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England men · Six Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠

24–8

Full time

Ireland v England finished 24–8.

Ireland
Tommy Bowe 28', Brian O'Driscoll 47'
Date
Saturday 19 March 2011 · England in 2011
Venue
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Steve Thompson On in the 51'
  • No. 17, Paul Doran-Jones On in the 51'
  • No. 18, Simon Shaw On in the 27'
  • No. 19, Tom Croft On in the 55'
  • No. 20, Danny Care On in the 46'
  • No. 21, Jonny Wilkinson On in the 51'
  • No. 22, Dave Strettle On in the 66'

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Cian Healy Prop
  • No. 2, Rory Best Hooker Off in the 79'
  • No. 3, Mike Ross Prop Off in the 58'
  • No. 4, Donncha O'Callaghan Lock
  • No. 5, Paul O'Connell Lock Off in the 79'
  • No. 6, Sean O'Brien Flanker
  • No. 7, David Wallace Flanker Off in the 72'
  • No. 8, Jamie Heaslip Number 8
  • No. 9, Eoin Reddan Scrum Half Off in the 79'
  • No. 10, Johnny Sexton Fly Half Off in the 70'
  • No. 11, Andrew Trimble Wing
  • No. 12, Gordon D'Arcy Centre Off in the 79'
  • No. 13, Brian O'Driscoll (c) Centre
  • No. 14, Tommy Bowe Wing
  • No. 15, Keith Earls Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Sean Cronin On in the 79'
  • No. 17, Tom Court On in the 58'
  • No. 18, Leo Cullen On in the 79'
  • No. 19, Denis Leamy On in the 72'
  • No. 20, Peter Stringer On in the 79'
  • No. 21, Ronan O'Gara On in the 70'
  • No. 22, Paddy Wallace On in the 79'

Referee: Bryce Lawrence · Player of the match: Johnny Sexton. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2006 – 2010

01 27 Feb 2010
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 16–20 Ireland England lost

England tries: Dan Cole 61'

Ireland tries: Tommy Bowe 4', Keith Earls 56', Tommy Bowe 74'

Match page: England v Ireland, 27 February 2010

03 15 Mar 2008
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 33–10 Ireland England won

England tries: Paul Sackey 19', Mathew Tait 57', Jamie Noon 69'

Ireland tries: Rob Kearney 4'

Match page: England v Ireland, 15 March 2008

04 24 Feb 2007
Six Nations Championship Croke Park, Dublin

Ireland 43–13 England England lost

England tries: Dave Strettle 47'

Ireland tries: Girvan Dempsey 30', David Wallace 38', Shane Horgan 65', Isaac Boss 79'

Match page: Ireland v England, 24 February 2007

05 18 Mar 2006
Six Nations Championship Twickenham Stadium, London

England 24–28 Ireland England lost

England tries: Jamie Noon 2', Steve Borthwick 52'

Ireland tries: Shane Horgan 8', Denis Leamy 59', Shane Horgan 87'

Match page: England v Ireland, 18 March 2006

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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