Head-To-Head: Ireland v England

2007 RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Saturday, February 24

IRELAND v ENGLAND, Croke Park, 5.30pm (live RTE Two/BBC One)

IRELAND: Girvan Dempsey; Shane Horgan, Brian O’Driscoll (capt), Gordon D’Arcy, Denis Hickie; Ronan O’Gara, Peter Stringer; Marcus Horan, Rory Best, John Hayes, Donncha O’Callaghan, Paul O’Connell, Simon Easterby, David Wallace, Denis Leamy.

Replacements: Jerry Flannery, Simon Best, Neil Best, Mick O’Driscoll, Isaac Boss, Paddy Wallace, Andrew Trimble.

ENGLAND (to be confirmed): Olly Morgan; Josh Lewsey, Mike Tindall, Andy Farrell, Jason Robinson*; Jonny Wilkinson*, Harry Ellis; Perry Freshwater, George Chuter, Phil Vickery, Louis Deacon, Danny Grewcock, Joe Worsley, Magnus Lund, Martin Corry.

Replacements: Lee Mears, Julian White, Tom Palmer, Tom Rees, Shaun Perry, Toby Flood, Mat Tait.

*Decisions on the participation of Jason Robinson (neck) and Jonny Wilkinson (hamstring) will be made on Friday

Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
Touch Judges: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), Christophe Berdos (France)
Television Match Official: Romain Poite (France)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 119
Ireland Won – 42
England – 69
Drawn – 8

Biggest Wins:

Ireland – Points: 28-24 (2006)
Margin: 22-0 (1947)

England – Points: 50-18 (2000)
Margin: 46-6 (1997)

Ireland v England In The Six Nations Since 2000:

2000 – Twickenham – England won 50-18
2001 – Lansdowne Road – Ireland won 20-14
2002 – Twickenham – England won 45-11
2003 – Lansdowne Road – England won 42-6
2004 – Twickenham – Ireland won 19-13
2005 – Lansdowne Road – Ireland won 19-13
2006 – Twickenham – Ireland won 28-24

Composite Six Nations Records:

IRELAND Played 37, Won 26, Lost 11
ENGLAND Played 37, Won 26, Lost 11

IRELAND – Form Guide From The 2006 Six Nations:

Italy (6N) home, won 26-16
France (6N) away, lost 31-43
Wales (6N) home, won 31-5
Scotland (6N) home, won 15-9
England (6N) away, won 28-24
New Zealand away, lost 23-34
New Zealand away, lost 17-27
Australia away, lost 15-37
South Africa home, won 32-15
Australia home, won 21-6
Pacific Islanders home, won 61-17
Wales (6N) away, won 19-9
France (6N) home, lost 17-20

ENGLAND – Form Guide From The 2006 Six Nations:

Wales (6N) home, won 47-13
Italy (6N) away, won 31-16
Scotland (6N) away, lost 12-18
France (6N) away, lost 6-31
Ireland (6N) home, lost 24-28
Australia away, lost 3-34
Australia away, lost 18-43
New Zealand home, lost 20-41
Argentina home, lost 18-25
South Africa home, won 23-21
South Africa home, lost 14-25
Scotland (6N) home, won 42-20
Italy (6N) home, won 20-7

IRELAND:

Most Capped Players –

83 – Malcolm O’Kelly
73 – Peter Stringer
72 – David Humphreys
71 – Brian O’Driscoll, Girvan Dempsey
70 – Kevin Maggs, John Hayes
69 – Mike Gibson
68 – Ronan O’Gara
63 – Willie John McBride

All-Time Top Points Scorers –

686 – Ronan O’Gara
560 – David Humphreys
308 – Michael Kiernan
296 – Eric Elwood
217 – Ollie Campbell

All-Time Top Try Scorers –

29 – Brian O’Driscoll
27 – Denis Hickie
18 – Shane Horgan
17 – Geordan Murphy, Brendan Mullin
15 – Keith Wood, Kevin Maggs
14 – Girvan Dempsey, George Stephenson

ENGLAND:

Most Capped Players –

114 – Jason Leonard
85 – Rory Underwood
84 – Martin Johnson
77 – Lawrence Dallaglio, Matt Dawson
72 – Will Carling
71 – Richard Hill, Rob Andrew
68 – Danny Grewcock
67 – Mike Catt

All-Time Top Points Scorers –

859 – Jonny Wilkinson
400 – Paul Grayson
396 – Rob Andrew
296 – Jon Webb
259 – Charlie Hodgson
240 – Dusty Hare
210 – Rory Underwood (includes four-point tries)

All-Time Top Try Scorers –

49 – Rory Underwood
31 – Ben Cohen, Will Greenwood
30 – Jeremy Guscott
25 – Jason Robinson
24 – Dan Luger
21 – Josh Lewsey
18 – Cyril Lowe
16 – Matt Dawson, Lawrence Dallaglio, Neil Back
15 – Austin Healey

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers –

1090 – Neil Jenkins (1049 points for Wales, 41 for the Lions)
1010 – Diego Dominguez (27 points for Argentina, 983 for Italy)
967 – Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
911 – Michael Lynagh (Australia)
906 – Jonny Wilkinson (859 points for England, 47 for the Lions)
878 – Matt Burke (Australia)

International Championship All-Time Top Points Scorers –

421 – Jonny Wilkinson
406 – Neil Jenkins
339 – Ronan O’Gara
288 – Gavin Hastings
286 – Stephen Jones
270 – David Humphreys
228 – Chris Paterson