Head-To-Head: Ireland v England

A statistical preview of Saturday’s Autumn Nations Cup showdown between Ireland and England at Twickenham (kick-off 3pm).

2020 AUTUMN NATIONS CUP – GROUP A: Saturday, November 21

ENGLAND (1st) v IRELAND (2nd), Twickenham, 3pm (live RTÉ One/Channel 4/Amazon Prime/RTÉ Player/RTÉ Radio 1/BBC Radio Ulster/BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra/IRFU Live Blog)

ENGLAND: Elliot Daly (Saracens); Jonathan Joseph (Bath), Ollie Lawrence (Worcester Warriors), Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs), Jonny May (Gloucester); Owen Farrell (Saracens) (capt), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers), Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Jamie George (Saracens), Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears), Maro Itoje (Saracens), Joe Launchbury (Wasps), Tom Curry (Sale Sharks), Sam Underhill (Bath), Billy Vunipola (Saracens.

Replacements: Tom Dunn (Bath), Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers), Will Stuart (Bath), Jonny Hill (Exeter Chiefs), Ben Earl (Bristol Bears), Dan Robson (Wasps), George Ford (Leicester Tigers), Max Malins (Bristol Bears).

IRELAND: Hugo Keenan (UCD/Leinster); Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster), Chris Farrell (Young Munster/Munster), Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht), James Lowe (Leinster); Ross Byrne (UCD/Leinster), Jamison Gibson-Park (Leinster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Ronan Kelleher (Lansdowne/Leinster), Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster), Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht), James Ryan (UCD/Leinster) (capt), CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster), Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), Caelan Doris (St. Mary’s College/Leinster).

Replacements: Rob Herring (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Ed Byrne (UCD/Leinster), Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht), Iain Henderson (Academy/Ulster), Will Connors (UCD/Leinster), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster), Billy Burns (UIster), Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster).

Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant Referees: Mathieu Raynal, Alexandre Ruiz (both France)
Television Match Official: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 136
England Won – 79
Ireland Won – 49
Drawn – 8

The drawn games were in 1882 (two tries each), 1910 (0-0), 1925 (6-6), 1953 (9-9), 1955 (6-6), 1963 (0-0), 1966 (6-6) and 1968 (9-9)

Ireland v England – Results Since 2000:

2000: England won 50-18, Twickenham
2001: Ireland won 20-14, Lansdowne Road
2002: England won 45-11, Twickenham
2003: England won 42-6, Lansdowne Road
2004: Ireland won 19-13, Twickenham
2005: Ireland won 19-13, Lansdowne Road
2006: Ireland won 28-24, Twickenham
2007: Ireland won 43-13, Croke Park
2008: England won 33-10, Twickenham
2009: Ireland won 14-13, Croke Park
2010: Ireland won 20-16, Twickenham
2011: Ireland won 24-8, Aviva Stadium; England won 20-9, Aviva Stadium
2012: England won 30-9, Twickenham
2013: England won 12-6, Aviva Stadium
2014: England won 13-10, Twickenham
2015: Ireland won 19-9, Aviva Stadium; England won 21-13, Twickenham
2016: England won 21-10, Twickenham
2017: Ireland won 13-9, Aviva Stadium
2018: Ireland won 24-15, Twickenham
2019: England won 32-20, Aviva Stadium; England won 57-15, Twickenham
2020: England won 24-12, Twickenham

Biggest Wins:

England: Points & Margin: 57-15, 2019 Rugby World Cup Warm-Up

Ireland: Points & Margin: 43-13, 2007 Six Nations

Individual Records In The Series:

Most Points In A Match: England 23 (Paul Grayson 1996); Ireland 21 (Ollie Campbell 1983, Ronan O’Gara 2007)

Most Tries In A Match: England 3 (Henry Taylor 1881, Chris Oti 1988); Ireland 2 (by 13 players – last by Tommy Bowe 2010)

Most Appearances – Ireland v England:

16 – Rory Best
15 – Mike Gibson
14 – Willie John McBride, Ronan O’Gara, Rory Underwood
13 – Cian Healy, Jason Leonard, Paul O’Connell, Brian O’Driscoll, Jonathan Sexton
12 – Tom Kiernan, Fergus Slattery
11 – Rob Andrew, Will Carling, Dan Cole, Dylan Hartley, Moss Keane, Jack Kyle, Phil Orr, Jonny Wilkinson
10 – Keith Earls, Owen Farrell, James Haskell, John Hayes, Jamie Heaslip, Michael Kiernan, Ray McLoughlin, Brendan Mullin, Noel Murphy, Conor Murray, Peter O’Mahony, George Stephenson, Peter Stringer, Ben Youngs

