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Played12 April 1884
Wales
v
Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Home Nations 1884Head-to-head

No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.

Scoring

  1. –TWales try · William Norton
  2. –TWales try · Tom Clapp
  3. –DWales drop goal · Buller Stadden

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. Joe SimpsonForward
  2. Horace LyneForward
  3. Tom BarlowBack
  4. Buckley RoderickForward
  5. Buller StaddenFly-half
  6. Sidney SmithForward
  7. William PhilipsForward
  8. Frank HancockThree-quarter
  9. William NortonThree-quarter
  10. Tom ClappForward
  11. Charles TaylorThree-quarter
  12. Bob GouldForward
  13. John HintonForward
  14. Samuel GoldsworthyForward
  15. Bill GwynnFly-half

Ireland

  1. Robert MorrowBack
  2. Robert WarrenThree-quarter
  3. Ernest GreeneThree-quarter
  4. Lambert MoyersForward
  5. RON HallForward
  6. William CollisForward
  7. Frederick MooreForward
  8. HF SpunnerFly-half
  9. WE JohnstoneForward
  10. Joseph PedlowThree-quarter
  11. Frank MooreForward
  12. J FitzgeraldForward
  13. John KennedyForward
  14. AJ HamiltonFly-half
  15. HG CookForward

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Context

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

Wales going inno earlier scored Tests
Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests

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.