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Full time20 March 2010
Ireland
20–23
Scotland
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2010Head-to-head

Scotland won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks0–3
  2. 12’TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll5–3
  3. 13’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton7–3
  4. 16’TScotland try · Johnnie Beattie7–8
  5. 39’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks7–11
  6. 43’DScotland drop goal · Dan Parks7–14
  7. 49’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks7–17
  8. 52’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton10–17
  9. 65’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe15–17
  10. 66’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara17–17
  11. 75’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks17–20
  12. 77’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara20–20
  13. 80’PScotland penalty · Dan Parks20–23

Line-ups

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. 22Rob KearneyBench

Scotland

  1. 1Allan JacobsenProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3Euan MurrayProp
  4. 4Jim HamiltonSecond row
  5. 5Alastair KellockSecond row
  6. 6Kelly BrownFlanker
  7. 7John BarclayFlanker
  8. 8Johnnie BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Chris CusiterScrum-half
  10. 10Dan ParksFly-half
  11. 11Max EvansWing
  12. 12Graeme MorrisonCentre
  13. 13Nick De LucaCentre
  14. 14Sean LamontWing
  15. 15Hugo SouthwellFull-back
  16. 16Scott LawsonBench
  17. 17Alasdair DickinsonBench
  18. 18Richie GrayBench
  19. 19Alan MacDonaldBench
  20. 20Mike BlairBench
  21. 21Phil GodmanBench
  22. 22Simon DanielliBench

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Context

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

Ireland going in
Scotland 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.