TheBreakdown
Full time8 February 1969
Ireland
17–15
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1969Head-to-head

Ireland won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan8–0
  4. –TIreland try · Barry Bresnihan11–0
  5. –TIreland try · Noel Murphy14–0
  6. –DIreland drop goal · Barry McGann17–0
  7. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller17–3
  8. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller17–6
  9. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller17–9
  10. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller17–12
  11. –TEngland try · David Duckham17–15

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Syd MillarProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Mick MolloySecond row
  6. 6Noel MurphyFlanker
  7. 7James DavidsonFlanker
  8. 8Ken GoodallNumber 8
  9. 9Roger YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11John MoroneyWing
  12. 12Barry BresnihanCentre
  13. 13Mike GibsonCentre
  14. 14Alan DugganWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back
  16. Colin GrimshawBench

England

  1. 1Piggy PowellProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Keith FairbrotherProp
  4. 4Peter LarterSecond row
  5. 5Nigel HortonSecond row
  6. 6Dick GreenwoodFlanker
  7. 7Budge RogersFlanker
  8. 8David RollittNumber 8
  9. 9Trevor WintleScrum-half
  10. 10John FinlanFly-half
  11. 11Rod WebbWing
  12. 12John SpencerCentre
  13. 13David DuckhamCentre
  14. 14Keith FieldingWing
  15. 15Bob HillerFull-back

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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

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.