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Played2 March 1889
Wales
v
Ireland
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Home Nations 1889Head-to-head

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

Scoring

  1. –TIreland try · Alaster McDonnell
  2. –TIreland try · J Cotton

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

Line-ups

Wales

  1. David EvansForward
  2. Abel DaviesThree-quarter
  3. Ned RobertsBack
  4. Norman BiggsFly-half
  5. D MorganForward
  6. Tom MorganThree-quarter
  7. Syd NichollsForward
  8. Rowland ThomasForward
  9. Jim HannanForward
  10. William BowenForward
  11. Dan GriffithsForward
  12. Arthur GouldThree-quarter
  13. Charles HardingForward
  14. Gitto GriffithsForward
  15. Charlie ThomasFly-half

Ireland

  1. Robert WarrenFly-half
  2. J CottonForward
  3. Victor le FanuForward
  4. Robert DunlopThree-quarter
  5. RA YeatesThree-quarter
  6. Luke HolmesBack
  7. Edmund ForrestForward
  8. Thomas PedlowThree-quarter
  9. Robert StevensonForward
  10. Alaster McDonnellFly-half
  11. John LytleForward
  12. HW AndrewsForward
  13. Joseph JamesonForward
  14. Henry RicheyForward
  15. J WaitesForward

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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.