TheBreakdown
Full time2 February 1985
Scotland
15–18
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Five Nations 1985Head-to-head

Ireland won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods3–0
  2. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods6–0
  3. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods9–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods12–0
  5. –DScotland drop goal · Keith Robertson15–0
  6. –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan15–2
  7. –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan15–4
  8. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan15–7
  9. –TIreland try · Trevor Ringland15–11
  10. –TIreland try · Trevor Ringland15–15
  11. –DIreland drop goal · Michael Kiernan15–18

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Gerry McGuinnessProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Norrie RowanProp
  4. 4Tom SmithSecond row
  5. 5Alister CampbellSecond row
  6. 6Jim CalderFlanker
  7. 7John JeffreyFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10John RutherfordFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Keith RobertsonCentre
  13. 13Keith MurrayCentre
  14. 14Roger BairdWing
  15. 15Peter DodsFull-back
  16. 17Gary CallanderBench
  17. 18Iain PaxtonBench
  18. 19Gordon HunterBench
  19. 20Doug WyllieBench
  20. 21Peter StevenBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Jim McCoyProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Nigel CarrFlanker
  8. 8Brian SpillaneNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Michael FitzpatrickBench
  17. 17Harry HarbisonBench
  18. 18Bran McCallBench
  19. 19Rab BradyBench
  20. 20Ralph KeyesBench
  21. 21Philip RaineyBench

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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.