TheBreakdown
Full time15 March 1890
England
3–0
Ireland
Rectory Field, Blackheath, England · Home Nations 1890Head-to-head

England won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –TEngland try · Dolly Morrison
  2. –TEngland try · Andrew Stoddart
  3. –TEngland try · John Rogers

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Line-ups

England

  1. John ToothillForward
  2. Samuel WoodsForward
  3. Mason ScottFly-half
  4. Dolly MorrisonThree-quarter
  5. Frank EvershedForward
  6. John RogersForward
  7. Edgar HolmesForward
  8. Randolph AstonThree-quarter
  9. Arthur RobinsonForward
  10. Frederick SpenceFly-half
  11. Harry BedfordForward
  12. Donald JowettForward
  13. Andrew StoddartThree-quarter
  14. William MitchellBack
  15. John HicksonForward

Ireland

  1. Robert WarrenFly-half
  2. LC NashForward
  3. Victor le FanuForward
  4. Robert DunlopThree-quarter
  5. William DavisForward
  6. Edmund ForrestForward
  7. Robert StevensonForward
  8. Dolway WalkingtonBack
  9. John LytleForward
  10. Ralph JohnstonThree-quarter
  11. J RocheForward
  12. John O'ConorForward
  13. Benjamin TukeFly-half
  14. J WaitesForward
  15. T EdwardsThree-quarter

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Context

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

England 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.