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Full time6 September 2003
Scotland
10–29
Ireland
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, ScotlandHead-to-head

Ireland won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 19’PScotland penalty · Chris Paterson3–0
  2. 32’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–3
  3. 36’TIreland try · Kevin Maggs3–8
  4. 37’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara3–10
  5. 56’TIreland try · Denis Hickie3–15
  6. 62’TIreland try · Anthony Horgan3–20
  7. 63’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara3–22
  8. 72’TIreland try · David Wallace3–27
  9. 73’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara3–29
  10. 78’TScotland try · Simon Webster8–29
  11. 79’CScotland conversion · Chris Paterson10–29

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Allan JacobsenProp
  2. 2Gordon BullochHooker
  3. 3Gordon McIlwhamProp
  4. 4Stuart GrimesSecond row
  5. 5Nathan HinesSecond row
  6. 6Ross BeattieFlanker
  7. 7Andrew MowerFlanker
  8. 8Simon TaylorNumber 8
  9. 9Mike BlairScrum-half
  10. 10Gordon RossFly-half
  11. 11Kenny LoganWing
  12. 12Andrew HendersonCentre
  13. 13Andy CraigCentre
  14. 14Chris PatersonWing
  15. 15Glenn MetcalfeFull-back
  16. 16Robbie RussellBench
  17. 17Matt ProudfootBench
  18. 18Jon PetrieBench
  19. 19Iain FullartonBench
  20. 20Graeme BeveridgeBench
  21. 21James McLarenBench
  22. 22Simon WebsterBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Reggie CorriganProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Eric MillerFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Anthony HorganWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Shane ByrneBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Simon EasterbyBench
  19. 19Kieron DawsonBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Girvan DempseyBench

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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.