Full time21 March 1981
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1981Head-to-head
Scotland won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PScotland penalty · Andy Irvine3–0
- –TScotland try · Bruce Hay7–0
- –DScotland drop goal · John Rutherford10–0
- –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell10–2
- –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell10–5
- –TIreland try · David Irwin10–9
Line-ups
Scotland
- 1Jim AitkenProp
- 2Colin DeansHooker
- 3Norrie RowanProp
- 4Bill CuthbertsonSecond row
- 5Alan TomesSecond row
- 6Jim CalderFlanker
- 7Dave LeslieFlanker
- 8John BeattieNumber 8
- 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
- 10John RutherfordFly-half
- 11Bruce HayWing
- 12Keith RobertsonCentre
- 13Jim RenwickCentre
- 14Steve MunroWing
- 15Andy IrvineFull-back
- 16Gerry McGuinnessBench
- 17Ken LawrieBench
- 18Tom SmithBench
- 19Alan LawsonBench
- 20Ronald WilsonBench
- 21Richard BreakeyBench
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2John CantrellHooker
- 3Michael FitzpatrickProp
- 4Brendan FoleySecond row
- 5Moss KeaneSecond row
- 6John O'DriscollFlanker
- 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 8Willie DugganNumber 8
- 9John RobbieScrum-half
- 10Tony WardFly-half
- 11Freddie McLennanWing
- 12Ollie CampbellCentre
- 13David IrwinCentre
- 14Kenny HooksWing
- 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
- 16Ginger McLoughlinBench
- 17Harry HarbisonBench
- 18Colm TuckerBench
- 19JB O'ConnorBench
- 20Paul McNaughtonBench
- 21John MurphyBench
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: 2 February 1980, Scotland 15–22 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 20 February 1982
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.