TheBreakdown
Full time16 March 1996
England
28–15
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1996Head-to-head

England won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson3–0
  2. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson6–0
  3. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson9–0
  4. 1’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson12–0
  5. 1’DEngland drop goal · Paul Grayson15–0
  6. 1’PIreland penalty · Simon Mason15–3
  7. 1’PIreland penalty · Simon Mason15–6
  8. 1’PIreland penalty · Simon Mason15–9
  9. 1’PIreland penalty · Simon Mason15–12
  10. 1’DIreland drop goal · David Humphreys15–15
  11. 46’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson18–15
  12. 68’PEngland penalty · Paul Grayson21–15
  13. 78’CEngland conversion · Paul Grayson23–15
  14. 78’TEngland try · Jon Sleightholme28–15

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Mark ReganHooker
  3. 3Jason LeonardProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Garath ArcherSecond row
  6. 6Ben ClarkeFlanker
  7. 7Lawrence DallaglioFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Matt DawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Paul GraysonFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Jeremy GuscottCentre
  13. 13Will CarlingCentre
  14. 14Jon SleightholmeWing
  15. 15Mike CattFull-back
  16. 16Jon CallardBench
  17. 17Phil De GlanvilleBench
  18. 18Kyran BrackenBench
  19. 19Victor UboguBench
  20. 20Graham DaweBench
  21. 21Tim RodberBench

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Allen ClarkeHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Gabriel FulcherSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6David CorkeryFlanker
  7. 7Denis McBrideFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Niall HoganScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Niall WoodsWing
  12. 12Maurice FieldCentre
  13. 13Jonathan BellCentre
  14. 14Simon GeogheganWing
  15. 15Simon MasonFull-back
  16. 16Mark McCallBench
  17. 17Paul BurkeBench
  18. 18Christian SaverimuttoBench
  19. 19Paddy JohnsBench
  20. 20Henry HurleyBench
  21. 21Terry KingstonBench

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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.