TheBreakdown
Full time24 February 1973
Scotland
19–14
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head

Scotland won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Dougie Morgan3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Dougie Morgan6–0
  3. –TScotland try · Ian Forsyth10–0
  4. –DScotland drop goal · Ian McGeechan13–0
  5. –DScotland drop goal · Dougie Morgan16–0
  6. –DScotland drop goal · Dougie Morgan19–0
  7. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann19–3
  8. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann19–6
  9. –TIreland try · Tom Kiernan19–10
  10. –TIreland try · Wallace McMaster19–14

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Robert ClarkHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alistair McHargSecond row
  5. 5Peter BrownSecond row
  6. 6Nairn MacEwanFlanker
  7. 7John MillicanFlanker
  8. 8Gordon StrachanNumber 8
  9. 9Dougie MorganScrum-half
  10. 10Colin TelferFly-half
  11. 11David SheddenWing
  12. 12Ian ForsythCentre
  13. 13Ian McGeechanCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Arthur TurkBench
  17. 17John FrameBench
  18. 18Alan LawsonBench
  19. 19Duncan MadsenBench
  20. 20Robert BryceBench
  21. 21Gordon BrownBench

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Kevin MaysSecond row
  5. 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7James BuckleyFlanker
  8. 8Terence MooreNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back
  16. 16Roger CleggBench
  17. 17Patrick WhelanBench
  18. 18Stewart McKinneyBench
  19. 19Donal CanniffeBench
  20. 20Seamus DennisonBench
  21. 21Tony EnsorBench

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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

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.