Full time16 March 1901
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Home Nations 1901Head-to-head
Wales won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –CWales conversion · Billy Bancroft2–0
- –CWales conversion · Billy Bancroft4–0
- –TWales try · Billy Alexander7–0
- –TWales try · Billy Alexander10–0
- –TIreland try · Arthur Freear10–3
- –TIreland try · Ian Davidson10–6
- –TIreland try · Jack Ryan10–9
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Alfred BriceProp
- 2Fred MillarHooker
- 3Fred ScrineProp
- 4Hopkin DaviesSecond row
- 5George BootsSecond row
- 6John BlakeFlanker
- 7Bob JonesFlanker
- 8Billy AlexanderNumber 8
- 9Dicky OwenScrum-half
- 10Dick JonesFly-half
- 11Rhys GabeWing
- 12George DaviesCentre
- 13Gwyn NichollsCentre
- 14Willie LlewellynWing
- 15Billy BancroftFull-back
Ireland
- 1Mike RyanProp
- 2Jack RyanHooker
- 3Charlie AllenProp
- 4Fred GardinerSecond row
- 5Thomas HarveySecond row
- 6Patrick HealeyFlanker
- 7Samuel IrwinFlanker
- 8Jack CoffeyNumber 8
- 9HH FerrisScrum-half
- 10Louis MageeFly-half
- 11Ian DavidsonWing
- 12James AllisonCentre
- 13Bertie DoranCentre
- 14Arthur FreearWing
- 15Cecil BoydFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 17 March 1900, Wales 3–0 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 8 March 1902
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.