01
18 Feb 1989
Five Nations Championship
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Ireland 3–16 England England won
England tries: Brian Moore, Dean Richards
Ireland tries: None
England men · Five Nations Championship
England
v Ireland: England rugby union, 20 January 1990
23–0
Full time
England v Ireland finished 23–0.
- England
- Rory Underwood, Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott, Jeff Probyn
- Ireland
- None
- Date
- Saturday 20 January 1990 · England in 1990
- Venue
- Twickenham, London
- Competition
- Five Nations Championship
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England
Starting XV
- No. 1, Paul Rendall Prop
- No. 2, Brian Moore Hooker
- No. 3, Jeff Probyn Prop
- No. 4, Paul Ackford Lock
- No. 5, Wade Dooley Lock
- No. 6, Micky Skinner Flanker
- No. 7, Peter Winterbottom Flanker
- No. 8, Dave Egerton Number 8
- No. 9, Richard Hill Scrum Half
- No. 10, Rob Andrew Fly Half
- No. 11, Mark Bailey Wing
- No. 12, Jeremy Guscott Centre
- No. 13, Will Carling (c) Centre
- No. 14, Rory Underwood Wing
- No. 15, Simon Hodgkinson Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Allan Buzza (not used)
- No. 17, Simon Halliday (not used)
- No. 18, Steve Bates (not used)
- No. 19, Mark Linnett (not used)
- No. 20, John Olver (not used)
- No. 21, Mike Teague (not used)
Ireland
Starting XV
- No. 1, Des Fitzgerald Prop
- No. 2, Steve Smith Hooker
- No. 3, Gary Halpin Prop
- No. 4, Neil Francis Lock
- No. 5, Willie Anderson (c) Lock
- No. 6, Phil Matthews Flanker
- No. 7, Patrick O'Hara Flanker
- No. 8, Noel Mannion Number 8
- No. 9, Fergus Aherne Scrum Half
- No. 10, Peter Russell Fly Half
- No. 11, Keith Crossan Wing
- No. 12, David Irwin Centre
- No. 13, Brendan Mullin Centre
- No. 14, Michael Kiernan Wing
- No. 15, Kenny Murphy Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Patrick Murray (not used)
- No. 17, Brian Smith (not used)
- No. 18, Michael Bradley (not used)
- No. 19, Paul Collins (not used)
- No. 20, Nick Popplewell (not used)
- No. 21, John McDonald (not used)
Referee: Patrick Robin. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.
Men's senior internationals · Newest first
The 5 meetings before this one
02
23 Apr 1988
Test matches · Millennium Trophy Match
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Ireland 10–21 England England won
England tries: Rory Underwood, Richard Harding
Ireland tries: Hugo MacNeill, Steve Smith
03
19 Mar 1988
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England 35–3 Ireland England won
England tries: Rory Underwood, Rory Underwood, Chris Oti, Chris Oti, Chris Oti, Gary Rees
Ireland tries: None
04
7 Feb 1987
Five Nations Championship
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Ireland 17–0 England England lost
England tries: None
Ireland tries: Michael Kiernan, Keith Crossan, Phil Matthews
05
1 Mar 1986
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England 25–20 Ireland England won
Official meetings since 1875
England v Ireland stats
Meetings144In our results database
England wins81England perspective
Draws8Level at full time
Ireland wins55Ireland victories
England have scored 1807 points to Ireland's 1385 across these meetings.
Individual fixture records
Who has scored most?
England · Fixture leader
6Jonny May
6 tries against Ireland in matches we hold scorer data for.
Ireland · Fixture leader
4Dan Sheehan
Ireland's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.