History of rugby union matches between England and Ireland

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England and Ireland have played rugby union internationals against each other since 1875, with England winning the first match at The Oval, London by two goals to nil. (A points scoring system was not used in rugby at the time.) The two teams have played a total of 142 Test matches with England winning 81 of them, Ireland 53, and 8 resulting in a draw. [1] However, since rugby union went professional in 1995, the head-to-head is a lot closer. The teams have met 34 times since then with England winning 19 test matches to Ireland's 15.

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Apart from their annual match during the Six Nations Championship, the teams have also met on six other occasions, with England winning five. The sides have played four warm-up matches prior to the 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 World Cups. They played a one-off match in April 1988 to celebrate the millennium of the city of Dublin in which the winners of the 1988 match, England, were awarded the Millennium Trophy. This then became the trophy for the annual match between the teams in the Six Nations Championship. The sides also faced off in the inaugural Autumn Nations Cup which took place in November 2020.

Ireland achieved a record away winning margin over England when they beat them 32–15 on 12 March 2022, following an early Charlie Ewels red card. [2]

Millennium Trophy

The Millennium Trophy (Irish : Corn na Mílaoise) is a rugby union award contested annually by England and Ireland as part of the Six Nations Championship. It was initiated in 1988 as part of Dublin's millennial celebrations. The trophy has the shape of a horned Viking helmet. [3] As of 2024, England have won it 21 times, and Ireland 16 times. The Millennium Trophy is currently held by England, who beat Ireland 23–22 at Twickenham Stadium. [4]

Summary

Overall

DetailsPlayedWon by
England
Won by
Ireland
DrawnEngland pointsIreland points
In England71481941,052605
In Ireland7133344711709
Overall142815381,7631,314

