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Played3 March 1888
Ireland
v
Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1888Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Daniel Rambaut
  2. –TIreland try · Robert Warren
  3. –TIreland try · Thomas Shanahan
  4. –DIreland drop goal · Maxwell Carpendale

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

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. Frank StokerForward
  2. William EkinForward
  3. William RutherfordForward
  4. Robert WarrenFly-half
  5. Maxwell CarpendaleThree-quarter
  6. Malcolm MooreForward
  7. Daniel RambautThree-quarter
  8. Ernest StokerForward
  9. James MoffattForward
  10. Dolway WalkingtonBack
  11. Harry NeillForward
  12. RH MayneForward
  13. James McLaughlinFly-half
  14. CR TillieThree-quarter
  15. Thomas ShanahanForward

Wales

  1. Jem EvansFly-half
  2. Dick PowellForward
  3. Ned RobertsBack
  4. William HowellForward
  5. Dick KedzlieForward
  6. George BowenThree-quarter
  7. Charlie ArthurThree-quarter
  8. Alec BlandForward
  9. Will ThomasForward
  10. Tom JenkinsThree-quarter
  11. Tom ClappForward
  12. Charlie ThomasFly-half
  13. John MeredithForward
  14. T WilliamsForward
  15. Frank HillForward

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Context

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

Ireland going inno earlier scored Tests
Wales 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.