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Played30 January 1880
Ireland
v
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, IrelandHead-to-head

No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.

Scoring

  1. –TIreland try · John Cuppaidge
  2. –CEngland conversion · Lennard Stokes
  3. –TEngland try · Sidney Ellis
  4. –TEngland try · Ellis Markendale

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 15RB WalkingtonFull-back
  2. Arthur ForrestForward
  3. Augustus WhitestoneThree-quarter
  4. Hugh KellyForward
  5. WT HeronFly-half
  6. George ScrivenForward
  7. Robert HughesForward
  8. Meredith JohnstonFly-half
  9. F KennedyForward
  10. John CuppaidgeForward
  11. John BagotThree-quarter
  12. A MillarForward
  13. Henry PurdonForward
  14. John TaylorForward
  15. James McDonaldForward

England

  1. 15Albert HornbyFull-back
  2. 15Thomas FryFull-back
  3. Ernest WoodheadForward
  4. Harry TwynamFly-half
  5. John SchofieldForward
  6. George VernonForward
  7. Robert HuntThree-quarter
  8. Barron KilnerForward
  9. Hugh RowleyForward
  10. Allan JacksonFly-half
  11. Charles GurdonForward
  12. Ellis MarkendaleForward
  13. Lennard StokesThree-quarter
  14. Stuart NeameForward
  15. Sidney EllisForward

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Context

All-time, Ireland 54–70 England, 7 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests
England going inno earlier scored Tests

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.