Results

No.DateVenueScoreWinnerCompetitionAttendanceRef.
115 February 1875 The Oval, London (2T) 2G–0G (0)Flag of England.svg  England 1874–75 Home Nations International 3,000 [5]
213 December 1875 Rathmines, Dublin (0) 0G–1G (2T)Flag of England.svg  England 1875–76 Home Nations International [6]
35 February 1877The Oval, London(4T) 2G–0G (0)Flag of England.svg  England 1876–77 Home Nations International [7]
411 March 1878 Lansdowne Road, Dublin(0) 0G–2G (3T)Flag of England.svg  England 1877–78 Home Nations International [8]
524 March 1879The Oval, London(4T) 3G–0G (0)Flag of England.svg  England 1878–79 Home Nations International [9]
62 February 1880Lansdowne Road, Dublin(1T) 0G–1G (2T)Flag of England.svg  England 1879–80 Home Nations International [10]
75 February 1881 Whalley Range, Manchester (4T) 2G–0G (0)Flag of England.svg  England 1880–81 Home Nations International [11]
86 February 1882Lansdowne Road, Dublin(2T) 0G–0G (2T) draw 1881–82 Home Nations International 5,000 [12]
95 February 1883Whalley Range, Manchester(4T) 1G–0G (1T)Flag of England.svg  England 1883 Home Nations Championship [13]
104 February 1884Lansdowne Road, Dublin(0) 0G–1G (1T)Flag of England.svg  England 1884 Home Nations Championship [14]
117 February 1885Whalley Range, Manchester(2T) 0G–0G (1T)Flag of England.svg  England 1885 Home Nations Championship 7,000 [15]
126 February 1886Lansdowne Road, Dublin(0) 0G–0G (1T)Flag of England.svg  England 1886 Home Nations Championship [16]
135 February 1887Lansdowne Road, Dublin(2T) 2G–0G (0)Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1887 Home Nations Championship [17]
1415 March 1890 Rectory Field, Blackheath 3–0Flag of England.svg  England 1890 Home Nations Championship 12,000 [18]
157 February 1891Lansdowne Road, Dublin0–9Flag of England.svg  England 1891 Home Nations Championship [19]
166 February 1892Whalley Range, Manchester7–0Flag of England.svg  England 1892 Home Nations Championship [20]
174 February 1893Lansdowne Road, Dublin0–4Flag of England.svg  England 1893 Home Nations Championship 7,000 [21]
183 February 1894Rectory Field, Blackheath5–7Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1894 Home Nations Championship 20,000 [22]
192 February 1895Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–6Flag of England.svg  England 1895 Home Nations Championship 9,000 [23]
201 February 1896 Meanwood Road, Leeds 4–10Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1896 Home Nations Championship 17,858 [24]
216 February 1897Lansdowne Road, Dublin13–9Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1897 Home Nations Championship 15,000 [25]
225 February 1898 Athletic Ground, Richmond 6–9Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1898 Home Nations Championship 20,000 [26]
234 February 1899Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–0Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1899 Home Nations Championship 12,000 [27]
243 February 1900Athletic Ground, Richmond15–4Flag of England.svg  England 1900 Home Nations Championship 10,000 [28]
259 February 1901Lansdowne Road, Dublin10–6Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1901 Home Nations Championship 8,000 [29]
268 February 1902 Welford Road, Leicester 6–3Flag of England.svg  England 1902 Home Nations Championship 20,000 [30]
2714 February 1903Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–0Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1903 Home Nations Championship [31]
2813 February 1904Rectory Field, Blackheath19–0Flag of England.svg  England 1904 Home Nations Championship [32]
2911 February 1905 Mardyke, Cork 17–3Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1905 Home Nations Championship 12,000 [33]
3010 February 1906Welford Road, Leicester6–16Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1906 Home Nations Championship 10,000 [34]
319 February 1907Lansdowne Road, Dublin17–9Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1907 Home Nations Championship 10,000 [35]
328 February 1908Athletic Ground, Richmond13–3Flag of England.svg  England 1908 Home Nations Championship [36]
3313 February 1909Lansdowne Road, Dublin5–11Flag of England.svg  England 1909 Home Nations Championship [37]
3411 February 1910 Twickenham Stadium, London0–0 draw 1910 Five Nations Championship 14,000 [38]
3511 February 1911Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–0Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg  Ireland 1911 Five Nations Championship [39]
3610 February 1912Twickenham Stadium, London15–0Flag of England.svg  England 1912 Five Nations Championship 25,000 [40]
379 February 1913Lansdowne Road, Dublin4–15Flag of England.svg  England 1913 Five Nations Championship 15,000 [41]
3814 February 1914Twickenham Stadium, London17–12Flag of England.svg  England 1914 Five Nations Championship 40,000 [42]
