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Full time22 September 2001
Scotland
32–10
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Six Nations 2001Head-to-head

Scotland won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Chris Paterson2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Chris Paterson4–0
  3. –CScotland conversion · Gregor Townsend6–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson9–0
  5. –PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson12–0
  6. –TScotland try · John Leslie17–0
  7. –TScotland try · Tom Smith22–0
  8. –TScotland try · Budge Pountney27–0
  9. –TScotland try · Andrew Henderson32–0
  10. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys32–2
  11. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara32–5
  12. –TIreland try · Girvan Dempsey32–10

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Tom SmithProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Mattie StewartProp
  4. 4Jason WhiteSecond row
  5. 5Scott MurraySecond row
  6. 6Gordon SimpsonFlanker
  7. 7Budge PountneyFlanker
  8. 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Bryan RedpathScrum-half
  10. 10Gregor TownsendFly-half
  11. 11Chris PatersonWing
  12. 12John LeslieCentre
  13. 13James McLarenCentre
  14. 14John SteelWing
  15. 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
  16. 16Steve ScottBench
  17. 17George GrahamBench
  18. 18Stuart GrimesBench
  19. 19Jon PetrieBench
  20. 20Andy NicolBench
  21. 21Duncan HodgeBench
  22. 22Andrew HendersonBench

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Guy EasterbyScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Shane HorganCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Geordan MurphyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Gary LongwellBench
  17. 17David WallaceBench
  18. 18Kevin MaggsBench
  19. 19Emmett ByrneBench
  20. 20David HumphreysBench
  21. 21Peter StringerBench
  22. 22Frankie SheahanBench

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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.