TheBreakdown
Full time28 February 1970
Ireland
16–11
Scotland
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1970Head-to-head

Ireland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan2–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan4–0
  3. –TIreland try · Mike Gibson7–0
  4. –TIreland try · Mick Molloy10–0
  5. –TIreland try · Ken Goodall13–0
  6. –TIreland try · William Brown16–0
  7. –CScotland conversion · Ian Smith16–2
  8. –TScotland try · Mike Smith16–5
  9. –TScotland try · Wilson Lauder16–8
  10. –DScotland drop goal · Ian Robertson16–11

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Syd MillarProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Mick MolloySecond row
  6. 6Roger LamontFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Ken GoodallNumber 8
  9. 9Roger YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11William BrownWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Barry BresnihanCentre
  14. 14Alan DugganWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back

Scotland

  1. 1Norman SuddonProp
  2. 2Frank LaidlawHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Peter StaggSecond row
  5. 5Gordon BrownSecond row
  6. 6Wilson LauderFlanker
  7. 7Rodger ArneilFlanker
  8. 8Jim TelferNumber 8
  9. 9Dunc PatersonScrum-half
  10. 10Ian RobertsonFly-half
  11. 11Alistair BiggarWing
  12. 12Chris ReaCentre
  13. 13John FrameCentre
  14. 14Mike SmithWing
  15. 15Ian SmithFull-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.