TheBreakdown
Full time22 March 2003
Wales
24–25
Ireland
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Six Nations 2003Head-to-head

Ireland won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 7’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys0–3
  2. 17’TWales try · Stephen Jones5–3
  3. 18’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones7–3
  4. 21’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys7–6
  5. 28’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys7–9
  6. 41’TIreland try · Keith Gleeson7–14
  7. 42’TIreland try · Keith Gleeson7–19
  8. 53’TWales try · Martyn Williams12–19
  9. 54’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones14–19
  10. 65’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys14–22
  11. 68’TWales try · Gareth Thomas19–22
  12. 69’CWales conversion · Stephen Jones21–22
  13. 92’DWales drop goal · Stephen Jones24–22
  14. 93’DIreland drop goal · Ronan O'Gara24–25

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Iestyn ThomasProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3Gethin JenkinsProp
  4. 4Rob SidoliSecond row
  5. 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Dafydd JonesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Tom ShanklinCentre
  13. 13Mark TaylorCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15Rhys WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Mefin DaviesBench
  17. 17Martyn MaddenBench
  18. 18Steve WilliamsBench
  19. 19Gavin ThomasBench
  20. 20Matthew WatkinsBench
  21. 21Iestyn HarrisBench
  22. 22Dwayne PeelBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Leo CullenSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Alan QuinlanFlanker
  7. 7Keith GleesonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Justin BishopWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Justin FitzpatrickBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22John KellyBench

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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.