TheBreakdown
Played6 February 1882
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 · Meredith Johnston
  2. –TIreland try · Oliver Stokes
  3. –TEngland try · Wilfred Bolton
  4. –TEngland try · Robert Hunt

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. TR Johnson SmythForward
  3. Gerard BentFly-half
  4. Arthur ForrestForward
  5. William PikeThree-quarter
  6. William CumminsForward
  7. EJ WolfeThree-quarter
  8. Robert McLeanThree-quarter
  9. Robert HughesForward
  10. Meredith JohnstonFly-half
  11. Henry MorellForward
  12. Oliver StokesForward
  13. Robert NelsonForward
  14. John TaylorForward
  15. James McDonaldForward

England

  1. 15Albert HornbyFull-back
  2. Teddy BeswickThree-quarter
  3. Harry TwynamFly-half
  4. Herbert FullerForward
  5. James HuntForward
  6. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  7. Henry VassallForward
  8. Robert HuntThree-quarter
  9. George ThomsonForward
  10. Hugh RowleyFly-half
  11. Aubrey SpurlingForward
  12. James WardForward
  13. Charles GurdonForward
  14. Bernard MiddletonForward
  15. Walter HewittForward

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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.