Full time9 February 1957
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1957Head-to-head
England won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · Robert Challis0–3
- –TEngland try · Peter Jackson0–6
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Patrick O'DonoghueProp
- 2Robin RoeHooker
- 3Gordon WoodProp
- 4Thomas ReidSecond row
- 5James BradySecond row
- 6Hubert O'ConnorFlanker
- 7James KavanaghFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Niall BrophyWing
- 12Alex PedlowCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14Tony O'ReillyWing
- 15Patrick BerkeryFull-back
England
- 1Charles JacobsProp
- 2Eric EvansHooker
- 3George HastingsProp
- 4John CurrieSecond row
- 5David MarquesSecond row
- 6Peter RobbinsFlanker
- 7Reginald HigginsFlanker
- 8Ned AshcroftNumber 8
- 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
- 10Richard BartlettFly-half
- 11Peter ThompsonWing
- 12Jeff ButterfieldCentre
- 13Lewis CannellCentre
- 14Peter JacksonWing
- 15Robert ChallisFull-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 1956, Ireland 0–20 England
- Next meeting on record: 8 February 1958
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.