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Full time25 February 1928
Scotland
5–13
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1928Head-to-head

Ireland won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Dan Drysdale2–0
  2. –TScotland try · David Kerr5–0
  3. –CIreland conversion · George Stephenson5–2
  4. –CIreland conversion · George Stephenson5–4
  5. –TIreland try · James Ganly5–7
  6. –TIreland try · Eugene Davy5–10
  7. –TIreland try · George Stephenson5–13

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1John AllanProp
  2. 2William RougheadHooker
  3. 3David KerrProp
  4. 4William FergusonSecond row
  5. 5John BannermanSecond row
  6. 6James GrahamFlanker
  7. 7John PatersonFlanker
  8. 8Willie WelshNumber 8
  9. 9James NelsonScrum-half
  10. 10Henry LindFly-half
  11. 11William SimmersWing
  12. 12James DykesCentre
  13. 13John HumeCentre
  14. 14John GoodfellowWing
  15. 15Dan DrysdaleFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Ted PikeProp
  2. 2Stephen CagneyHooker
  3. 3Horsey BrowneProp
  4. 4Charles PayneSecond row
  5. 5Charlie HanrahanSecond row
  6. 6Jimmy FarrellFlanker
  7. 7George BeamishFlanker
  8. 8Jammie ClinchNumber 8
  9. 9Mark SugdenScrum-half
  10. 10Eugene DavyFly-half
  11. 11Arthur DouglasWing
  12. 12James GanlyCentre
  13. 13George StephensonCentre
  14. 14Rowland ByersWing
  15. 15William StewartFull-back

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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 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.