TheBreakdown
Full time13 February 1971
Ireland
6–9
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1971Head-to-head

England won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –TIreland try · Alan Duggan3–0
  2. –TIreland try · Edwin Grant6–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller6–3
  4. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller6–6
  5. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller6–9

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Mick MolloySecond row
  6. 6Mike HipwellFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Denis HickieNumber 8
  9. 9Roger YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Edwin GrantWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Barry BresnihanCentre
  14. 14Alan DugganWing
  15. 15Barry O'DriscollFull-back

England

  1. 1Piggy PowellProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Keith FairbrotherProp
  4. 4Nigel HortonSecond row
  5. 5Peter LarterSecond row
  6. 6Anthony BucknallFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Ronald HannafordNumber 8
  9. 9Jacko PageScrum-half
  10. 10Ian WrightFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12Chris WardlowCentre
  13. 13John SpencerCentre
  14. 14Jeremy JanionWing
  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.