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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠

35–3

Full time

England v Ireland finished 35–3.

Ireland
None
Date
Saturday 19 March 1988 · England in 1988
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Bryan Barley (not used)
  • No. 17, Les Cusworth (not used)
  • No. 18, Richard Harding On in the 40'
  • No. 19, Gareth Chilcott (not used)
  • No. 20, Graham Dawe (not used)
  • No. 21, Dave Egerton (not used)

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Tom Clancy Prop
  • No. 2, Terry Kingston Hooker
  • No. 3, Des Fitzgerald Prop
  • No. 4, Donal Lenihan (c) Lock
  • No. 5, Michael Moylett Lock
  • No. 6, Phil Matthews Flanker
  • No. 7, Denis McBride Flanker
  • No. 8, Willie Anderson Number 8
  • No. 9, Michael Bradley Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Paul Dean Fly Half
  • No. 11, Keith Crossan Wing
  • No. 12, Michael Kiernan Centre
  • No. 13, Brendan Mullin Centre
  • No. 14, Trevor Ringland Wing
  • No. 15, Hugo MacNeill Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jim McCoy (not used)
  • No. 17, John McDonald (not used)
  • No. 18, Don Whittle (not used)
  • No. 19, Fergus Aherne (not used)
  • No. 20, Ralph Keyes (not used)
  • No. 21, Phil Danaher (not used)

Referee: Clive Norling. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1983 – 1987

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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