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Full time25 February 1956
Ireland
14–10
Scotland
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1956Head-to-head

Ireland won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Alex Pedlow2–0
  2. –TIreland try · Tony O'Reilly5–0
  3. –TIreland try · Noel Henderson8–0
  4. –TIreland try · Jack Kyle11–0
  5. –TIreland try · John O'Meara14–0
  6. –CScotland conversion · Tom McClung14–2
  7. –CScotland conversion · Tom McClung14–4
  8. –TScotland try · Ernest Michie14–7
  9. –TScotland try · Arthur Smith14–10

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1William FaganProp
  2. 2Robin RoeHooker
  3. 3Gordon WoodProp
  4. 4Brendan GuerinSecond row
  5. 5Leo LynchSecond row
  6. 6Charles LydonFlanker
  7. 7Martin CunninghamFlanker
  8. 8James KavanaghNumber 8
  9. 9John O'MearaScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11William HewittWing
  12. 12Noel HendersonCentre
  13. 13Tony O'ReillyCentre
  14. 14Alex PedlowWing
  15. 15Patrick BerkeryFull-back

Scotland

  1. 1Hugh McLeodProp
  2. 2Bob MacEwenHooker
  3. 3Tom ElliotProp
  4. 4Ernest MichieSecond row
  5. 5Hamish KempSecond row
  6. 6Ian MacGregorFlanker
  7. 7Adam RobsonFlanker
  8. 8James GreenwoodNumber 8
  9. 9Arthur DorwardScrum-half
  10. 10Angus CameronFly-half
  11. 11Ian SwanWing
  12. 12Keith MacdonaldCentre
  13. 13Tom McClungCentre
  14. 14Arthur SmithWing
  15. 15Robin ChisholmFull-back

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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.