3914 February 1920Lansdowne Road, Dublin11–14Flag of England.svg  England 1920 Five Nations Championship [43]
4012 February 1921Twickenham Stadium, London15–0Flag of England.svg  England 1921 Five Nations Championship 27,500 [44]
4111 February 1922Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–12Flag of England.svg  England 1922 Five Nations Championship [45]
4210 February 1923Welford Road, Leicester23–5Flag of England.svg  England 1923 Five Nations Championship 20,000 [46]
439 February 1924 Ravenhill Stadium, Belfast 3–14Flag of England.svg  England 1924 Five Nations Championship 15,000 [47]
4414 February 1925Twickenham Stadium, London6–6 draw 1925 Five Nations Championship [48]
4513 February 1926Lansdowne Road, Dublin19–15IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1926 Five Nations Championship [49]
4612 February 1927Twickenham Stadium, London8–6Flag of England.svg  England 1927 Five Nations Championship 45,000 [50]
4711 February 1928Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–7Flag of England.svg  England 1928 Five Nations Championship [51]
489 February 1929Twickenham Stadium, London5–6IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1929 Five Nations Championship [52]
498 February 1930Lansdowne Road, Dublin4–3IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1930 Five Nations Championship [53]
5014 February 1931Twickenham Stadium, London5–6IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1931 Five Nations Championship 60,000 [54]
5113 February 1932Lansdowne Road, Dublin8–11Flag of England.svg  England 1932 Home Nations Championship [55]
5211 February 1933Twickenham Stadium, London17–6Flag of England.svg  England 1933 Home Nations Championship [56]
5310 February 1934Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–13Flag of England.svg  England 1934 Home Nations Championship [57]
549 February 1935Twickenham Stadium, London14–3Flag of England.svg  England 1935 Home Nations Championship [58]
558 February 1936Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–3IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1936 Home Nations Championship 36,000 [59]
5613 February 1937Twickenham Stadium, London9–8Flag of England.svg  England 1937 Home Nations Championship [60]
5712 February 1938Lansdowne Road, Dublin14–36Flag of England.svg  England 1938 Home Nations Championship [61]
5811 February 1939Twickenham Stadium, London0–5IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1939 Home Nations Championship [62]
598 February 1947Lansdowne Road, Dublin22–0IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1947 Five Nations Championship [63]
6014 February 1948Twickenham Stadium, London10–11IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1948 Five Nations Championship [64] Clip
6112 February 1949Lansdowne Road, Dublin14–5IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1949 Five Nations Championship [65]
6211 February 1950Twickenham Stadium, London3–0Flag of England.svg  England 1950 Five Nations Championship [66]
6310 February 1951Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–0IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1951 Five Nations Championship 45,000 [67]
6429 March 1952Twickenham Stadium, London3–0Flag of England.svg  England 1952 Five Nations Championship [68]
6511 February 1953Lansdowne Road, Dublin9–9 draw 1953 Five Nations Championship [69]
6613 February 1954Twickenham Stadium, London14–3Flag of England.svg  England 1954 Five Nations Championship [70]
6712 February 1955Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–6 draw 1955 Five Nations Championship 45,000 [71]
6811 February 1956Twickenham Stadium, London20–0Flag of England.svg  England 1956 Five Nations Championship [72]
699 February 1957Lansdowne Road, Dublin0–6Flag of England.svg  England 1957 Five Nations Championship [73]
708 February 1958Twickenham Stadium, London6–0Flag of England.svg  England 1958 Five Nations Championship [74]
7114 February 1959Lansdowne Road, Dublin0–3Flag of England.svg  England 1959 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [75]
7213 February 1960Twickenham Stadium, London8–5Flag of England.svg  England 1960 Five Nations Championship [76]
7311 February 1961Lansdowne Road, Dublin11–8IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1961 Five Nations Championship [77]
7410 February 1962Twickenham Stadium, London16–0Flag of England.svg  England 1962 Five Nations Championship [78]
759 February 1963Lansdowne Road, Dublin0–0 draw 1963 Five Nations Championship [79]
768 February 1964Twickenham Stadium, London5–18IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1964 Five Nations Championship [80]
7713 February 1965Lansdowne Road, Dublin5–0IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1965 Five Nations Championship [81]
7812 February 1966Twickenham Stadium, London6–6 draw 1966 Five Nations Championship [82]
