TheBreakdown
Full time11 February 1956
England
20–0
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1956Head-to-head

England won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · John Currie2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Dennis Allison5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · John Currie8–0
  4. –PEngland penalty · John Currie11–0
  5. –TEngland try · Peter Jackson14–0
  6. –TEngland try · Jeff Butterfield17–0
  7. –TEngland try · Eric Evans20–0

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Sandy SandersProp
  2. 2Eric EvansHooker
  3. 3Charles JacobsProp
  4. 4David MarquesSecond row
  5. 5John CurrieSecond row
  6. 6Peter RobbinsFlanker
  7. 7Vic RobertsFlanker
  8. 8Ned AshcroftNumber 8
  9. 9Johnny WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Martin ReganFly-half
  11. 11Peter ThompsonWing
  12. 12Lewis CannellCentre
  13. 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
  14. 14Peter JacksonWing
  15. 15Dennis AllisonFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1William FaganProp
  2. 2Robin RoeHooker
  3. 3Gordon WoodProp
  4. 4Patrick LawlerSecond row
  5. 5Thomas ReidSecond row
  6. 6James RitchieFlanker
  7. 7Noel FeddisFlanker
  8. 8James KavanaghNumber 8
  9. 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Joseph GastonWing
  12. 12Alex PedlowCentre
  13. 13Tony O'ReillyCentre
  14. 14Sean QuinlanWing
  15. 15James McKelveyFull-back

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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.