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Full time20 March 1976
Ireland
6–15
Scotland
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1976Head-to-head

Scotland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann6–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine6–3
  4. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine6–6
  5. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine6–9
  6. –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine6–12
  7. –DScotland drop goal · Ronald Wilson6–15

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2John CantrellHooker
  3. 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Ronnie HakinSecond row
  6. 6Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  7. 7Seamus DeeringFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Stephen Blake-KnoxWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Joseph BradyCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Larry MoloneyFull-back
  16. 16Tom FeigheryBench
  17. 17Patrick WhelanBench
  18. 18Brendan FoleyBench
  19. 19Donal CanniffeBench
  20. 20Michael QuinnBench
  21. 21Christopher McKibbinBench

Scotland

  1. 1Ian McLauchlanProp
  2. 2Colin FisherHooker
  3. 3Sandy CarmichaelProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5Gordon BrownSecond row
  6. 6Mike BiggarFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8Alistair McHargNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Ronald WilsonFly-half
  11. 11David SheddenWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Alistair CranstonCentre
  14. 14Billy SteeleWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. 16Bruce HayBench
  17. 17Jim RenwickBench
  18. 18Dougie MorganBench
  19. 19Duncan MadsenBench
  20. 20Jim AitkenBench
  21. 21Bill WatsonBench

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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.