Teams

Ireland	England
Tries MacNeill, Smith	Tries Harding, Underwood
Cons Kiernan	Cons Webb 2
Pens none	Pens Webb 3
Team 15 FB Hugo MacNeill 14 W John Sexton 13 C Vince Cunningham 12 C Brendan Mullin 11 W Michael Kiernan 10 FH Paul Dean 9 SH Fergus Aherne 1 P Tom Clancy 2 H Steve Smith 3 P JJ McCoy 4 L Donal Lenihan (c) 5 L Willie Anderson 6 F Philip Matthews 7 F William Sexton 8 N8 Michael Gibson     Replacements 16 Des Fitzgerald 17 John McDonald 18 Don Whittle 19 Michael Bradley 20 Ralph Keyes 21 Phil Danaher	Team 15 FB Jon Webb 14 W John Bentley 13 C Simon Halliday 12 C Will Carling 11 W Rory Underwood 10 FH Rob Andrew 9 SH Richard Harding 1 P Paul Rendall 2 H Brian Moore 3 P Jeff Probyn 4 L John Orwin (c) 5 L Wade Dooley 6 F Gary Rees 7 F Mickey Skinner 8 N8 Dave Egerton     Replacements 16 P Gareth Chilcott 17 Bryan Barley 18 Stuart Barnes 19 Simon Robson 20 Graham Dawe 21 Andy Robinson

Notes

Result England won by a margin of 11 points

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Referee R Hourquet (France)

Ireland Test debuts LFP Aherne, VJG Cunningham, JF Sexton, SJ Smith

England Test debuts J Bentley, DW Egerton

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

Other scores

FIRA Championship D1
Soviet Union	12 - 7	Spain	Kutaisi
FIRA Championship D2
Czechia	18 - 9	Tunisia	Prague