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v England:

107 – Jonny Wilkinson
102 – Owen Farrell
101 – Ronan O’Gara
80 – Jonathan Sexton
67 – Paul Grayson
47 – David Humphreys
43 – Jonathan Webb
41 – Ollie Campbell, Bob Hiller, Tom Kiernan

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v England:

7 – Rory Underwood
6 – Cyril Lowe
5 – Elliot Daly, George Robinson
4 – Wilfred Bolton, Will Greenwood, Alastair Smallwood
3 – Tommy Bowe, Jeff Butterfield, Ben Cohen, Kevin Flynn, Mike Gibson, Tom Grace, Austin Healey, Shane Horgan, Dicky Lockwood, Jonny May, Tony Novis, Brian O’Driscoll, Bertie O’Hanlon, Chris Oti, Dean Richards, Alan Roberts, Jon Sleightholme, Mike Slemen, Henry Taylor, Alfred Tedford, Tony Underwood

England – Form Guide From Start Of The 2019 Six Nations:

Won 32-20 v Ireland away (Six Nations)
Won 44-8 v France home (Six Nations)
Lost 21-13 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 57-14 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Drew 38-38 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Won 33-19 v Wales home (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up)
Lost 13-6 v Wales away (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 57-15 v Ireland home (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 37-0 v Italy home (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 35-3  Tonga neutral (Rugby World Cup Pool C)
Won 45-7 v USA neutral (Rugby World Cup Pool C)
Won 39-10 v Argentina neutral (Rugby World Cup Pool C)
Won 40-16 v Australia neutral (Rugby World Cup Pool Quarter-Final)
Won 19-7 v New Zealand neutral (Rugby World Cup Semi-Final)
Lost 32-12 v South Africa neutral (Rugby World Cup Final)
Lost 24-17 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 13-6 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 24-12 v Ireland home (Six Nations)
Won 33-30 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Won 34-5 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 40-0 v Georgia home (Autumn Nations Cup)

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2019 Six Nations:

Lost 32-20 v England home (Six Nations)
Won 22-13 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 26-16 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 26-14 v France home (Six Nations)
Lost 25-7 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 29-10 v Italy home (Guinness Summer Series)
Lost 57-15 v England away (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 22-17 v Wales away (Rugby World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 19-10 v Wales home (Guinness Summer Series)
Won 27-3 v Scotland neutral (Rugby World Cup Pool A)
Lost 19-12 v Japan away (Rugby World Cup Pool A)
Won 35-0 v Russia neutral (Rugby World Cup Pool A)
Won 47-5 v Samoa neutral (Rugby World Cup Pool A)
Lost 46-14 v New Zealand neutral (Rugby World Cup Quarter-Final)
Won 18-14 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Won 24-14 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 24-12 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 50-17 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Lost 35-27 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 32-9 v Wales home (Guinness Series/Autumn Nations Cup)

England – Most-Capped Players:

114 Jason Leonard
101 Ben Youngs
97 Dylan Hartley
95 Dan Cole
91 Jonny Wilkinson
85 Lawrence Dallaglio
85 Owen Farrell
85 Courtney Lawes
85 Rory Underwood
84 Danny Care
84 Martin Johnson
78 Joe Worsley
77 Matt Dawson
77 James Haskell
75 Mike Catt
75 Mike Tindall
73 Steve Thompson
73 Phil Vickery

England – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1179 Jonny Wilkinson
933 Owen Farrell
400 Paul Grayson
396 Rob Andrew
308 George Ford
301 Toby Flood
296 Jonathan Webb
269 Charlie Hodgson
240 Dusty Hare
210 Rory Underwood
203 Simon Hodgkinson

England – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

49 Rory Underwood
31 Ben Cohen
31 Will Greenwood
30 Jeremy Guscott
29 Jonny May
28 Jason Robinson
24 Dan Luger
22 Josh Lewsey
20 Chris Ashton
20 Mark Cueto
18 Cyril Lowe
18 Manu Tuilagi
18 Anthony Watson

