TheBreakdown
Full time10 March 1928
Wales
10–13
Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1928Head-to-head

Ireland won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Ivor Jones2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Ivor Jones4–0
  3. –TWales try · Albert Jenkins7–0
  4. –TWales try · Dai John10–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · George Stephenson10–2
  6. –CIreland conversion · George Stephenson10–4
  7. –TIreland try · Jack Arigho10–7
  8. –TIreland try · Jack Arigho10–10
  9. –TIreland try · James Ganly10–13

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Harry PhillipsProp
  2. 2Cecil PritchardHooker
  3. 3Lonza BowdlerProp
  4. 4Ned JenkinsSecond row
  5. 5Archie SkymSecond row
  6. 6Iorwerth JonesFlanker
  7. 7Ivor JonesFlanker
  8. 8Tom HollingdaleNumber 8
  9. 9Arthur JohnScrum-half
  10. 10Dai JohnFly-half
  11. 11Ernie FinchWing
  12. 12Albert JenkinsCentre
  13. 13John RobertsCentre
  14. 14Wick PowellWing
  15. 15Ossie MaleFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1George BeamishProp
  2. 2Jimmy FarrellHooker
  3. 3Jerome MullaneProp
  4. 4Jim McVickerSecond row
  5. 5Charles PayneSecond row
  6. 6Ted PikeFlanker
  7. 7Jammie ClinchFlanker
  8. 8Stephen CagneyNumber 8
  9. 9Mark SugdenScrum-half
  10. 10Eugene DavyFly-half
  11. 11Rowland ByersWing
  12. 12George StephensonCentre
  13. 13James GanlyCentre
  14. 14Jack ArighoWing
  15. 15William StewartFull-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

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.