TheBreakdown
Full time18 March 2006
England
24–28
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Six Nations 2006Head-to-head

Ireland won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TEngland try · Jamie Noon5–0
  2. 9’TIreland try · Shane Horgan5–5
  3. 18’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara5–8
  4. 38’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara5–11
  5. 39’PEngland penalty · Andy Goode8–11
  6. 44’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara8–14
  7. 45’PEngland penalty · Andy Goode11–14
  8. 53’CEngland conversion · Andy Goode13–14
  9. 53’TEngland try · Steve Borthwick18–14
  10. 60’TIreland try · Denis Leamy18–19
  11. 62’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara18–21
  12. 74’PEngland penalty · Andy Goode21–21
  13. 83’PEngland penalty · Andy Goode24–21
  14. 88’TIreland try · Shane Horgan24–26
  15. 89’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara24–28

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Andrew SheridanProp
  2. 2Lee MearsHooker
  3. 3Julian WhiteProp
  4. 4Steve BorthwickSecond row
  5. 5Simon ShawSecond row
  6. 6Joe WorsleyFlanker
  7. 7Lewis MoodyFlanker
  8. 8Martin CorryNumber 8
  9. 9Harry EllisScrum-half
  10. 10Andy GoodeFly-half
  11. 11Ben CohenWing
  12. 12Stuart AbbottCentre
  13. 13Jamie NoonCentre
  14. 14Mark CuetoWing
  15. 15Tom VoyceFull-back
  16. 16Steve ThompsonBench
  17. 17Perry FreshwaterBench
  18. 18Danny GrewcockBench
  19. 19Lawrence DallaglioBench
  20. 20Matt DawsonBench
  21. 21Dave WalderBench
  22. 22Mike TindallBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Jonny O'ConnorBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Girvan DempseyBench

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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.