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Full time26 February 1949
Scotland
3–13
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1949Head-to-head

Ireland won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · William Allardice3–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · George Norton3–2
  3. –CIreland conversion · George Norton3–4
  4. –PIreland penalty · George Norton3–7
  5. –TIreland try · Jim McCarthy3–10
  6. –TIreland try · Jim McCarthy3–13

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1James Cooper DawsonProp
  2. 2Gibbie AbercrombieHooker
  3. 3Stuart ColtmanProp
  4. 4Leslie CurrieSecond row
  5. 5AM ThomsonSecond row
  6. 6Douglas KellerFlanker
  7. 7Douglas ElliotFlanker
  8. 8Peter KininmonthNumber 8
  9. 9William AllardiceScrum-half
  10. 10Charles BruceFly-half
  11. 11Doug SmithWing
  12. 12Derek HepburnCentre
  13. 13Lawrence GloagCentre
  14. 14Thomas JacksonWing
  15. 15Ian LumsdenFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Tommy CliffordProp
  2. 2Karl MullenHooker
  3. 3Leslie GriffinProp
  4. 4Jimmy NelsonSecond row
  5. 5Bob AgarSecond row
  6. 6Bill McKayFlanker
  7. 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
  8. 8Des O'BrienNumber 8
  9. 9Ernie StrathdeeScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Mick LaneWing
  12. 12Des McKeeCentre
  13. 13Noel HendersonCentre
  14. 14Bartholomew O'HanlonWing
  15. 15George NortonFull-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.