Full time8 March 1952
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1952Head-to-head
Wales won by 11 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · John Murphy3–0
- –CWales conversion · Lewis Jones3–2
- –PWales penalty · Lewis Jones3–5
- –TWales try · Ken Jones3–8
- –TWales try · Rees Stephens3–11
- –TWales try · Clem Thomas3–14
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Tommy CliffordProp
- 2Karl MullenHooker
- 3John SmithProp
- 4Patrick LawlerSecond row
- 5Arthur O'LearySecond row
- 6Michael DarganFlanker
- 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
- 8Des O'BrienNumber 8
- 9John O'MearaScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11George PhippsWing
- 12Richard ChambersCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14William MillarWing
- 15John MurphyFull-back
Wales
- 1Billy WilliamsProp
- 2Dai DaviesHooker
- 3Don HaywardProp
- 4Roy JohnSecond row
- 5Rees StephensSecond row
- 6Clem ThomasFlanker
- 7Allen ForwardFlanker
- 8John GwilliamNumber 8
- 9Billy WilliamsScrum-half
- 10Cliff MorganFly-half
- 11Lewis JonesWing
- 12Alun ThomasCentre
- 13Malcolm ThomasCentre
- 14Ken JonesWing
- 15Gerwyn WilliamsFull-back
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Ireland 58–67 Wales, 6 drawn in 131 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Ireland going in
Wales going in
- Previous meeting: 10 March 1951, Ireland 3–3 Wales
- Next meeting on record: 14 March 1953
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.