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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠: England rugby union, 6 March 2004

13–19

Full time

England v Ireland finished 13–19.

Ireland
Girvan Dempsey 52'
Date
Saturday 6 March 2004 · England in 2004
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mark Regan On in the 61'
  • No. 17, Matt Stevens (not used)
  • No. 18, Chris Jones On in the 54'
  • No. 19, Neil Back (not used)
  • No. 20, Andy Gomarsall (not used)
  • No. 21, Olly Barkley On in the 56'
  • No. 22, James Simpson-Daniel On in the 54'

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Reggie Corrigan Prop
  • No. 2, Shane Byrne Hooker
  • No. 3, John Hayes Prop
  • No. 4, Malcolm O'Kelly Lock
  • No. 5, Paul O'Connell Lock
  • No. 6, Simon Easterby Flanker
  • No. 7, Keith Gleeson Flanker
  • No. 8, Anthony Foley Number 8
  • No. 9, Peter Stringer Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Ronan O'Gara Fly Half
  • No. 11, Tyrone Howe Wing
  • No. 12, Gordon D'Arcy Centre
  • No. 13, Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre
  • No. 14, Shane Horgan Wing
  • No. 15, Girvan Dempsey Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Frankie Sheahan (not used)
  • No. 17, Simon Best (not used)
  • No. 18, Gary Longwell (not used)
  • No. 19, Victor Costello (not used)
  • No. 20, David Humphreys (not used)
  • No. 21, Guy Easterby (not used)
  • No. 22, Kevin Maggs (not used)

Referee: Paul Honiss. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1999 – 2003

01 30 Mar 2003
Six Nations Championship Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Ireland 6–42 England England won

England tries: Lawrence Dallaglio 8', Mike Tindall 59', Will Greenwood 64', Will Greenwood 80', Dan Luger 96'

Ireland tries: None

Match page: Ireland v England, 30 March 2003

02 16 Feb 2002
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 45–11 Ireland England won

England tries: Will Greenwood, Will Greenwood, Ben Cohen, Jonny Wilkinson, Ben Kay, Joe Worsley

Ireland tries: Ronan O'Gara

Match page: England v Ireland, 16 February 2002

04 5 Feb 2000
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 50–18 Ireland England won

England tries: Austin Healey, Austin Healey, Mike Tindall, Ben Cohen, Ben Cohen, Neil Back

Ireland tries: Kevin Maggs, Mick Galwey

Match page: England v Ireland, 5 February 2000

Official meetings since 1875

England v Ireland stats

Full head-to-head

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

6

Jonny May

6 tries against Ireland in matches we hold scorer data for.

Ireland · Fixture leader

4

Dan Sheehan

Ireland's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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