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England men · Five Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠: England rugby union, 18 February 1989

3–16

Full time

Ireland v England finished 3–16.

Ireland
None
Date
Saturday 18 February 1989 · England in 1989
Venue
Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mark Bailey (not used)
  • No. 17, Stuart Barnes (not used)
  • No. 18, Steve Bates (not used)
  • No. 19, Gareth Chilcott (not used)
  • No. 20, John Olver (not used)
  • No. 21, Gary Rees (not used)

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tom Clancy Prop
  • No. 2, Steve Smith Hooker
  • No. 3, Jim McCoy Prop
  • No. 4, Donal Lenihan Lock
  • No. 5, Willie Anderson Lock
  • No. 6, Phil Matthews (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Patrick O'Hara Flanker
  • No. 8, Noel Mannion Number 8
  • No. 9, Fergus Aherne Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Paul Dean Fly Half
  • No. 11, Paul Haycock Wing
  • No. 12, David Irwin Centre
  • No. 13, Brendan Mullin Centre
  • No. 14, Michael Kiernan Wing
  • No. 15, Fergus Dunlea Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Phil Danaher (not used)
  • No. 17, Vince Cunningham (not used)
  • No. 18, Rab Brady (not used)
  • No. 19, Brian Spillane (not used)
  • No. 20, Des Fitzgerald (not used)
  • No. 21, John McDonald (not used)

Referee: Les Peard. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1985 – 1988

01 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

Match page: Ireland v England, 23 April 1988

02 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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