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

133 Brian O’Driscoll
128 Ronan O’Gara
124 Rory Best
108 Paul O’Connell
105 John Hayes
101 Cian Healy
98 Peter Stringer
95 Jamie Heaslip
95 Rob Kearney
94 Donncha O’Callaghan
94 Jonathan Sexton
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
85 Keith Earls
84 Conor Murray
82 Gordon D’Arcy
82 Girvan Dempsey
72 Sean Cronin
72 David Humphreys
72 Geordan Murphy
72 David Wallace
71 Eoin Reddan
70 Kevin Maggs
70 Peter O’Mahony
70 Devin Toner
70 Andrew Trimble
69 Tommy Bowe
69 Mike Gibson

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1083 Ronan O’Gara
850 Jonathan Sexton
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
245 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
195 Paddy Jackson
158 Tom Kiernan
150 Tommy Bowe
150 Keith Earls
145 Denis Hickie

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

46 Brian O’Driscoll
30 Tommy Bowe
30 Keith Earls
29 Denis Hickie
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
17 Jacob Stockdale
17 Andrew Trimble
16 Rob Kearney
16 Ronan O’Gara
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Keith Wood
14 Conor Murray
14 Jonathan Sexton
14 George Stephenson
13 Jamie Heaslip
12 Rory Best
12 Keith Crossan
12 David Wallace
11 Alan Duggan
11 Simon Geoghegan
11 CJ Stander

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1598 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1246 Jonny Wilkinson (1179-England, 67-Lions)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1083 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina, 983-Italy)
992 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
970 Stephen Jones (917-Wales, 53-Lions)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
964 Owen Farrell (933-England, 31-Lions)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
855 Jonathan Sexton (850-Ireland, 5-Lions)
840 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)
811 Leigh Halfpenny (762-Wales, 49-Lions)
809 Chris Paterson (Scotland)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

67 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
64 David Campese (Australia)
60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
47 Brian O’Driscoll (46-Ireland, 1-Lions)
46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
46 Julian Savea (New Zealand)
44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand)
42 George North (40-Wales, 2-Lions)
41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions)
40 Chris Latham (Australia)

(Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition)

The ‘100 Caps’ Club:

150 Alun Wyn Jones (141-Wales, 9-Lions)
148 Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
142 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
141 Brian O’Driscoll (133-Ireland, 8-Lions)
139 George Gregan (Australia)
134 Gethin Jenkins (129-Wales, 5-Lions)
132 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand)
130 Ronan O’Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions)
129 Stephen Moore (Australia)
127 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
127 Kieran Read (New Zealand)
124 Rory Best (Ireland)
124 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
124 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
122 Davit Kacharava (Georgia)
121 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)
121 Sam Whitelock (New Zealand)
119 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
119 Alessandro Zanni (Italy)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
118 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand)
117 Tendai Mtawarira (South Africa)
116 Nathan Sharpe (Australia)
115 Yuri Kushnarev (Russia)
115 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)
115 Paul O’Connell (108-Ireland, 7-Lions)
112 Marco Bortolami (Italy)
112 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
111 Ross Ford (110-Scotland, 1-Lions)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
111 John Smit (South Africa)
111 George Smith (Australia)
110 Will Genia (Australia)
110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
110 Sekope Kepu (Australia)
109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa)
109 Catalin Fercu (Romania)
109 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
108 Owen Franks (New Zealand)
107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions)
106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy)
105 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy)
105 Sean Lamont (Scotland)
104 Rob Simmons (Australia)
104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions)
103 Matt Giteau (Australia)
103 Victor Gresev (Russia)
103 Michael Hooper (Australia)
103 Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy)
103 Ma’a Nonu (New Zealand)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
103 Ben Youngs (101-England, 2-Lions)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Cian Healy (Ireland)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
101 Goncalo Uva (Portugal)
101 Vasco Uva (Portugal)
100 Valentin Calafeteanu (Romania)
100 Giorgi Chkhaidze (Georgia)
100 Andrei Garbuzov (Russia)
100 Jamie Heaslip (95-Ireland, 5-Lions)
100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions)
100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)
100 George North (97-Wales, 3-Lions)
100 Jonathan Sexton (94-Ireland, 6-Lions)
100 James Slipper (Australia)