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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠

45–11

Full time

England v Ireland finished 45–11.

Ireland
Ronan O'Gara
Date
Saturday 16 February 2002 · England in 2002
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Peter Clohessy Prop Off in the 78'
  • No. 2, Frankie Sheahan Hooker Off in the 52'
  • No. 3, John Hayes Prop
  • No. 4, Mick Galwey (c) Lock Off in the 57'
  • No. 5, Malcolm O'Kelly Lock
  • No. 6, Eric Miller Flanker Off in the 57'
  • No. 7, David Wallace Flanker
  • No. 8, Anthony Foley Number 8
  • No. 9, Peter Stringer Scrum Half
  • No. 10, David Humphreys Fly Half
  • No. 11, Denis Hickie Wing
  • No. 12, Kevin Maggs Centre
  • No. 13, Brian O'Driscoll Centre
  • No. 14, Geordan Murphy Wing Off in the 8'
  • No. 15, Girvan Dempsey Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Shane Byrne On in the 52'
  • No. 17, Paul Wallace On in the 78'
  • No. 18, Gary Longwell On in the 57'
  • No. 19, Simon Easterby On in the 57'
  • No. 20, Guy Easterby (not used)
  • No. 21, Ronan O'Gara On in the 40'
  • No. 22, Rob Henderson On in the 8' Off in the 40'

Referee: Peter Marshall. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1997 – 2001

02 5 Feb 2000
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 50–18 Ireland England won

England tries: Austin Healey, Austin Healey, Mike Tindall, Ben Cohen, Ben Cohen, Neil Back

Ireland tries: Kevin Maggs, Mick Galwey

Match page: England v Ireland, 5 February 2000

04 4 Apr 1998
Five Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 35–17 Ireland England won

England tries: Matt Perry, Mike Catt, Richard Cockerill, Phil De Glanville

Ireland tries: Denis Hickie, Denis Hickie

Match page: England v Ireland, 4 April 1998

05 15 Feb 1997
Five Nations Championship Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Ireland 6–46 England England won

England tries: Tony Underwood, Tony Underwood, Jon Sleightholme 18', Andy Gomarsall 63', Jon Sleightholme 73', Richard Hill 75'

Ireland tries: None

Match page: Ireland v England, 15 February 1997

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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