TheBreakdown
Full time12 February 1972
England
12–16
Ireland
Twickenham, London, England · Five Nations 1972Head-to-head

Ireland won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Bob Hiller2–0
  2. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller5–0
  3. –PEngland penalty · Bob Hiller8–0
  4. –TEngland try · Chris Ralston12–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan12–2
  6. –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan12–5
  7. –TIreland try · Tom Grace12–9
  8. –TIreland try · Michael Flynn12–13
  9. –DIreland drop goal · Barry McGann12–16

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Mike BurtonProp
  4. 4Alan BrinnSecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Jan WebsterScrum-half
  10. 10Alan OldFly-half
  11. 11Rod WebbWing
  12. 12David DuckhamCentre
  13. 13Mike BeeseCentre
  14. 14Keith FieldingWing
  15. 15Bob HillerFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy JanionBench
  17. 17T PalmerBench
  18. 18Lionel WestonBench
  19. 19Keith FairbrotherBench
  20. 20AE BoddyBench
  21. 21John BartonBench

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Conleth FeigherySecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  8. 8Denis HickieNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Michael FlynnCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back
  16. 16Tony EnsorBench
  17. 17Dick MillikenBench
  18. 18Colin GrimshawBench
  19. 19Phelim McLoughlinBench
  20. 20DM BarryBench
  21. 21Harry SteeleBench

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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.