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England men · Six Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠

20–14

Full time

Ireland v England finished 20–14.

Ireland
Keith Wood
Date
Saturday 20 October 2001 · England in 2001
Venue
Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Peter Clohessy Prop Off in the 66'
  • No. 2, Keith Wood (c) Hooker
  • No. 3, John Hayes Prop
  • No. 4, Mick Galwey Lock Off in the 66'
  • No. 5, Malcolm O'Kelly Lock
  • No. 6, Eric Miller Flanker
  • No. 7, David Wallace Flanker
  • No. 8, Anthony Foley Number 8 Off in the 77'
  • No. 9, Peter Stringer Scrum Half
  • No. 10, David Humphreys Fly Half Off in the 59'
  • No. 11, Denis Hickie Wing
  • No. 12, Kevin Maggs Centre
  • No. 13, Brian O'Driscoll Centre Off in the 77'
  • No. 14, Shane Horgan Wing
  • No. 15, Girvan Dempsey Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Frankie Sheahan (not used)
  • No. 17, Emmett Byrne On in the 66'
  • No. 18, Trevor Brennan On in the 66'
  • No. 19, Kieron Dawson On in the 77'
  • No. 20, Guy Easterby (not used)
  • No. 21, Ronan O'Gara On in the 59'
  • No. 22, Mike Mullins On in the 77'

Referee: Paul Honiss. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1996 – 2000

01 5 Feb 2000
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 50–18 Ireland England won

England tries: Austin Healey, Austin Healey, Mike Tindall, Ben Cohen, Ben Cohen, Neil Back

Ireland tries: Kevin Maggs, Mick Galwey

Match page: England v Ireland, 5 February 2000

03 4 Apr 1998
Five Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 35–17 Ireland England won

England tries: Matt Perry, Mike Catt, Richard Cockerill, Phil De Glanville

Ireland tries: Denis Hickie, Denis Hickie

Match page: England v Ireland, 4 April 1998

04 15 Feb 1997
Five Nations Championship Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Ireland 6–46 England England won

England tries: Tony Underwood, Tony Underwood, Jon Sleightholme 18', Andy Gomarsall 63', Jon Sleightholme 73', Richard Hill 75'

Ireland tries: None

Match page: Ireland v England, 15 February 1997

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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