TheBreakdown
Full time13 March 2010
Ireland
27–12
Wales
Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2010Head-to-head

Ireland won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones0–3
  2. 19’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–3
  3. 25’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton6–3
  4. 28’TIreland try · Keith Earls11–3
  5. 32’TIreland try · Tomás O'Leary16–3
  6. 39’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones16–6
  7. 53’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton19–6
  8. 56’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones19–9
  9. 61’TIreland try · Keith Earls24–9
  10. 65’PWales penalty · Stephen Jones24–12
  11. 78’DIreland drop goal · Johnny Sexton27–12

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  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. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Keith EarlsWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Tony BuckleyBench
  18. 18Leo CullenBench
  19. 19Shane JenningsBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Rob KearneyBench

Wales

  1. 1Paul JamesProp
  2. 2Matthew ReesHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Bradley DaviesSecond row
  5. 5Luke CharterisSecond row
  6. 6Jonathan ThomasFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Gareth DelveNumber 8
  9. 9Richie ReesScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13James HookCentre
  14. 14Leigh HalfpennyWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Huw BennettBench
  17. 17Rhys GillBench
  18. 18Ian GoughBench
  19. 19Sam WarburtonBench
  20. 20Dwayne PeelBench
  21. 21Andrew BishopBench
  22. 22Tom ShanklinBench

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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.