TheBreakdown
Full time16 March 1991
Scotland
28–25
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1991Head-to-head

Scotland won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Craig Chalmers2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Craig Chalmers4–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Gavin Hastings7–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Craig Chalmers10–0
  5. –PScotland penalty · Craig Chalmers13–0
  6. –PScotland penalty · Craig Chalmers16–0
  7. –TScotland try · Gavin Hastings20–0
  8. –TScotland try · Tony Stanger24–0
  9. –TScotland try · Scott Hastings28–0
  10. –CIreland conversion · Brian Smith28–2
  11. –CIreland conversion · Brian Smith28–4
  12. –CIreland conversion · Brian Smith28–6
  13. –TIreland try · Keith Crossan28–10
  14. –TIreland try · Brian Robinson28–14
  15. –TIreland try · Simon Geoghegan28–18
  16. –TIreland try · Brendan Mullin28–22
  17. –DIreland drop goal · Brian Smith28–25

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1David SoleProp
  2. 2John AllanHooker
  3. 3Paul BurnellProp
  4. 4Chris GraySecond row
  5. 5Damian CroninSecond row
  6. 6Derek TurnbullFlanker
  7. 7John JeffreyFlanker
  8. 8Derek WhiteNumber 8
  9. 9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
  10. 10Craig ChalmersFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Scott HastingsCentre
  13. 13Sean LineenCentre
  14. 14Tony StangerWing
  15. 15Gavin HastingsFull-back
  16. 16Peter DodsBench
  17. 17Doug WyllieBench
  18. 18Greig OliverBench
  19. 19Graham MarshallBench
  20. 20David MilneBench
  21. 21Kenny MilneBench

Ireland

  1. 1John FitzgeraldProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Neil FrancisSecond row
  5. 5Brian RigneySecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Gordon HamiltonFlanker
  8. 8Brian RobinsonNumber 8
  9. 9Rob SaundersScrum-half
  10. 10Brian SmithFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12David CurtisCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Simon GeogheganWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Kenny MurphyBench
  17. 17Vince CunninghamBench
  18. 18Alain RollandBench
  19. 19Noel MannionBench
  20. 20Gary HalpinBench
  21. 21Terry KingstonBench

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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.