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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠

15–24

Full time

England v Ireland finished 15–24.

Ireland
Garry Ringrose 5', CJ Stander 23', Jacob Stockdale 41'
Date
Saturday 17 March 2018 · England in 2018
Venue
Twickenham, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Cian Healy Prop Off in the 50'
  • No. 2, Rory Best (c) Hooker Off in the 64'
  • No. 3, Tadhg Furlong Prop Off in the 64'
  • No. 4, James Ryan Lock Off in the 66'
  • No. 5, Iain Henderson Lock
  • No. 6, Peter O'Mahony Flanker Yellow card 28'
  • No. 7, Dan Leavy Flanker
  • No. 8, CJ Stander Number 8
  • No. 9, Conor Murray Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Johnny Sexton Fly Half Off in the 66'
  • No. 11, Jacob Stockdale Wing
  • No. 12, Bundee Aki Centre Off in the 55'
  • No. 13, Garry Ringrose Centre
  • No. 14, Keith Earls Wing Off in the 73'
  • No. 15, Rob Kearney Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Sean Cronin On in the 64'
  • No. 17, Jack McGrath On in the 50'
  • No. 18, Andrew Porter On in the 64'
  • No. 19, Devin Toner On in the 66'
  • No. 20, Jordi Murphy (not used)
  • No. 21, Kieran Marmion On in the 73'
  • No. 22, Joey Carbery On in the 66'
  • No. 23, Jordan Larmour On in the 55'

Referee: Angus Gardner. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2014 – 2017

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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