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Full time14 March 2009
Scotland
15–22
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

Ireland won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson3–0
  2. 12’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–3
  3. 16’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson6–3
  4. 22’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson9–3
  5. 28’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara9–6
  6. 34’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson12–6
  7. 35’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara12–9
  8. 52’TIreland try · Jamie Heaslip12–14
  9. 53’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara12–16
  10. 57’DIreland drop goal · Ronan O'Gara12–19
  11. 62’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson15–19
  12. 73’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara15–22

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Alasdair DickinsonProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3Euan MurrayProp
  4. 4Jason WhiteSecond row
  5. 5Jim HamiltonSecond row
  6. 6Alasdair StrokoschFlanker
  7. 7John BarclayFlanker
  8. 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Mike BlairScrum-half
  10. 10Phil GodmanFly-half
  11. 11Thom EvansWing
  12. 12Graeme MorrisonCentre
  13. 13Max EvansCentre
  14. 14Simon DanielliWing
  15. 15Chris PatersonFull-back
  16. 16Dougie HallBench
  17. 17Moray LowBench
  18. 18Nathan HinesBench
  19. 19Scott GrayBench
  20. 20Chris CusiterBench
  21. 21Nick De LucaBench
  22. 22Hugo SouthwellBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Luke FitzgeraldWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Jerry FlanneryBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Jamie HeaslipBench
  20. 20Tomás O'LearyBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Geordan MurphyBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 55–72 Ireland, 5 drawn in 132 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.