TheBreakdown
Full time16 February 2002
England
45–11
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2002Head-to-head

England won by 34 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson6–0
  4. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson8–0
  5. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson10–0
  6. –CEngland conversion · Jonny Wilkinson12–0
  7. –PEngland penalty · Jonny Wilkinson15–0
  8. –TEngland try · Will Greenwood20–0
  9. –TEngland try · Will Greenwood25–0
  10. –TEngland try · Ben Cohen30–0
  11. –TEngland try · Jonny Wilkinson35–0
  12. –TEngland try · Ben Kay40–0
  13. –TEngland try · Joe Worsley45–0
  14. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys45–3
  15. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys45–6
  16. –TIreland try · Ronan O'Gara45–11

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Graham RowntreeProp
  2. 2Steve ThompsonHooker
  3. 3Phil VickeryProp
  4. 4Martin JohnsonSecond row
  5. 5Ben KaySecond row
  6. 6Richard HillFlanker
  7. 7Neil BackFlanker
  8. 8Joe WorsleyNumber 8
  9. 9Kyran BrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Jonny WilkinsonFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Mike TindallCentre
  13. 13Will GreenwoodCentre
  14. 14Austin HealeyWing
  15. 15Jason RobinsonFull-back
  16. 16Dorian WestBench
  17. 17Jason LeonardBench
  18. 18Danny GrewcockBench
  19. 19Lewis MoodyBench
  20. 20Nick DuncombeBench
  21. 21Charlie HodgsonBench
  22. 22Iain BalshawBench

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Frankie SheahanHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Mick GalweySecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Eric MillerFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Geordan MurphyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Shane ByrneBench
  17. 17Paul WallaceBench
  18. 18Gary LongwellBench
  19. 19Simon EasterbyBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Rob HendersonBench

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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.