01
1 Mar 1986
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England
25–20
Ireland
England won
England men · Five Nations Championship
Ireland
v England
17–0
Full time
Ireland v England finished 17–0.
- England
- None
- Ireland
- Michael Kiernan, Keith Crossan, Phil Matthews
- Date
- Saturday 7 February 1987 · England in 1987
- Venue
- Lansdowne Road, Dublin
- Competition
- Five Nations Championship
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England
Starting XV
- No. 1, Paul Rendall Prop
- No. 2, Graham Dawe Hooker
- No. 3, Gary Pearce Prop
- No. 4, Nigel Redman Lock
- No. 5, David Cusani Lock
- No. 6, John Hall Flanker
- No. 7, Peter Winterbottom Flanker
- No. 8, Paul Simpson Number 8
- No. 9, Richard Hill (c) Scrum Half
- No. 10, Rob Andrew Fly Half
- No. 11, Rory Underwood Wing
- No. 12, Kevin Simms Centre
- No. 13, Jamie Salmon Centre
- No. 14, Mike Harrison Wing
- No. 15, Marcus Rose Full Back Off in the 39'
Replacements
- No. 16, Simon Halliday (not used)
- No. 17, Stuart Barnes On in the 39'
- No. 18, Richard Harding (not used)
- No. 19, Gareth Chilcott (not used)
- No. 20, Brian Moore (not used)
- No. 21, Gary Rees (not used)
Ireland
Starting XV
- No. 1, Phil Orr Prop
- No. 2, Harry Harbison Hooker
- No. 3, Des Fitzgerald Prop
- No. 4, Jim Glennon Lock
- No. 5, Donal Lenihan (c) Lock
- No. 6, Phil Matthews Flanker
- No. 7, Nigel Carr Flanker
- No. 8, Willie Anderson Number 8
- No. 9, Michael Bradley Scrum Half
- No. 10, Paul Dean Fly Half
- No. 11, Keith Crossan Wing
- No. 12, Michael Kiernan Centre
- No. 13, Brendan Mullin Centre
- No. 14, Trevor Ringland Wing
- No. 15, Hugo MacNeill Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Jim McCoy (not used)
- No. 17, Ciaran Fitzgerald (not used)
- No. 18, Paul Collins (not used)
- No. 19, Tony Doyle (not used)
- No. 20, Tony Ward (not used)
- No. 21, Philip Rainey (not used)
Referee: Rene Hourquet. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.
Men's senior internationals · Newest first
The 5 meetings before this one
02
30 Mar 1985
Five Nations Championship
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Ireland
13–10
England
England lost
03
18 Feb 1984
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham Stadium, London
England
12–9
Ireland
England won
04
19 Mar 1983
Five Nations Championship
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Ireland
25–15
England
England lost
05
6 Feb 1982
Five Nations Championship
Twickenham, London
England
15–16
Ireland
England lost
Official meetings since 1875
England v Ireland stats
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
6Rory Underwood
6 tries against Ireland in matches we hold scorer data for.
Ireland · Fixture leader
4Dan Sheehan
Ireland's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.