TheBreakdown
Full time2 March 1991
Ireland
7–16
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1991Head-to-head

England won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Brian Smith3–0
  2. –TIreland try · Simon Geoghegan7–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · Simon Hodgkinson7–2
  4. –PEngland penalty · Simon Hodgkinson7–5
  5. –PEngland penalty · Simon Hodgkinson7–8
  6. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood7–12
  7. –TEngland try · Mike Teague7–16

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1John FitzgeraldProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Brian RigneySecond row
  5. 5Neil FrancisSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Gordon HamiltonFlanker
  8. 8Brian RobinsonNumber 8
  9. 9Rob SaundersScrum-half
  10. 10Brian SmithFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12David CurtisCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Simon GeogheganWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Kenny MurphyBench
  17. 17Vince CunninghamBench
  18. 18Alain RollandBench
  19. 19Noel MannionBench
  20. 20Gary HalpinBench
  21. 21Terry KingstonBench

England

  1. 1Jason LeonardProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Jeff ProbynProp
  4. 4Paul AckfordSecond row
  5. 5Wade DooleySecond row
  6. 6Mike TeagueFlanker
  7. 7Peter WinterbottomFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Rob AndrewFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Nigel HeslopWing
  15. 15Simon HodgkinsonFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan WebbBench
  17. 17Simon HallidayBench
  18. 18Dewi MorrisBench
  19. 19Paul RendallBench
  20. 20John OlverBench
  21. 21Micky SkinnerBench

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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

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.