TheBreakdown
Full time13 October 2001
Wales
6–36
Ireland
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Six Nations 2001Head-to-head

Ireland won by 30 points.

Scoring

  1. –PWales penalty · Stephen Jones3–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Stephen Jones6–0
  3. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys6–2
  4. –CIreland conversion · David Humphreys6–4
  5. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara6–6
  6. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys6–9
  7. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys6–12
  8. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys6–15
  9. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys6–18
  10. –PIreland penalty · David Humphreys6–21
  11. –TIreland try · Denis Hickie6–26
  12. –TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll6–31
  13. –TIreland try · Shane Horgan6–36

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Iestyn ThomasProp
  2. 2Robin McBrydeHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Chris WyattSecond row
  5. 5Andy MooreSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Brett SinkinsonFlanker
  8. 8Geraint LewisNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Leigh DaviesCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Dafydd JamesWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Barry WilliamsBench
  17. 17Chris AnthonyBench
  18. 18Craig QuinnellBench
  19. 19Gavin ThomasBench
  20. 20Dwayne PeelBench
  21. 21Gavin HensonBench
  22. 22Rhys WilliamsBench

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Mick GalweySecond row
  6. 6Eric MillerFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Emmett ByrneBench
  18. 18Trevor BrennanBench
  19. 19Kieron DawsonBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Mike MullinsBench

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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.