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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠

38–9

Full time

England v Ireland finished 38–9.

Ireland
Ralph Keyes
Date
Saturday 1 February 1992 · England in 1992
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Nick Popplewell Prop
  • No. 2, Steve Smith Hooker
  • No. 3, Gary Halpin Prop
  • No. 4, Mick Galwey Lock
  • No. 5, Neil Francis Lock
  • No. 6, Phil Matthews (c) Flanker
  • No. 7, Mike Fitzgibbon Flanker
  • No. 8, Brian Robinson Number 8
  • No. 9, Fergus Aherne Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Ralph Keyes Fly Half
  • No. 11, Simon Geoghegan Wing
  • No. 12, David Curtis Centre
  • No. 13, Brendan Mullin Centre
  • No. 14, Richard Wallace Wing
  • No. 15, Jim Staples Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Phil Danaher (not used)
  • No. 17, Derek McAleese (not used)
  • No. 18, Rob Saunders (not used)
  • No. 19, Phil Lawlor (not used)
  • No. 21, Terry Kingston (not used)

Referee: Derek Bevan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1988 – 1991

02 20 Jan 1990
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 23–0 Ireland England won

England tries: Rory Underwood, Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott, Jeff Probyn

Ireland tries: None

Match page: England v Ireland, 20 January 1990

04 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

05 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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