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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠

23–0

Full time

England v Ireland finished 23–0.

Ireland
None
Date
Saturday 20 January 1990 · England in 1990
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

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

1986 – 1989

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

Match page: Ireland v England, 23 April 1988

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

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

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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