TheBreakdown
Full time10 February 1973
Ireland
18–9
England
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head

Ireland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Barry McGann2–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · Barry McGann4–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann7–0
  4. –TIreland try · Tom Grace11–0
  5. –TIreland try · Dick Milliken15–0
  6. –DIreland drop goal · Barry McGann18–0
  7. –CEngland conversion · Tony Jorden18–2
  8. –PEngland penalty · Tony Jorden18–5
  9. –TEngland try · Tony Neary18–9

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Kevin MaysSecond row
  5. 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7James BuckleyFlanker
  8. 8Terence MooreNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back
  16. 16Roger CleggBench
  17. 17Stewart McKinneyBench
  18. 18Seamus DennisonBench
  19. 19Patrick WhelanBench
  20. 20Donal CanniffeBench
  21. 21Tony EnsorBench

England

  1. 1Stack StevensProp
  2. 2John PullinHooker
  3. 3Fran CottonProp
  4. 4Roger UttleySecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6Peter DixonFlanker
  7. 7Tony NearyFlanker
  8. 8Andy RipleyNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Alan CowmanFly-half
  11. 11David DuckhamWing
  12. 12Peter PreeceCentre
  13. 13Peter WarfieldCentre
  14. 14Alan MorleyWing
  15. 15Tony JordenFull-back
  16. 16Martin CooperBench
  17. 17Jacko PageBench
  18. 18Rob WilkinsonBench
  19. 19Geoff EvansBench
  20. 20JD GrayBench
  21. 21John WatkinsBench

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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.