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Played17 February 1879
Ireland
v
Scotland
Ormeau, Belfast, Northern IrelandHead-to-head

No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Malcollm Cross
  2. –TScotland try · JB Brown
  3. –TScotland try · David Somerville
  4. –DScotland drop goal · Malcollm Cross

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 15RB WalkingtonFull-back
  2. 15Tom HarrisonFull-back
  3. RN MatierThree-quarter
  4. William NevilleForward
  5. Augustus WhitestoneFly-half
  6. Hugh KellyForward
  7. William GouldingFly-half
  8. William CumminsForward
  9. George ScrivenForward
  10. Arthur ArcherForward
  11. John BagotThree-quarter
  12. Henry PurdonForward
  13. William FinlayForward
  14. John TaylorForward
  15. James McDonaldForward

Scotland

  1. Ninian FinlayThree-quarter
  2. Errol SmithForward
  3. Malcollm CrossThree-quarter
  4. Nathaniell BrewisForward
  5. David SomervilleForward
  6. James CampbellFly-half
  7. William MastersFly-half
  8. Alexander PetrieForward
  9. James GrahamForward
  10. JB BrownForward
  11. Henry NapierForward
  12. Robert AinslieForward
  13. Duncan IrvineForward
  14. Robert IrvineForward
  15. Bill MaclaganThree-quarter

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Context

All-time, Ireland 72–55 Scotland, 5 drawn in 132 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests
Scotland going inno earlier scored Tests

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.