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England men · Five Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠

8–20

Full time

Ireland v England finished 8–20.

Ireland
Anthony Foley
Date
Saturday 21 January 1995 · England in 1995
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, Keith Wood Hooker
  • No. 3, Peter Clohessy Prop
  • No. 4, Mick Galwey Lock
  • No. 5, Neil Francis Lock Off in the 40'
  • No. 6, Anthony Foley Flanker
  • No. 7, David Corkery Flanker
  • No. 8, Paddy Johns Number 8
  • No. 9, Niall Hogan Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Paul Burke Fly Half
  • No. 11, Niall Woods Wing
  • No. 12, Phil Danaher Centre
  • No. 13, Brendan Mullin (c) Centre
  • No. 14, Simon Geoghegan Wing
  • No. 15, Conor O'Shea Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 17, Eric Elwood (not used)
  • No. 18, Alain Rolland (not used)
  • No. 19, Gabriel Fulcher On in the 40'
  • No. 20, Gary Halpin (not used)
  • No. 21, Terry Kingston (not used)

Referee: Patrick Thomas. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1990 – 1994

03 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

05 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

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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