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England men · Five Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠

28–15

Full time

England v Ireland finished 28–15.

England
Jon Sleightholme 77'
Ireland
None
Date
Saturday 16 March 1996 · England in 1996
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Nick Popplewell Prop
  • No. 2, Allen Clarke Hooker
  • No. 3, Paul Wallace Prop
  • No. 4, Gabriel Fulcher Lock
  • No. 5, Jeremy Davidson Lock
  • No. 6, David Corkery Flanker
  • No. 7, Denis McBride Flanker
  • No. 8, Victor Costello Number 8
  • No. 9, Niall Hogan (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, David Humphreys Fly Half
  • No. 11, Niall Woods Wing
  • No. 12, Maurice Field Centre Off in the 19'
  • No. 13, Jonathan Bell Centre
  • No. 14, Simon Geoghegan Wing
  • No. 15, Simon Mason Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Mark McCall On in the 19'
  • No. 17, Paul Burke (not used)
  • No. 18, Christian Saverimutto (not used)
  • No. 19, Paddy Johns (not used)
  • No. 20, Henry Hurley (not used)
  • No. 21, Terry Kingston (not used)

Referee: Ed Murray. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1991 – 1995

01 21 Jan 1995
Five Nations Championship Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Ireland 8–20 England England won

England tries: Tony Underwood, Will Carling, Ben Clarke 23'

Ireland tries: Anthony Foley

Match page: Ireland v England, 21 January 1995

04 1 Feb 1992
Five Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 38–9 Ireland England won

England tries: Simon Halliday, Jeremy Guscott, Rory Underwood, Dewi Morris, Jonathan Webb 1', Jonathan Webb 80'

Ireland tries: Ralph Keyes

Match page: England v Ireland, 1 February 1992

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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