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England men · Six Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠

19–13

Full time

Ireland v England finished 19–13.

Ireland
Brian O'Driscoll 59'
Date
Sunday 27 February 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Andy Titterrell (not used)
  • No. 17, Duncan Bell (not used)
  • No. 18, Steve Borthwick (not used)
  • No. 19, Andy Hazell (not used)
  • No. 20, Matt Dawson On in the 73'
  • No. 21, Andy Goode (not used)
  • No. 22, Ollie Smith (not used)

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Reggie Corrigan Prop Off in the 70'
  • No. 2, Shane Byrne Hooker
  • No. 3, John Hayes Prop
  • No. 4, Malcolm O'Kelly Lock
  • No. 5, Paul O'Connell Lock
  • No. 6, Simon Easterby Flanker
  • No. 7, Jonny O'Connor Flanker
  • No. 8, Anthony Foley Number 8
  • No. 9, Peter Stringer Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Ronan O'Gara Fly Half
  • No. 11, Denis Hickie Wing
  • No. 12, Shane Horgan Centre
  • No. 13, Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre
  • No. 14, Girvan Dempsey Wing
  • No. 15, Geordan Murphy Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Frankie Sheahan (not used)
  • No. 17, Marcus Horan On in the 70'
  • No. 18, Donncha O'Callaghan (not used)
  • No. 19, Eric Miller (not used)
  • No. 20, Guy Easterby (not used)
  • No. 21, David Humphreys (not used)
  • No. 22, Kevin Maggs (not used)

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

2000 – 2004

02 30 Mar 2003
Six Nations Championship Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Ireland 6–42 England England won

England tries: Lawrence Dallaglio 8', Mike Tindall 59', Will Greenwood 64', Will Greenwood 80', Dan Luger 96'

Ireland tries: None

Match page: Ireland v England, 30 March 2003

03 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

05 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

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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