Full time29 March 1947
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Five Nations 1947Head-to-head
Wales won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Bill Tamplin3–0
- –TWales try · Bob Evans6–0
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Dai JonesProp
- 2Billy GoreHooker
- 3Cliff DaviesProp
- 4Bill TamplinSecond row
- 5Stan WilliamsSecond row
- 6Bob EvansFlanker
- 7Gwyn EvansFlanker
- 8Rees StephensNumber 8
- 9Haydn TannerScrum-half
- 10Billy CleaverFly-half
- 11Peter ReesWing
- 12Les WilliamsCentre
- 13Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Howard DaviesFull-back
Ireland
- 1Matthew NeelyProp
- 2Karl MullenHooker
- 3John DalyProp
- 4Colm CallanSecond row
- 5Ernie KeefeSecond row
- 6Daniel HingertyFlanker
- 7Bill McKayFlanker
- 8Bob AgarNumber 8
- 9Ernie StrathdeeScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Bernard MullanWing
- 12Mick LaneCentre
- 13Jack MonteithCentre
- 14Bartholomew O'HanlonWing
- 15Dudley HigginsFull-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: 11 March 1939, Wales 7–0 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 13 March 1948
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.