Full time12 February 1955
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1955Head-to-head
A draw.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Noel Henderson3–0
- –TIreland try · Alex Pedlow6–0
- –TEngland try · Jeff Butterfield6–3
- –TEngland try · George Hastings6–6
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Frederick AndersonProp
- 2Robin RoeHooker
- 3Patrick O'DonoghueProp
- 4Michael MaddenSecond row
- 5Thomas ReidSecond row
- 6Martin CunninghamFlanker
- 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
- 8James KavanaghNumber 8
- 9John O'MearaScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Alex PedlowWing
- 12Tony O'ReillyCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14Richard RocheWing
- 15William TectorFull-back
England
- 1George HastingsProp
- 2Nicholas LabuschagneHooker
- 3David HazellProp
- 4Peter YoungSecond row
- 5Jack HancockSecond row
- 6Peter RyanFlanker
- 7Reginald HigginsFlanker
- 8Noddy TaylorNumber 8
- 9Johnny WilliamsScrum-half
- 10Douglas BakerFly-half
- 11Reginald BazleyWing
- 12William DaviesCentre
- 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
- 14Ted WoodwardWing
- 15Nim HallFull-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: 13 February 1954, Ireland 3–14 England
- Next meeting on record: 11 February 1956
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.