TheBreakdown
Full time7 March 1891
Wales
6–4
Ireland
Stradey Park, Llanelli, Wales · Home Nations 1891Head-to-head

Wales won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Billy Bancroft
  2. –TWales try · David Samuel
  3. –DWales drop goal · Billy Bancroft
  4. –TIreland try · Sammy Lee
  5. –DIreland drop goal · Dolway Walkington

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

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Will ThomasProp
  2. 2Rowland ThomasHooker
  3. 3Stephen ThomasProp
  4. 4Boomer NichollSecond row
  5. 5Tom GrahamSecond row
  6. 6John SamuelFlanker
  7. 7Tom DeaconFlanker
  8. 8David SamuelNumber 8
  9. 9Evan JamesScrum-half
  10. 10David JamesFly-half
  11. 11Tom PearsonWing
  12. 12Percy LloydCentre
  13. 13Charlie ThomasCentre
  14. 14Dickie GarrettWing
  15. 15Billy BancroftFull-back

Ireland

  1. Frank StokerForward
  2. Robert StokesForward
  3. LC NashForward
  4. Robert DunlopThree-quarter
  5. William DavisForward
  6. Robert PedlowFly-half
  7. HG WellsThree-quarter
  8. Robert StevensonForward
  9. Dolway WalkingtonBack
  10. Sammy LeeThree-quarter
  11. Joseph JamesonForward
  12. J RocheForward
  13. Charles RookeForward
  14. Thomas FogartyForward
  15. Edward CameronFly-half

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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.