Full time28 February 1959
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1959Head-to-head
Ireland won by 5 points.
Scoring
- –PScotland penalty · Ken Scotland3–0
- –CIreland conversion · Dave Hewitt3–2
- –PIreland penalty · Dave Hewitt3–5
- –TIreland try · John Dooley3–8
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Hugh McLeodProp
- 2Norman BruceHooker
- 3Ian HastieProp
- 4Malcolm SwanSecond row
- 5Hamish KempSecond row
- 6George SmithFlanker
- 7Adam RobsonFlanker
- 8James GreenwoodNumber 8
- 9Stanley CoughtrieScrum-half
- 10Gordon WaddellFly-half
- 11Thomas WeatherstoneWing
- 12George StevensonCentre
- 13Tom McClungCentre
- 14Arthur SmithWing
- 15Ken ScotlandFull-back
Ireland
- 1Gordon WoodProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Syd MillarProp
- 4Bill MulcahySecond row
- 5Michael CullitonSecond row
- 6Noel MurphyFlanker
- 7James KavanaghFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Mick EnglishFly-half
- 11Tony O'ReillyWing
- 12John DooleyCentre
- 13Dave HewittCentre
- 14Niall BrophyWing
- 15Noel HendersonFull-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: 1 March 1958, Scotland 6–12 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 27 February 1960
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.