7911 February 1967Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–8Flag of England.svg  England 1967 Five Nations Championship [83]
8010 February 1968Twickenham Stadium, London9–9 draw 1968 Five Nations Championship [84]
818 February 1969Lansdowne Road, Dublin17–15IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1969 Five Nations Championship [85]
8214 February 1970Twickenham Stadium, London9–3Flag of England.svg  England 1970 Five Nations Championship [86]
8313 February 1971Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–9Flag of England.svg  England 1971 Five Nations Championship [87]
8412 February 1972Twickenham Stadium, London12–16IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1972 Five Nations Championship [88]
8510 February 1973Lansdowne Road, Dublin18–9IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1973 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [89]
8616 February 1974Twickenham Stadium, London21–26IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1974 Five Nations Championship [90]
8718 January 1975Lansdowne Road, Dublin12–9IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1975 Five Nations Championship [91]
886 March 1976Twickenham Stadium, London12–13IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1976 Five Nations Championship [92]
895 February 1977Lansdowne Road, Dublin0–4Flag of England.svg  England 1977 Five Nations Championship [93]
9018 March 1978Twickenham Stadium, London15–9Flag of England.svg  England 1978 Five Nations Championship [94]
9117 February 1979Lansdowne Road, Dublin12–7IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1979 Five Nations Championship [95]
9219 January 1980Twickenham Stadium, London24–9Flag of England.svg  England 1980 Five Nations Championship [96]
937 March 1981Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–10Flag of England.svg  England 1981 Five Nations Championship [97]
946 February 1982Twickenham Stadium, London15–16IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1982 Five Nations Championship [98]
9519 March 1983Lansdowne Road, Dublin25–15IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1983 Five Nations Championship [99]
9618 February 1984Twickenham Stadium, London12–9Flag of England.svg  England 1984 Five Nations Championship [100]
9730 March 1985Lansdowne Road, Dublin13–10IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1985 Five Nations Championship [101] [102]
981 March 1986Twickenham Stadium, London25–20Flag of England.svg  England 1986 Five Nations Championship [103]
997 February 1987Lansdowne Road, Dublin17–0IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1987 Five Nations Championship [104]
10019 March 1988Twickenham Stadium, London35–3Flag of England.svg  England 1988 Five Nations Championship [105]
10123 April 1988Lansdowne Road, Dublin10–21Flag of England.svg  England Millennium Trophy [106]
10218 February 1989Lansdowne Road, Dublin3–16Flag of England.svg  England 1989 Five Nations Championship [107]
10320 January 1990Twickenham Stadium, London23–0Flag of England.svg  England 1990 Five Nations Championship [108]
1042 March 1991Lansdowne Road, Dublin7–16Flag of England.svg  England 1991 Five Nations Championship [109]
1051 February 1992Twickenham Stadium, London38–9Flag of England.svg  England 1992 Five Nations Championship [110]
10620 March 1993Lansdowne Road, Dublin17–3IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1993 Five Nations Championship [102] [111]
10719 February 1994Twickenham Stadium, London12–13IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 1994 Five Nations Championship [112]
10821 January 1995Lansdowne Road, Dublin8–20Flag of England.svg  England 1995 Five Nations Championship [113]
10916 March 1996Twickenham Stadium, London28–15Flag of England.svg  England 1996 Five Nations Championship 75,000 [114]
11015 February 1997Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–46Flag of England.svg  England 1997 Five Nations Championship 51,898 [115]
1114 April 1998Twickenham Stadium, London35–17Flag of England.svg  England 1998 Five Nations Championship 75,000 [116] [117]
1126 March 1999Lansdowne Road, Dublin15–27Flag of England.svg  England 1999 Five Nations Championship 49,000 [118] [119]
1135 February 2000Twickenham Stadium, London50–18Flag of England.svg  England 2000 Six Nations Championship 75,000 [120] [121]
11420 October 2001Lansdowne Road, Dublin20–14IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2001 Six Nations Championship 49,000 [122] [123]
11516 February 2002Twickenham Stadium, London45–11Flag of England.svg  England 2002 Six Nations Championship 75,000 [124] [125]
11630 March 2003Lansdowne Road, Dublin6–42Flag of England.svg  England 2003 Six Nations Championship 48,000 [126] [127]
1176 March 2004Twickenham Stadium, London13–19IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2004 Six Nations Championship 72,000 [128] [129]
