Teams

Ireland	England
Tries Bresnihan, Murphy	Tries Duckham
Cons Kiernan	Cons none
Pens Kiernan 2	Pens Hiller 4
Drops McGann	Drops none
Team 15 FB Tom Kiernan (c) 14 W Alan Duggan 13 C Barry Bresnihan 12 C Mike Gibson 11 W John Moroney 10 FH Barry McGann 9 SH Roger Young 1 P Syd Millar 2 H Ken Kennedy 3 P Philo O'Callaghan 4 L Willie-John McBride 5 L Mick Molloy 6 F James Davidson 7 F Noel Murphy 8 N8 Ken Goodall     Replacements 16 SH Colin Grimshaw	Team 15 FB Bob Hiller 14 W Keith Fielding 13 C John Spencer 12 C David Duckham 11 W Rod Webb 10 FH John Finlan 9 SH Trevor Wintle 1 P Piggy Powell 2 H John Pullin 3 P Keith Fairbrother 4 L Nigel Horton 5 L Peter Larter 6 F Dick Greenwood (c) 7 F Budge Rogers 8 N8 Dave Rollitt     Replacements 16 Timothy Dalton 17 Jan Webster

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 2 points

Five Nations points Ireland 2, England 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Referee RP Burrell (Scotland)

Ireland Test debuts C Grimshaw

England Test debuts DJ Duckham, KE Fairbrother, KJ Fielding, NE Horton, JS Spencer

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