TheBreakdown
Full time27 February 2016
England
21–10
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2016Head-to-head

England won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton0–3
  2. 12’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell3–3
  3. 35’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell6–3
  4. 46’TIreland try · Conor Murray6–8
  5. 47’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton6–10
  6. 51’PEngland penalty · Owen Farrell9–10
  7. 58’TEngland try · Anthony Watson14–10
  8. 63’TEngland try · Mike Brown19–10
  9. 64’CEngland conversion · Owen Farrell21–10

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Joe MarlerProp
  2. 2Dylan HartleyHooker
  3. 3Dan ColeProp
  4. 4Maro ItojeSecond row
  5. 5George KruisSecond row
  6. 6Chris RobshawFlanker
  7. 7James HaskellFlanker
  8. 8Billy VunipolaNumber 8
  9. 9Ben YoungsScrum-half
  10. 10George FordFly-half
  11. 11Jack NowellWing
  12. 12Owen FarrellCentre
  13. 13Jonathan JosephCentre
  14. 14Anthony WatsonWing
  15. 15Mike BrownFull-back
  16. 16Jamie GeorgeBench
  17. 17Mako VunipolaBench
  18. 18Paul HillBench
  19. 19Courtney LawesBench
  20. 20Jack CliffordBench
  21. 21Danny CareBench
  22. 22Elliot DalyBench
  23. 23Alex GoodeBench

Ireland

  1. 1Jack McGrathProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Donnacha RyanSecond row
  5. 5Devin TonerSecond row
  6. 6CJ StanderFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Keith EarlsWing
  12. 12Stuart McCloskeyCentre
  13. 13Robbie HenshawCentre
  14. 14Andrew TrimbleWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Richardt StraussBench
  17. 17Cian HealyBench
  18. 18Nathan WhiteBench
  19. 19Ultan DillaneBench
  20. 20Rhys RuddockBench
  21. 21Eoin ReddanBench
  22. 22Ian MadiganBench
  23. 23Simon ZeboBench

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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.