TheBreakdown
Full time22 February 1890
Scotland
5–0
Ireland
Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, Scotland · Home Nations 1890Head-to-head

Scotland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –TScotland try · John Orr
  2. –DScotland drop goal · John Boswell

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

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 15Gregor MacGregorFull-back
  2. Frederick GoodhueForward
  3. John BoswellForward
  4. David MortonForward
  5. D'Arcy AndersonFly-half
  6. Ian MacIntyreForward
  7. Henry StevensonThree-quarter
  8. Alfred DukeForward
  9. John OrrForward
  10. Charlie OrrFly-half
  11. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter
  12. George WilsonThree-quarter
  13. Matthew McEwanForward
  14. Hugh KerForward
  15. Robert MacMillanForward

Ireland

  1. 15Henry GiffordFull-back
  2. Robert WarrenFly-half
  3. Robert DunlopThree-quarter
  4. William DavisForward
  5. Edmund ForrestForward
  6. James MoffattForward
  7. Robert StevensonForward
  8. Eddie DoranForward
  9. Alaster McDonnellFly-half
  10. Ralph JohnstonThree-quarter
  11. Henry RicheyForward
  12. J RocheForward
  13. John O'ConorForward
  14. J WaitesForward
  15. T EdwardsThree-quarter

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Context

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

Scotland going in
Ireland 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.