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Full time15 January 1983
Scotland
13–15
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1983Head-to-head

Ireland won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods6–0
  3. –TScotland try · Roy Laidlaw10–0
  4. –DScotland drop goal · Jim Renwick13–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell13–2
  6. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell13–5
  7. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell13–8
  8. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell13–11
  9. –TIreland try · Michael Kiernan13–15

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Gerry McGuinnessProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Iain MilneProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5Bill CuthbertsonSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7Dave LeslieFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Ronald WilsonFly-half
  11. 11Roger BairdWing
  12. 12David JohnstonCentre
  13. 13Jim RenwickCentre
  14. 14Keith RobertsonWing
  15. 15Peter DodsFull-back
  16. 16Jim AitkenBench
  17. 17Bob CunninghamBench
  18. 18John BeattieBench
  19. 19Gordon HunterBench
  20. 20Bryan GossmanBench
  21. 21Jim PollockBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Moss KeaneSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Robbie McGrathScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Moss FinnWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13David IrwinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 17Harry HarbisonBench
  17. 18Colm TuckerBench
  18. 19Michael BradleyBench
  19. 20Tony WardBench
  20. 21John MurphyBench

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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.