Teams

Ireland	England
Tries Foley	Tries Carling, Clarke, T Underwood
Cons none	Cons Andrew
Pens Burke	Pens Andrew
Team 15 FB Conor O'Shea 14 W Simon Geoghegan 13 C Brendan Mullin (c) 12 C Phil Danaher 11 W Niall Woods 10 FH Paul Burke 9 SH Niall Hogan 1 P Nick Popplewell 2 H Keith Wood 3 P Peter Clohessy 4 L Mick Galwey 5 L Neil Francis 6 F Anthony Foley 7 F Paddy Johns 8 N8 David Corkery     Replacements 16 L Gabriel Fulcher 17 Maurice Field 18 Eric Elwood 19 Alain Rolland 20 Gary Halpin 21 Terry Kingston	Team 15 FB Mike Catt 14 W Tony Underwood 13 C Will Carling (c) 12 C Jerry Guscott 11 W Rory Underwood 10 FH Rob Andrew 9 SH Kyran Bracken 1 P Jason Leonard 2 H Brian Moore 3 P Victor Ubogu 4 L Martin Johnson 5 L Martin Bayfield 6 F Tim Rodber 7 F Ben Clarke 8 N8 Dean Richards     Replacements 16 Jon Callard 17 Phil de Glanville 18 Steve Ojomoh 19 Dewi Morris 20 Graham Rowntree 21 Graham Dawe

Notes

Result England won by a margin of 12 points

Five Nations points England 2, Ireland 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Referee P Thomas (France)

Ireland Test debuts PA Burke, AG Foley, NA Hogan

England Test debuts none

Other scores

Five Nations
France	21 - 9	Wales	Parc des Princes
Canada tour
Scotland	22 - 6	Canada	Murrayfield