TheBreakdown
Full time5 February 2012
Ireland
21–23
Wales
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2012Head-to-head

Wales won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton3–0
  2. 15’TWales try · Jonathan Davies3–5
  3. 39’TIreland try · Rory Best8–5
  4. 40’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton10–5
  5. 45’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton13–5
  6. 55’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny13–8
  7. 56’TWales try · Jonathan Davies13–13
  8. 57’CWales conversion · Leigh Halfpenny13–15
  9. 61’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton16–15
  10. 69’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe21–15
  11. 77’TWales try · George North21–20
  12. 81’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny21–23

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Fergus McFaddenCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Tom CourtBench
  18. 18Donnacha RyanBench
  19. 19Peter O'MahonyBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Dave KearneyBench

Wales

  1. 1Rhys GillProp
  2. 2Huw BennettHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Bradley DaviesSecond row
  5. 5Ian EvansSecond row
  6. 6Ryan JonesFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Rhys PriestlandFly-half
  11. 11George NorthWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14Alex CuthbertWing
  15. 15Leigh HalfpennyFull-back
  16. 16Ken OwensBench
  17. 17Paul JamesBench
  18. 18Andy PowellBench
  19. 19Justin TipuricBench
  20. 20Lloyd WilliamsBench
  21. 21James HookBench
  22. 22Scott WilliamsBench

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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.