TheBreakdown
Full time5 September 2015
England
21–13
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Men's Internationals 2015Head-to-head

England won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TEngland try · Jonny May5–0
  2. 5’CEngland conversion · George Ford7–0
  3. 8’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton7–3
  4. 14’TEngland try · Anthony Watson12–3
  5. 47’PEngland penalty · George Ford15–3
  6. 50’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton15–6
  7. 53’TIreland try · Paul O'Connell15–11
  8. 54’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton15–13
  9. 73’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell18–13
  10. 78’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell21–13

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Joe MarlerProp
  2. 2Tom YoungsHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Geoff ParlingSecond row
  5. 5Courtney LawesSecond row
  6. 6Tom WoodFlanker
  7. 7Chris RobshawFlanker
  8. 8Ben MorganNumber 8
  9. 9Ben YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10George FordFly-half
  11. 11Jonny MayWing
  12. 12Brad BarrittCentre
  13. 13Jonathan JosephCentre
  14. 14Anthony WatsonWing
  15. 15Mike BrownFull-back
  16. 16Jamie GeorgeBench
  17. 17Mako VunipolaBench
  18. 18Kieran BrookesBench
  19. 19Joe LaunchburyBench
  20. 20Billy VunipolaBench
  21. 21Richard WigglesworthBench
  22. 22Owen FarrellBench
  23. 23Sam BurgessBench

Ireland

  1. 1Jack McGrathProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Devin TonerSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Dave KearneyWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Jared PayneCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Simon ZeboFull-back
  16. 16Richardt StraussBench
  17. 17Tadhg FurlongBench
  18. 18Nathan WhiteBench
  19. 19Donnacha RyanBench
  20. 20Chris HenryBench
  21. 21Eoin ReddanBench
  22. 22Ian MadiganBench
  23. 23Darren CaveBench

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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.