TheBreakdown
Full time8 March 2008
Ireland
12–16
Wales
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

Wales won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–0
  2. 20’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara6–0
  3. 27’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones6–3
  4. 47’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones6–6
  5. 52’TWales try · Shane Williams6–11
  6. 53’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones6–13
  7. 63’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara9–13
  8. 69’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara12–13
  9. 76’PWales penalty · James Hook12–16

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Denis LeamyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Tommy BoweWing
  12. 12Andrew TrimbleCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Bernard JackmanBench
  17. 17Tony BuckleyBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Simon EasterbyBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Luke FitzgeraldBench

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Jonathan ThomasFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Ryan JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Gavin HensonCentre
  13. 13Tom ShanklinCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Gareth WilliamsBench
  17. 17Duncan JonesBench
  18. 18Ian EvansBench
  19. 19Gareth DelveBench
  20. 20Dwayne PeelBench
  21. 21James HookBench
  22. 22Sonny ParkerBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 58–67 Wales, 6 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Wales going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.