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England men · Six Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠

6–42

Full time

Ireland v England finished 6–42.

Ireland
None
Date
Sunday 30 March 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Marcus Horan Prop Off in the 75'
  • No. 2, Shane Byrne Hooker
  • No. 3, John Hayes Prop
  • No. 4, Gary Longwell Lock Off in the 56'
  • No. 5, Malcolm O'Kelly Lock
  • No. 6, Victor Costello Flanker Off in the 68'
  • No. 7, Keith Gleeson Flanker
  • No. 8, Anthony Foley Number 8
  • No. 9, Peter Stringer Scrum Half
  • No. 10, David Humphreys Fly Half Off in the 63'
  • No. 11, Denis Hickie Wing
  • No. 12, Kevin Maggs Centre
  • No. 13, Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre Off in the 82'
  • No. 14, Justin Bishop Wing
  • No. 15, Geordan Murphy Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Frankie Sheahan (not used)
  • No. 17, Justin Fitzpatrick On in the 75'
  • No. 18, Paul O'Connell On in the 56'
  • No. 19, Alan Quinlan On in the 68'
  • No. 20, Guy Easterby (not used)
  • No. 21, Ronan O'Gara On in the 63'
  • No. 22, Girvan Dempsey On in the 82'

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1998 – 2002

01 16 Feb 2002
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 45–11 Ireland England won

England tries: Will Greenwood, Will Greenwood, Ben Cohen, Jonny Wilkinson, Ben Kay, Joe Worsley

Ireland tries: Ronan O'Gara

Match page: England v Ireland, 16 February 2002

03 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

05 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

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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