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Played16 February 1889
Ireland
v
Scotland
Ormeau, Belfast, Northern Ireland · Home Nations 1889Head-to-head

No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.

Scoring

  1. –DScotland drop goal · Henry Stevenson

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 15Luke HolmesFull-back
  2. Frank StokerForward
  3. Robert WarrenFly-half
  4. LC NashForward
  5. RA YeatesThree-quarter
  6. Edmund ForrestForward
  7. James MoffattForward
  8. Thomas PedlowThree-quarter
  9. Robert StevensonForward
  10. HW AndrewsForward
  11. CRR StackForward
  12. Joseph JamesonForward
  13. James StevensonFly-half
  14. DC WoodsThree-quarter
  15. Thomas DonovanForward

Scotland

  1. 15Henry ChambersFull-back
  2. Thomas IrvineForward
  3. Alexander AitkenForward
  4. JG McKendrickForward
  5. James MarshThree-quarter
  6. John BoswellForward
  7. David MortonForward
  8. D'Arcy AndersonFly-half
  9. Henry StevensonThree-quarter
  10. Alfred DukeForward
  11. John OrrForward
  12. Charlie OrrFly-half
  13. Alfred MethuenForward
  14. William HolmsThree-quarter
  15. Matthew McEwanForward

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Context

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

Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests
Scotland going inno earlier scored Tests

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.