Full time13 March 1909
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Home Nations 1909Head-to-head
Wales won by 13 points.
Scoring
- –CWales conversion · Jack Bancroft2–0
- –CWales conversion · Jack Bancroft4–0
- –CWales conversion · Jack Bancroft6–0
- –TWales try · Jack Jones9–0
- –TWales try · Billy Trew12–0
- –TWales try · Phil Hopkins15–0
- –TWales try · James Watts18–0
- –CIreland conversion · Jim Parke18–2
- –TIreland try · Charles Thompson18–5
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Jim WebbProp
- 2Twyber TraversHooker
- 3Phil WallerProp
- 4Edwin Thomas MaynardSecond row
- 5Tom EvansSecond row
- 6James WattsFlanker
- 7Ivor MorganFlanker
- 8Rees ThomasNumber 8
- 9Dicky OwenScrum-half
- 10Dick JonesFly-half
- 11Phil HopkinsWing
- 12Billy TrewCentre
- 13Jack JonesCentre
- 14Johnnie WilliamsWing
- 15Jack BancroftFull-back
Ireland
- 1Thomas HalpinProp
- 2Oliver PiperHooker
- 3Michael GarryProp
- 4George HamletSecond row
- 5Tommy SmythSecond row
- 6Hugh WilsonFlanker
- 7JC BlackhamFlanker
- 8Bethal SolomonsNumber 8
- 9Frederick McCormacScrum-half
- 10Godrey PinionFly-half
- 11Charles ThompsonWing
- 12Thomas GreevesCentre
- 13Jim ParkeCentre
- 14Harry ThriftWing
- 15Geoffrey HenebreyFull-back
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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: 14 March 1908, Wales 11–5 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 12 March 1910
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.