Full time10 February 1951
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1951Head-to-head
Ireland won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Desmond McKibbin3–0
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Tommy CliffordProp
- 2Karl MullenHooker
- 3John SmithProp
- 4Jimmy NelsonSecond row
- 5Desmond McKibbinSecond row
- 6Bill McKayFlanker
- 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
- 8Des O'BrienNumber 8
- 9John O'MearaScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11William MillarWing
- 12Richard ChambersCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14Cornelius GriffinWing
- 15George NortonFull-back
England
- 1Robert StirlingProp
- 2Eric EvansHooker
- 3Walter HolmesProp
- 4Dennis WilkinsSecond row
- 5Bruce NealeSecond row
- 6Vic RobertsFlanker
- 7George Ritson ThomasFlanker
- 8John Kendall-CarpenterNumber 8
- 9Gordon RimmerScrum-half
- 10Evan HardyFly-half
- 11Victor TindallWing
- 12John WilliamsCentre
- 13Ivor PreeceCentre
- 14Charles WoodruffWing
- 15Ted HewittFull-back
Match officials
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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 1950, Ireland 0–3 England
- Next meeting on record: 19 March 1952
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.