Played1 March 1890
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Home Nations 1890Head-to-head
No final score is recorded: Tests before 1892 were scored in goals and tries.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · J Roche
- –TIreland try · Robert Dunlop
- –CWales conversion · Billy Bancroft
- –TWales try · Charlie Thomas
The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.
Line-ups
Ireland
- Robert WarrenFly-half
- LC NashForward
- Robert DunlopThree-quarter
- William DavisForward
- James MoffattForward
- Robert StevensonForward
- Dolway WalkingtonBack
- Eddie DoranForward
- Alaster McDonnellFly-half
- Ralph JohnstonThree-quarter
- J RocheForward
- John O'ConorForward
- Hugh GalbraithForward
- J WaitesForward
- T EdwardsThree-quarter
Wales
- 1Frank HillProp
- 2David EvansHooker
- 3Alec BlandProp
- 4Jim HannanSecond row
- 5Tom GrahamSecond row
- 6William BowenFlanker
- 7Rowland ThomasFlanker
- 8Will ThomasNumber 8
- 9Hugh IngledewScrum-half
- 10Charlie ThomasFly-half
- 11Dai GwynnWing
- 12George ThomasCentre
- 13Arthur GouldCentre
- 14Dickie GarrettWing
- 15Billy BancroftFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Next meeting on record: 7 March 1891
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.