Six Nations
- Twickenham, 15 March 2008, 15:00 local, 15:00 GMT
England
(13)
33 - 10
(10)
Ireland
(FT)
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Teams
England
Ireland
Tries
Noon, Sackey, Tait
Tries
Kearney
Cons
Cipriani 3
Cons
O'Gara
Pens
Cipriani 4
Pens
O'Gara
Team
15
FB
Iain Balshaw
14
W
Paul Sackey
13
C
Jamie Noon
12
C
Toby Flood
11
W
Lesley Vainikolo
10
FH
Danny Cipriani
9
SH
Richard Wigglesworth
1
P
Andrew Sheridan
2
H
Lee Mears
3
P
Phil Vickery
(c)
4
L
Simon Shaw
5
L
Steve Borthwick
6
F
Tom Croft
7
F
Michael Lipman
8
N8
Nick Easter
Replacements
16
H
George Chuter
17
P
Matt Stevens
18
L
Ben Kay
19
F
James Haskell
20
SH
Paul Hodgson
21
C
Jonny Wilkinson
22
W
Mathew Tait
Team
15
FB
Geordan Murphy
14
W
Tommy Bowe
13
C
Andrew Trimble
12
C
Shane Horgan
11
W
Rob Kearney
10
FH
Ronan O'Gara
(c)
9
SH
Eoin Reddan
1
P
Marcus Horan
2
H
Rory Best
3
P
John Hayes
4
L
Donncha O'Callaghan
5
L
Paul O'Connell
6
F
Denis Leamy
7
F
David Wallace
8
N8
Jamie Heaslip
Replacements
16
H
Bernard Jackman
17
P
Tony Buckley
18
F
Mick O'Driscoll
19
F
Simon Easterby
20
SH
Peter Stringer
21
C
Paddy Wallace
22
FB
Luke Fitzgerald
Notes
Result
England won by a margin of 23 points
Six Nations points
England 2, Ireland 0
Ground name
Twickenham Stadium, London
Attendance
82000
Referee
SJ Dickinson
(Australia)
England Test debuts
PK Hodgson
Ireland Test debuts
none
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23 - 20
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Rome
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29 - 12
France
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Russia
12 - 8
Romania
Krasnodar
Slovakia tour
Austria XV
8 - 19
Slovakia
Vienna
Guinness Premiership
Leicester Tigers
36 - 23
Saracens
Leicester
Super 14
Blues
17 - 27
Force
North Shore City
Crusaders
55 - 7
Cheetahs
Christchurch
Queensland Reds
40 - 8
Bulls
Brisbane
Lions
8 - 16
Sharks
Johannesburg