11827 February 2005Lansdowne Road, Dublin19–13IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2005 Six Nations Championship 49,250 [130] [131]
11918 March 2006Twickenham Stadium, London24–28IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2006 Six Nations Championship 68,000 [132] [133]
12024 February 2007 Croke Park, Dublin43–13IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2007 Six Nations Championship 81,611 [134] [135]
12115 March 2008Twickenham Stadium, London33–10Flag of England.svg  England 2008 Six Nations Championship 82,000 [136]
12228 February 2009Croke Park, Dublin14–13IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2009 Six Nations Championship 82,000 [137] [138]
12327 February 2010Twickenham Stadium, London16–20IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2010 Six Nations Championship 81,554 [139]
12419 March 2011 Aviva Stadium, Dublin24–8IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2011 Six Nations Championship 51,000 [140] [141]
12527 August 2011Aviva Stadium, Dublin9–20Flag of England.svg  England 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 48,523 [142] [143]
12617 March 2012Twickenham Stadium, London30–9Flag of England.svg  England 2012 Six Nations Championship 80,567 [144]
12710 February 2013Aviva Stadium, Dublin6–12Flag of England.svg  England 2013 Six Nations Championship 51,000 [145] [146]
12822 February 2014Twickenham Stadium, London13–10Flag of England.svg  England 2014 Six Nations Championship 81,835 [147] [148]
1291 March 2015Aviva Stadium, Dublin19–9IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2015 Six Nations Championship 51,500 [149] [150]
1305 September 2015Twickenham Stadium, London21–13Flag of England.svg  England 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 80,138 [151]
13127 February 2016Twickenham Stadium, London21–10Flag of England.svg  England 2016 Six Nations Championship 81,826 [152] [153]
13218 March 2017Aviva Stadium, Dublin13–9IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2017 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [154] [155]
13317 March 2018Twickenham Stadium, London15–24IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2018 Six Nations Championship 82,062 [156] [157]
1342 February 2019Aviva Stadium, Dublin20–32Flag of England.svg  England 2019 Six Nations Championship 51,000 [158] [159]
13524 August 2019Twickenham Stadium, London57–15Flag of England.svg  England 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 80,000 [160] [161]
13623 February 2020Twickenham Stadium, London24–12Flag of England.svg  England 2020 Six Nations Championship 81,476 [162]
13721 November 2020Twickenham Stadium, London18–7Flag of England.svg  England Autumn Nations Cup 0* [163]
13820 March 2021Aviva Stadium, Dublin32–18IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2021 Six Nations Championship 0* [164]
13912 March 2022Twickenham Stadium, London15–32IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2022 Six Nations Championship 81,658 [165] [166]
14018 March 2023Aviva Stadium, Dublin29–16IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2023 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [167]
14119 August 2023Aviva Stadium, Dublin29–10IRFU flag.svg  Ireland 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 51,000 [168]
1429 March 2024Twickenham Stadium, London23–22Flag of England.svg  England 2024 Six Nations Championship 81,686 [4]

Results by Decade

DecadeEnglandIrelandDrawnSeries winner
1870s500Flag of England.svg  England
1880s611Flag of England.svg  England
1890s550Drawn
1900s550Drawn
1910s311Flag of England.svg  England
1920s621Flag of England.svg  England
1930s640Flag of England.svg  England
1940s030IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
1950s712Flag of England.svg  England
1960s343IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
1970s460IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
1980s740Flag of England.svg  England
1990s820Flag of England.svg  England
2000s460IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
2010s850Flag of England.svg  England
2020s340IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Crumbie Stand view of the England vs Ireland match in Leicester during the 1923 Five Nations. Crumbie Stand England v Ireland 1923.jpg
Crumbie Stand view of the England vs Ireland match in Leicester during the 1923 Five Nations.
Harry Ellis throws a pass from the base of the English ruck during the 2007 Six Nations Front Row At The Ruck.jpg
Harry Ellis throws a pass from the base of the English ruck during the 2007 Six Nations
Irish lineout warm up prior to the 2012 Six Nations Twickenham Ireland vs England12.JPG
Irish lineout warm up prior to the 2012 Six Nations

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