Teams

England	Ireland
Tries Egerton, Guscott, Probyn, Underwood	Tries none
Cons Hodgkinson 2	Cons none
Pens Hodgkinson	Pens none
Team 15 FB Simon Hodgkinson 14 W Rory Underwood 13 C Will Carling (c) 12 C Jerry Guscott 11 W Mark Bailey 10 FH Rob Andrew 9 SH Richard Hill 1 P Paul Rendall 2 H Brian Moore 3 P Jeff Probyn 4 L Wade Dooley 5 L Paul Ackford 6 F Mickey Skinner 7 F Peter Winterbottom 8 N8 Dave Egerton     Replacements 16 Mike Teague 17 Simon Halliday 18 Mark Linnett 19 John Olver 20 Steve Bates 21 Alan Buzza	Team 15 FB Kenny Murphy 14 W Michael Kiernan 13 C Brendan Mullin 12 C David Irwin 11 W Keith Crossan 10 FH Peter Russell 9 SH Fergus Aherne 1 P Des Fitzgerald 2 H Steve Smith 3 P Gary Halpin 4 L Neil Francis 5 L Willie Anderson (c) 6 F Philip Matthews 7 F Pat O'Hara 8 N8 Noel Mannion     Replacements 16 H John McDonald 17 Nick Popplewell 18 Pat Murray 19 Michael Bradley 20 Brian Smith 21 Paul Collins

Notes

Result England won by a margin of 23 points

Five Nations points England 2, Ireland 0

Ground name Twickenham Stadium, London

Referee P Robin (France)

England Test debuts none

Ireland Test debuts GF Halpin, KJ Murphy, P Russell

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3

Other scores

Five Nations
Wales	19 - 29	France	Cardiff