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Full time21 March 2009
Wales
15–17
Ireland
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Six Nations 2008Head-to-head

Ireland won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 34’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones3–0
  2. 40’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones6–0
  3. 45’TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll6–5
  4. 46’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara6–7
  5. 47’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe6–12
  6. 48’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara6–14
  7. 52’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones9–14
  8. 57’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones12–14
  9. 77’DWales drop goal · Stephen Jones15–14
  10. 79’DIreland drop goal · Ronan O'Gara15–17

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Gethin JenkinsProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dafydd JonesFlanker
  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. 16Huw BennettBench
  17. 17John YappBench
  18. 18Luke CharterisBench
  19. 19Jonathan ThomasBench
  20. 20Warren FuryBench
  21. 21James HookBench
  22. 22Jamie RobertsBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Tomás O'LearyScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Luke FitzgeraldWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Denis LeamyBench
  20. 20Peter StringerBench
  21. 21Paddy WallaceBench
  22. 22Geordan MurphyBench

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Context

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

Wales going in
Ireland 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.