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England men · Six Nations Championship

England
v Ireland⁠

15–32

Full time

England v Ireland finished 15–32.

England
None
Ireland
James Lowe 5', Hugo Keenan 36', Jack Conan 72', Finlay Bealham 76'
Date
Saturday 12 March 2022 · England in 2022
Venue
Twickenham Stadium, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jamie Blamire On in the 80'
  • No. 17, Joe Marler On in the 66'
  • No. 18, Will Stuart On in the 39'
  • No. 19, Joe Launchbury On in the 66'
  • No. 20, Alex Dombrandt On in the 14' Off in the 66'
  • No. 21, Ben Youngs On in the 53'
  • No. 22, George Ford On in the 80'
  • No. 23, Elliot Daly On in the 70'

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Cian Healy Prop Off in the 52'
  • No. 2, Dan Sheehan Hooker Off in the 52'
  • No. 3, Tadhg Furlong Prop Off in the 74'
  • No. 4, Tadhg Beirne Lock
  • No. 5, James Ryan Lock
  • No. 6, Peter O'Mahony Flanker Off in the 60'
  • No. 7, Josh van der Flier Flanker
  • No. 8, Caelan Doris Number 8
  • No. 9, Jamison Gibson-Park Scrum Half Off in the 68'
  • No. 10, Johnny Sexton (c) Fly Half Off in the 79'
  • No. 11, James Lowe Wing
  • No. 12, Bundee Aki Centre Off in the 65'
  • No. 13, Garry Ringrose Centre
  • No. 14, Andrew Conway Wing
  • No. 15, Hugo Keenan Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Rob Herring On in the 52'
  • No. 17, Dave Kilcoyne On in the 52'
  • No. 18, Finlay Bealham On in the 74'
  • No. 19, Iain Henderson (not used)
  • No. 20, Jack Conan On in the 60'
  • No. 21, Conor Murray On in the 68'
  • No. 22, Joey Carbery On in the 79'
  • No. 23, Robbie Henshaw On in the 65'

Referee: Mathieu Raynal. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2019 – 2021

01 20 Mar 2021
Six Nations Championship Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Ireland 32–18 England England lost

England tries: Ben Youngs 63', Jonny May 79'

Ireland tries: Keith Earls 22', Jack Conan 35'

Match page: Ireland v England, 20 March 2021

02 21 Nov 2020
Test matches · Autumn Nations Cup Twickenham Stadium, London

England 18–7 Ireland England won

England tries: Jonny May 16', Jonny May 20'

Ireland tries: Jacob Stockdale 73'

Match page: England v Ireland, 21 November 2020

03 23 Feb 2020
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 24–12 Ireland England won

England tries: George Ford 8', Elliot Daly 24', Luke Cowan-Dickie 61'

Ireland tries: Robbie Henshaw 50', Andrew Porter 83'

Match page: England v Ireland, 23 February 2020

04 24 Aug 2019
Test matches · Test Match Twickenham, London

England 57–15 Ireland England won

England tries: Joe Cokanasiga 12', Elliot Daly 29', Manu Tuilagi 35', Maro Itoje 44', George Kruis 52', Tom Curry 56', Joe Cokanasiga 64', Luke Cowan-Dickie 76'

Ireland tries: Jordan Larmour 8', Bundee Aki 72'

Match page: England v Ireland, 24 August 2019

05 2 Feb 2019
Six Nations Championship Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Ireland 20–32 England England won

England tries: Jonny May 1', Elliot Daly 29', Henry Slade 65', Henry Slade 75'

Ireland tries: Cian Healy 24', John Cooney 79'

Match page: Ireland v England, 2 February 2019

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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