Full time12 February 1966
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1966Head-to-head
A draw.
Scoring
- –PEngland penalty · Don Rutherford3–0
- –TEngland try · Dick Greenwood6–0
- –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan6–3
- –TIreland try · Paddy McGrath6–6
Line-ups
England
- 1Phil JuddProp
- 2William TreadwellHooker
- 3Piggy PowellProp
- 4Colin PayneSecond row
- 5John OwenSecond row
- 6Dick GreenwoodFlanker
- 7Budge RogersFlanker
- 8David PerryNumber 8
- 9Roland AshbyScrum-half
- 10Thomas BrophyFly-half
- 11Savvo SavageWing
- 12Colin McFadyeanCentre
- 13Terence ArthurCentre
- 14Edward RuddWing
- 15Don RutherfordFull-back
Ireland
- 1Sean MacHaleProp
- 2Ken KennedyHooker
- 3Ray McLoughlinProp
- 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 5Mick MolloySecond row
- 6Noel MurphyFlanker
- 7Mick DoyleFlanker
- 8Roger LamontNumber 8
- 9Roger YoungScrum-half
- 10Mike GibsonFly-half
- 11Paddy McGrathWing
- 12Barry BresnihanCentre
- 13Michael FlynnCentre
- 14William HunterWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 13 February 1965, England 0–5 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 11 February 1967
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.