Full time25 February 1961
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1961Head-to-head
Scotland won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –CScotland conversion · Ken Scotland2–0
- –CScotland conversion · Ken Scotland4–0
- –PScotland penalty · Ken Scotland7–0
- –TScotland try · John Douglas10–0
- –TScotland try · Ken Ross13–0
- –TScotland try · Ken Ross16–0
- –CIreland conversion · Jonathan Moffett16–2
- –TIreland try · James Kavanagh16–5
- –TIreland try · Dave Hewitt16–8
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Hugh McLeodProp
- 2Norman BruceHooker
- 3David RolloProp
- 4Frans ten BosSecond row
- 5Mike Campbell-LamertonSecond row
- 6Ken RossFlanker
- 7George SmithFlanker
- 8John DouglasNumber 8
- 9Alex HastieScrum-half
- 10Iain LaughlandFly-half
- 11Ronald ThompsonWing
- 12George StevensonCentre
- 13Edward McKeatingCentre
- 14Arthur SmithWing
- 15Ken ScotlandFull-back
Ireland
- 1Gordon WoodProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Syd MillarProp
- 4Bill MulcahySecond row
- 5Michael CullitonSecond row
- 6James KavanaghFlanker
- 7Noel MurphyFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Jonathan MoffettScrum-half
- 10Mick EnglishFly-half
- 11Niall BrophyWing
- 12Jerry WalshCentre
- 13Dave HewittCentre
- 14Alex PedlowWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
Match officials
Sample data- Referee
- Sample Referee
- Assistant referee
- Sample Assistant 1
- Assistant referee
- Sample Assistant 2
- TMO
- Sample TMO
Sample data Match officials is placeholder content: TheBreakdown has no data source for it yet, so nothing here is real.
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: 27 February 1960, Scotland 6–5 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 24 February 1962
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.