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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 12 October 1991Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 9 points.Half-time 9–12 · Tries 2–0

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5676
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SCO4114
IRE349
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
SCO2/23/31
IRE0/04/41
← Ireland attack · Scotland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
56′ScotlandTry, Graham Shiel, converted13–15
76′ScotlandTry, Gary Armstrong, converted22–15
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
56′Graham Shiel76′Gary Armstrong
SCO

Team stats

IRE
100%Possession0%
54Carries58
223Metres gained187
9Clean breaks4
9Defenders beaten14
44Passes70
4Offloads8
41Tackles made34
14Tackles missed9
24/32Rucks won19/28
19/26Lineouts won19/29
12/13Scrums won19/20
3/3Mauls won10/10
13Penalties conceded15
63Kicks from hand53
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 2/2, penalties 3/3 · IRE conversions 0/0, penalties 4/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Scotland

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

Ireland

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

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

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.