TheBreakdown
Full time19 January 1980
England
24–9
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1980Head-to-head

England won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare6–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare9–0
  5. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare12–0
  6. –TEngland try · Mike Slemen16–0
  7. –TEngland try · Stephen Smith20–0
  8. –TEngland try · John Scott24–0
  9. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell24–3
  10. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell24–6
  11. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell24–9

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Phil BlakewayProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Roger UttleyFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10John HortonFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Nick PrestonCentre
  13. 13Tony BondCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back
  16. 16Clive WoodwardBench
  17. 17Alan OldBench
  18. 18IG PeckBench
  19. 19Steve MillsBench
  20. 20Gordon SargentBench
  21. 21Mike RafterBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Jim GlennonSecond row
  6. 6John O'DriscollFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Freddie McLennanWing
  12. 12Paul McNaughtonCentre
  13. 13Alistair McKibbinCentre
  14. 14Terry KennedyWing
  15. 15Kevin O'BrienFull-back
  16. 16Michael FitzpatrickBench
  17. 17Patrick WhelanBench
  18. 18Donal SpringBench
  19. 19John RobbieBench
  20. 20Ian BurnsBench
  21. 21Rodney O'DonnellBench

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Context

All-time, England 70–54 Ireland, 7 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.