James Lowe during the Guinness Six Nations 2025 match between Ireland and England at Aviva Stadium. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images
- Ireland have defeated England 27-22 in Dublin in the first weekend of the 2025 Six Nations tournament.
- After an early try to debutant Caden Murley the English led 10-5 at halftime, despite losing Marcus Smith to the sin bin for 10 minutes.
- However, the English couldn't hold off a clinical Irish fightback in the second half. Tries to Bundee Aki, Tadgh Beirne and Dan Sheehan established a 27-10 lead with 10 minutes to play. England fought back to score two consolation tries to Tom Curry and Tommy Freeman.
- The Irish-Kiwi connection of Jamison Gibson-Park and James Lowe were outstanding for the home side, with Gibson-Park being named man of the match.
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Team lists
Ireland: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Mack Hansen, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Bundee Aki, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Jamison Gibson-Park, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Ryan Baird, 5 Tadhg Beirne, 4 James Ryan, 3 Finlay Bealham, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter
Bench: 16 Dan Sheehan, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Iain Henderson, 20 Jack Conan, 21 Conor Murray, 22 Jack Crowley, 23 Robbie Henshaw
England: 15 Freddie Steward, 14 Tommy Freeman, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Henry Slade, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Ben Curry, 6 Tom Curry, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje (c), 3 Will Stuart, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Ellis Genge,
Bench: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Fin Baxter, 18 Joe Heyes, 19 Ollie Chessum, 20 Chandler Cunningham-South, 21 Tom Willis, 22 Harry Randall, 23 Fin Smith
