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Full time7 February 2021
Wales
21–16
Ireland
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Six Nations 2021Head-to-head

Wales won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny3–0
  2. 19’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny6–0
  3. 29’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton6–3
  4. 36’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton6–6
  5. 37’TIreland try · Tadhg Beirne6–11
  6. 39’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton6–13
  7. 49’TWales try · George North11–13
  8. 59’TWales try · Louis Rees-Zammit16–13
  9. 60’CWales conversion · Leigh Halfpenny18–13
  10. 66’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny21–13
  11. 72’PIreland penalty · Billy Burns21–16

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Wyn JonesProp
  2. 2Ken OwensHooker
  3. 3Tomas FrancisProp
  4. 4Adam BeardSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Justin TipuricFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Tomos WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Hallam AmosWing
  12. 12Johnny WilliamsCentre
  13. 13George NorthCentre
  14. 14Louis Rees-ZammitWing
  15. 15Leigh HalfpennyFull-back
  16. 16Elliot DeeBench
  17. 17Rhodri JonesBench
  18. 18Leon BrownBench
  19. 19Will RowlandsBench
  20. 20Josh NavidiBench
  21. 21Gareth DaviesBench
  22. 22Callum SheedyBench
  23. 23Nick TompkinsBench

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rob HerringHooker
  3. 3Andrew PorterProp
  4. 4Tadhg BeirneSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8CJ StanderNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11James LoweWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Keith EarlsWing
  15. 15Hugo KeenanFull-back
  16. 16Ronan KelleherBench
  17. 17Dave KilcoyneBench
  18. 18Tadhg FurlongBench
  19. 19Iain HendersonBench
  20. 20Will ConnorsBench
  21. 21Jamison Gibson-ParkBench
  22. 22Billy BurnsBench
  23. 23Jordan LarmourBench

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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.