Full time8 February 1947
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1947Head-to-head
Ireland won by 22 points.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · Bernard Mullan2–0
- –CIreland conversion · Bernard Mullan4–0
- –PIreland penalty · Bernard Mullan7–0
- –TIreland try · Bartholomew O'Hanlon10–0
- –TIreland try · Bartholomew O'Hanlon13–0
- –TIreland try · Bernard Mullan16–0
- –TIreland try · Bernard Mullan19–0
- –TIreland try · Bill McKay22–0
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Matthew NeelyProp
- 2Karl MullenHooker
- 3John DalyProp
- 4Colm CallanSecond row
- 5Ernie KeefeSecond row
- 6Daniel HingertyFlanker
- 7Bill McKayFlanker
- 8Bob AgarNumber 8
- 9Ernie StrathdeeScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Bernard MullanWing
- 12John HarperCentre
- 13Jack MonteithCentre
- 14Bartholomew O'HanlonWing
- 15Cornelius MurphyFull-back
England
- 1Harry WalkerProp
- 2Alan HendersonHooker
- 3Geoffrey KellyProp
- 4Joseph MycockSecond row
- 5Samuel PerrySecond row
- 6Michael Steele-BodgerFlanker
- 7Donald WhiteFlanker
- 8Jika TraversNumber 8
- 9William MooreScrum-half
- 10Nim HallFly-half
- 11David SwarbrickWing
- 12Martin DonnellyCentre
- 13John HeatonCentre
- 14Richard GuestWing
- 15Arthur GrayFull-back
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Context
All-time, Ireland 54–70 England, 7 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Ireland going in
England going in
- Previous meeting: 11 February 1939, Ireland 5–0 England
- Next meeting on record: 14 February 1948
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.