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Played5 February 1887
Ireland
v
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1887Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Daniel Rambaut
  2. –CIreland conversion · Daniel Rambaut
  3. –TIreland try · CR Tillie
  4. –TIreland try · Robert Montgomery

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

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. Robert WarrenFly-half
  2. Victor le FanuForward
  3. John DickForward
  4. Robert MontgomeryThree-quarter
  5. Joseph ChambersForward
  6. Jack JohnstonForward
  7. Daniel RambautThree-quarter
  8. John MacaulayForward
  9. Thomas LyleForward
  10. Robert StevensonForward
  11. Dolway WalkingtonBack
  12. Harry NeillForward
  13. James McLaughlinFly-half
  14. Edward WalshForward
  15. CR TillieThree-quarter

England

  1. Alan RotherhamFly-half
  2. William ClibbornForward
  3. Mason ScottFly-half
  4. Samuel RobertsBack
  5. Wilfred BoltonThree-quarter
  6. Arthur KembleForward
  7. Francis PeaseForward
  8. George JefferyForward
  9. Alfred TegginForward
  10. John DewhurstForward
  11. Arthur FaganThree-quarter
  12. Dicky LockwoodThree-quarter
  13. Robert SeddonForward
  14. John HicksonForward
  15. Charles MarriottForward

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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.