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England men · Six Nations Championship

Ireland
v England⁠

13–9

Full time

Ireland v England finished 13–9.

England
None
Ireland
Iain Henderson 24'
Date
Saturday 18 March 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XV

Replacements

  • No. 16, Jamie George On in the 56'
  • No. 17, Mako Vunipola On in the 40'
  • No. 18, Kyle Sinckler On in the 78'
  • No. 19, Tom Wood On in the 60'
  • No. 20, Nathan Hughes On in the 64'
  • No. 21, Danny Care On in the 64'
  • No. 22, Ben Te'o On in the 64' Off in the 70'
  • No. 23, Jack Nowell On in the 68'

Ireland

Starting XV

  • No. 1, Jack McGrath Prop Off in the 60'
  • No. 2, Rory Best (c) Hooker Off in the 74'
  • No. 3, Tadhg Furlong Prop Off in the 76'
  • No. 4, Donnacha Ryan Lock Off in the 65'
  • No. 5, Iain Henderson Lock
  • No. 6, Peter O'Mahony Flanker
  • No. 7, Sean O'Brien Flanker Off in the 67'
  • No. 8, CJ Stander Number 8
  • No. 9, Kieran Marmion Scrum Half Off in the 70'
  • No. 10, Johnny Sexton Fly Half
  • No. 11, Simon Zebo Wing
  • No. 12, Robbie Henshaw Centre
  • No. 13, Garry Ringrose Centre
  • No. 14, Keith Earls Wing Off in the 40'
  • No. 15, Jared Payne Full Back

Replacements

  • No. 16, Niall Scannell On in the 10' Off in the 18'
  • No. 17, Cian Healy On in the 60'
  • No. 18, John Ryan On in the 76'
  • No. 19, Devin Toner On in the 65'
  • No. 20, Dan Leavy On in the 67'
  • No. 21, Luke McGrath On in the 70'
  • No. 22, Paddy Jackson (not used)
  • No. 23, Andrew Conway On in the 40'

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

2013 – 2016

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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