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Full time27 February 2010
England
16–20
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2010Head-to-head

Ireland won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe0–5
  2. 17’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson3–5
  3. 31’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–8
  4. 38’PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson6–8
  5. 57’TIreland try · Keith Earls6–13
  6. 62’TEngland try · Dan Cole11–13
  7. 63’CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson13–13
  8. 72’DEngland drop goal · Jonny Wilkinson16–13
  9. 75’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe16–18
  10. 76’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara16–20

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Tim PayneProp
  2. 2Dylan HartleyHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Simon ShawSecond row
  5. 5Steve BorthwickSecond row
  6. 6James HaskellFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Nick EasterNumber 8
  9. 9Danny CareScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Ugo MonyeWing
  12. 12Riki FluteyCentre
  13. 13Mathew TaitCentre
  14. 14Mark CuetoWing
  15. 15Delon ArmitageFull-back
  16. 16Lee MearsBench
  17. 17David WilsonBench
  18. 18Louis DeaconBench
  19. 19Joe WorsleyBench
  20. 20Paul HodgsonBench
  21. 21Toby FloodBench
  22. 22Ben FodenBench

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Keith EarlsWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Tony BuckleyBench
  18. 18Leo CullenBench
  19. 19Shane JenningsBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Andrew TrimbleBench

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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.