee MearsHooker
- 3Phil VickeryProp
- 4Steve BorthwickSecond row
- 5Nick KennedySecond row
- 6James HaskellFlanker
- 7Joe WorsleyFlanker
- 8Nick EasterNumber 8
- 9Harry EllisScrum-half
- 10Toby FloodFly-half
- 11Mark CuetoWing
- 12Riki FluteyCentre
- 13Mike TindallCentre
- 14Paul SackeyWing
- 15Delon ArmitageFull-back
- 16Dylan HartleyBench
- 17Julian WhiteBench
- 18Tom CroftBench
- 19Luke NarrawayBench
- 20Danny CareBench
- 21Andy GoodeBench
- 22Mathew TaitBench
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: 15 March 2008, Ireland 10–33 England
- Next meeting on record: 27 February 2010
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.