| IRELAND 36 | V | SCOTLAND 6 | |||
| COMPETITION: 6 Nations international Championship | |||||
| VENUE: Murrayfield, Edinburgh | DATE: 16 February 2003 | SPECTATORS: 67,000 | |||
| REFEREE: Andrew Cole (Australia) | HALFTIME: 13 - 0 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Hickie, Humphreys, Murphy | TRIES: | ||||
| CONVERSIONS:Humphreys (3) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Humphreys (5) | PENALTY GOALS: Ross (2) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Giorvan Dempsey | Leinster | 15 | Glenn Metcalfe | Glasgow |
| 14 | Shane Horgan (22) | Leinster | 14 | Kenny Logan | London Wasps RFC, England |
| 13 | Brian O'Driscoll | Leinster | 13 | Andy Craig | Orrell RFC, England |
| 12 | Kevin Maggs | Bath RFC, England | 12 | Brendan Laney | Edinburgh |
| 11 | Denis Hickie | Leinster | 11 | Chris Paterson | Edinburgh |
| 10 | David Humphreys (21) | Ulster | 10 | Gordon Ross (21) | Leeds RFC, England |
| 9 | Peter Stringer (20) | Munster | 9 | Bryan Redpath (C) | Sale RFC, England |
| 8 | Anthony Foley | Munster | 8 | Simon Taylor | Edinburgh |
| 7 | Victor Costello (19) | Leinster | 7 | Andrew Mower | Newcastle RFC, England |
| 6 | Keith Gleeson | Leinster | 6 | Martin Leslie | Edinburgh |
| 5 | Malcolm O'Kelly | Leinster | 5 | Stuart Grimes | Newcastle RFC, England |
| 4 | Gary Longwell (18) | Ulster | 4 | Scott Murray | Edinburgh |
| 3 | John Hayes | Munster | 3 | Bruce Douglas | Borders |
| 2 | Shane Byrne (16) | Leinster | 2 | Gordon Bulloch (16) | Glasgow |
| 1 | Reg Corrigan (17) | Leinster | 1 | Tom Smith. | Northampton RFC, England |
| 16 | Frank Sheahan (2) | Munster | 16 | Gavin Kerr (2) | Leeds RFC, England |
| 17 | Marcus Horan (1) | Munster | 17 | Steve Scott | Borders |
| 18 | Leo Cullen (4) | Leinster | 18 | Nathan Hines | Edinburgh |
| 19 | Alan Quinlan (7) | Munster | 19 | Ross Beattie | Bristol RFC, England |
| 20 | Guy Easterby (9) | Llanelli RFC, Wales | 20 | Michael Blair | Edinburgh |
| 21 | Paul Burke (10) | 21 | Gregor Townsend (10) | Borders | |
| 22 | Geordan Murphy (14) | Leicester RFC, England | 22 | Kevin Utterson | Borders |
| COACH | COACH: Ian McGeechan | ||||
| MATCH NOTES Sources: www.planet-rugby.com; sru.org.uk; This was Irelands biggest winning margin over Scotland. The previous best was the 44-22 win in 2000. Ireland had last won at murrayfield in 1985 Missing data/information 1) Ireland coach 2) Club affiliation for Ireland player Burke |
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