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England men · Six Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠

6–12

Full time

Ireland v England finished 6–12.

Date
Sunday 10 February 2013 · England in 2013
Venue
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Cian Healy Prop Off in the 75'
  • No. 2, Rory Best Hooker Off in the 75'
  • No. 3, Mike Ross Prop Off in the 79'
  • No. 4, Mike McCarthy Lock
  • No. 5, Donnacha Ryan Lock Off in the 67'
  • No. 6, Peter O'Mahony Flanker
  • No. 7, Sean O'Brien Flanker Off in the 67'
  • No. 8, Jamie Heaslip (c) Number 8
  • No. 9, Conor Murray Scrum Half
  • No. 10, Johnny Sexton Fly Half Off in the 32'
  • No. 11, Simon Zebo Wing Off in the 11'
  • No. 12, Gordon D'Arcy Centre
  • No. 13, Brian O'Driscoll Centre
  • No. 14, Craig Gilroy Wing
  • No. 15, Rob Kearney Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Sean Cronin On in the 75'
  • No. 17, Dave Kilcoyne On in the 75'
  • No. 18, Declan Fitzpatrick On in the 79'
  • No. 19, Donncha O'Callaghan On in the 67'
  • No. 20, Chris Henry On in the 67'
  • No. 21, Eoin Reddan (not used)
  • No. 22, Ronan O'Gara On in the 32'
  • No. 23, Keith Earls On in the 11'

Referee: Jerome Garces. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2009 – 2012

03 19 Mar 2011
Six Nations Championship Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Ireland 24–8 England England lost

England tries: Steve Thompson 53'

Ireland tries: Tommy Bowe 28', Brian O'Driscoll 47'

Match page: Ireland v England, 19 March 2011

04 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

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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