TheBreakdown
Full time8 February 1958
England
6–0
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1958Head-to-head

England won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –PEngland penalty · James Hetherington3–0
  2. –TEngland try · Ned Ashcroft6–0

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Charles JacobsProp
  2. 2Eric EvansHooker
  3. 3George HastingsProp
  4. 4David MarquesSecond row
  5. 5John CurrieSecond row
  6. 6Peter RobbinsFlanker
  7. 7Ron SyrettFlanker
  8. 8Ned AshcroftNumber 8
  9. 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
  10. 10Richard BartlettFly-half
  11. 11Peter ThompsonWing
  12. 12Malcolm PhillipsCentre
  13. 13Jeff ButterfieldCentre
  14. 14John YoungWing
  15. 15James HetheringtonFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Patrick O'DonoghueProp
  2. 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
  3. 3Gordon WoodProp
  4. 4James StevensonSecond row
  5. 5Bill MulcahySecond row
  6. 6James DonaldsonFlanker
  7. 7Noel MurphyFlanker
  8. 8James KavanaghNumber 8
  9. 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Alex PedlowWing
  12. 12Dave HewittCentre
  13. 13Noel HendersonCentre
  14. 14Tony O'ReillyWing
  15. 15Patrick BerkeryFull-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.