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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠

24–28

Full time

England v Ireland finished 24–28.

Ireland
Shane Horgan 8', Denis Leamy 59', Shane Horgan 87'
Date
Saturday 18 March 2006 · England in 2006
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Marcus Horan Prop
  • No. 2, Jerry Flannery Hooker
  • No. 3, John Hayes Prop
  • No. 4, Malcolm O'Kelly Lock Off in the 54'
  • No. 5, Paul O'Connell Lock
  • No. 6, Simon Easterby Flanker Yellow card 72'
  • No. 7, David Wallace Flanker Off in the 20'
  • No. 8, Denis Leamy Number 8 Off in the 77'
  • No. 9, Peter Stringer Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Ronan O'Gara Fly Half
  • No. 11, Andrew Trimble Wing Off in the 70'
  • No. 12, Gordon D'Arcy Centre
  • No. 13, Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre
  • No. 14, Shane Horgan Wing
  • No. 15, Geordan Murphy Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Rory Best (not used)
  • No. 17, Simon Best (not used)
  • No. 18, Donncha O'Callaghan On in the 54'
  • No. 19, Jonny O'Connor On in the 20' Off in the 29'
  • No. 20, Eoin Reddan (not used)
  • No. 21, David Humphreys (not used)
  • No. 22, Girvan Dempsey On in the 70'

Referee: Nigel Whitehouse. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2001 – 2005

03 30 Mar 2003
Six Nations Championship Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Ireland 6–42 England England won

England tries: Lawrence Dallaglio 8', Mike Tindall 59', Will Greenwood 64', Will Greenwood 80', Dan Luger 96'

Ireland tries: None

Match page: Ireland v England, 30 March 2003

04 16 Feb 2002
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 45–11 Ireland England won

England tries: Will Greenwood, Will Greenwood, Ben Cohen, Jonny Wilkinson, Ben Kay, Joe Worsley

Ireland tries: Ronan O'Gara

Match page: England v Ireland, 16 February 2002

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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