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England men · Five Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠

17–3

Full time

Ireland v England finished 17–3.

England
None
Ireland
Mick Galwey
Date
Saturday 20 March 1993 · England in 1993
Venue
Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Nick Popplewell Prop
  • No. 2, Terry Kingston Hooker
  • No. 3, Peter Clohessy Prop
  • No. 4, Paddy Johns Lock
  • No. 5, Mick Galwey Lock
  • No. 6, Patrick O'Hara Flanker
  • No. 7, Denis McBride Flanker
  • No. 8, Brian Robinson Number 8
  • No. 9, Michael Bradley (c) Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Eric Elwood Fly Half
  • No. 11, Simon Geoghegan Wing
  • No. 12, Phil Danaher Centre
  • No. 13, Vince Cunningham Centre
  • No. 14, Richard Wallace Wing
  • No. 15, Ciaran Clarke Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Brian Glennon (not used)
  • No. 17, Niall Malone (not used)
  • No. 18, Rob Saunders (not used)
  • No. 19, Neil Francis (not used)
  • No. 20, Paul McCarthy (not used)
  • No. 21, John Murphy (not used)

Referee: Sandy MacNeill. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1988 – 1992

01 1 Feb 1992
Five Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 38–9 Ireland England won

England tries: Simon Halliday, Jeremy Guscott, Rory Underwood, Dewi Morris, Jonathan Webb 1', Jonathan Webb 80'

Ireland tries: Ralph Keyes

Match page: England v Ireland, 1 February 1992

03 20 Jan 1990
Five Nations Championship Twickenham, London

England 23–0 Ireland England won

England tries: Rory Underwood, Will Carling, Jeremy Guscott, Jeff Probyn

Ireland tries: None

Match page: England v Ireland, 20 January 1990

05 23 Apr 1988
Test matches · Millennium Trophy Match Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Ireland 10–21 England England won

England tries: Rory Underwood, Richard Harding

Ireland tries: Hugo MacNeill, Steve Smith

Match page: Ireland v England, 23 April 1988

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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