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Ireland
v England⁠: England rugby union, 23 April 1988

10–21

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Ireland v England finished 10–21.

Ireland
Hugo MacNeill, Steve Smith
Date
Saturday 23 April 1988 · England in 1988
Venue
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Competition
Test matches · Millennium Trophy Match

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Bryan Barley (not used)
  • No. 17, Stuart Barnes (not used)
  • No. 18, Simon Robson (not used)
  • No. 19, Gareth Chilcott (not used)
  • No. 20, Graham Dawe (not used)
  • No. 21, Andy Robinson (not used)

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tom Clancy Prop
  • No. 2, Steve Smith Hooker
  • No. 3, Jim McCoy Prop
  • No. 4, Donal Lenihan (c) Lock
  • No. 5, Willie Anderson Lock
  • No. 6, Phil Matthews Flanker
  • No. 7, William Sexton Flanker
  • No. 8, Michael Gibson Number 8
  • No. 9, Fergus Aherne Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Paul Dean Fly Half
  • No. 11, Michael Kiernan Wing
  • No. 12, Brendan Mullin Centre
  • No. 13, Vince Cunningham Centre
  • No. 14, John Sexton Wing
  • No. 15, Hugo MacNeill Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Des Fitzgerald (not used)
  • No. 17, John McDonald (not used)
  • No. 18, Don Whittle (not used)
  • No. 19, Michael Bradley (not used)
  • No. 20, Ralph Keyes (not used)
  • No. 21, Phil Danaher (not used)

Referee: Rene Hourquet. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1984 – 1988

01 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

Match page: England v Ireland, 19 March 1988

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

Rory Underwood

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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