Full time3 March 1979
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1979Head-to-head
A draw.
Scoring
- –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine3–0
- –TScotland try · Andy Irvine7–0
- –TScotland try · Keith Robertson11–0
- –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward11–3
- –TIreland try · Colin Patterson11–7
- –TIreland try · Colin Patterson11–11
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Ian McLauchlanProp
- 2Colin DeansHooker
- 3Iain MilneProp
- 4Alan TomesSecond row
- 5David GraySecond row
- 6Mike BiggarFlanker
- 7Gordon DicksonFlanker
- 8Bill WatsonNumber 8
- 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
- 10John RutherfordFly-half
- 11Bruce HayWing
- 12Ian McGeechanCentre
- 13Jim RenwickCentre
- 14Keith RobertsonWing
- 15Andy IrvineFull-back
- 16Bill GammellBench
- 17Alistair CranstonBench
- 18Roy LaidlawBench
- 19Ken LawrieBench
- 20Jim AitkenBench
- 21Alistair McHargBench
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2Patrick WhelanHooker
- 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
- 4Moss KeaneSecond row
- 5Donal SpringSecond row
- 6Willie DugganFlanker
- 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 8Michael GibsonNumber 8
- 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
- 10Tony WardFly-half
- 11Freddie McLennanWing
- 12Paul McNaughtonCentre
- 13Alistair McKibbinCentre
- 14Mike GibsonWing
- 15Ron ElliottFull-back
- 16Ned ByrneBench
- 17Ciaran FitzgeraldBench
- 18Harry SteeleBench
- 19John MoloneyBench
- 20AD GoodrichBench
- 21Moss FinnBench
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: 21 January 1978, Scotland 9–12 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 2 February 1980
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.