TheBreakdown
Full time12 March 1938
Wales
11–5
Ireland
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Home Nations 1938Head-to-head

Wales won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Walter Legge2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Wilf Wooller5–0
  3. –TWales try · Bill Clement8–0
  4. –TWales try · Russell Taylor11–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · Henry McKibbin11–2
  6. –TIreland try · Frederick Moran11–5

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Eddie MorganProp
  2. 2Bunner TraversHooker
  3. 3Harry ReesProp
  4. 4Eddie WatkinsSecond row
  5. 5Fred MorganSecond row
  6. 6Russell TaylorFlanker
  7. 7Allen McCarleyFlanker
  8. 8Walter VickeryNumber 8
  9. 9Haydn TannerScrum-half
  10. 10Cliff JonesFly-half
  11. 11Bill ClementWing
  12. 12Wilf WoollerCentre
  13. 13Claude DaveyCentre
  14. 14Idwal ReesWing
  15. 15Walter LeggeFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Hector KennedyProp
  2. 2Charles GravesHooker
  3. 3Charles BeamishProp
  4. 4Dennis TierneySecond row
  5. 5Robert MayneSecond row
  6. 6David O'LoughlinFlanker
  7. 7Herbert SayersFlanker
  8. 8Samuel WalkerNumber 8
  9. 9George MorganScrum-half
  10. 10George CromeyFly-half
  11. 11Vesey BoyleWing
  12. 12Desmond TorrensCentre
  13. 13Henry McKibbinCentre
  14. 14Frederick MoranWing
  15. 15Ronald CraigFull-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.