Full time14 February 1959
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1959Head-to-head
England won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · Bev Risman0–3
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Gordon WoodProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Syd MillarProp
- 4Bill MulcahySecond row
- 5Michael CullitonSecond row
- 6Noel MurphyFlanker
- 7James KavanaghFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Mick EnglishFly-half
- 11Alex PedlowWing
- 12John DooleyCentre
- 13Tony O'ReillyCentre
- 14Niall BrophyWing
- 15Noel HendersonFull-back
England
- 1Lawrence WebbProp
- 2John WackettHooker
- 3Gordon BendonProp
- 4John CurrieSecond row
- 5David MarquesSecond row
- 6John HerbertFlanker
- 7Jeff ClementsFlanker
- 8Ned AshcroftNumber 8
- 9Dickie JeepsScrum-half
- 10Bev RismanFly-half
- 11Peter ThompsonWing
- 12Jeff ButterfieldCentre
- 13Malcolm PhillipsCentre
- 14Peter JacksonWing
- 15James HetheringtonFull-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: 8 February 1958, Ireland 0–6 England
- Next meeting on record: 13 February 1960
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.