Teams

England	Ireland
Tries Roberts, Sharp, Wade	Tries none
Cons Sharp 2	Cons none
Pens Sharp	Pens none
Team 15 FB John Willcox 14 W Martin Underwood 13 C Mike Wade 12 C Mike Weston 11 W Jim Roberts 10 FH Richard Sharp 9 SH Dickie Jeeps (c) 1 P Phil Judd 2 H Stan Hodgson 3 P Peter Wright 4 L Victor Harding 5 L John Currie 6 F Budge Rogers 7 F Ron Syrett 8 N8 Noddy Taylor	Team 15 FB Tom Kiernan 14 W Laurence l'Estrange 13 C Kevin Flynn 12 C Ray Hunter 11 W Niall Brophy 10 FH Francis Gilpin 9 SH John Quirke 1 P Syd Millar 2 H Jimmy Dick 3 P Ray McLoughlin 4 L Bill Mulcahy (c) 5 L Willie-John McBride 6 F Noel Turley 7 F Noel Murphy 8 N8 Michael Hipwell

Notes

Result England won by a margin of 16 points

Five Nations points England 2, Ireland 0

Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London

Referee DG Walters (Wales)

England Test debuts none

Ireland Test debuts JS Dick, FG Gilpin, ML Hipwell, WR Hunter, LPF l'Estrange, WJ McBride, RJ McLoughlin, JMT Quirke, PN Turley

Points scoring rules try 3, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3, goal from a mark 3