Full time23 February 1957
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1957Head-to-head
Ireland won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –PScotland penalty · Ken Scotland3–0
- –CIreland conversion · Patrick Berkery3–2
- –TIreland try · Patrick O'Sullivan3–5
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Hugh McLeodProp
- 2Bob MacEwenHooker
- 3Tom ElliotProp
- 4Ernest MichieSecond row
- 5Hamish KempSecond row
- 6Ian MacGregorFlanker
- 7Adam RobsonFlanker
- 8George SmithNumber 8
- 9Arthur DorwardScrum-half
- 10James MaxwellFly-half
- 11John AllanWing
- 12Keith MacdonaldCentre
- 13Tom McClungCentre
- 14Arthur SmithWing
- 15Ken ScotlandFull-back
Ireland
- 1Gordon WoodProp
- 2Robin RoeHooker
- 3James BrennanProp
- 4Thomas ReidSecond row
- 5James BradySecond row
- 6James KavanaghFlanker
- 7Hubert O'ConnorFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Richard RocheWing
- 12Tony O'ReillyCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14Alex PedlowWing
- 15Patrick BerkeryFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 25 February 1956, Scotland 10–14 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 1 March 1958
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.