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Full time14 March 1953
Wales
5–3
Ireland
St Helen's, Swansea, Wales · Five Nations 1953Head-to-head

Wales won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Terry Davies2–0
  2. –TWales try · Gareth Griffiths5–0
  3. –TIreland try · Seamus Byrne5–3

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1John RobinsProp
  2. 2Dai DaviesHooker
  3. 3Billy WilliamsProp
  4. 4Roy JohnSecond row
  5. 5Rees StephensSecond row
  6. 6Sid JuddFlanker
  7. 7Clem ThomasFlanker
  8. 8John GwilliamNumber 8
  9. 9Trevor LloydScrum-half
  10. 10Cliff MorganFly-half
  11. 11Gareth GriffithsWing
  12. 12Bleddyn WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Alun ThomasCentre
  14. 14Ken JonesWing
  15. 15Terry DaviesFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1William O'NeillProp
  2. 2Robin RoeHooker
  3. 3Frederick AndersonProp
  4. 4James BradySecond row
  5. 5Thomas ReidSecond row
  6. 6Gerald ReidyFlanker
  7. 7William BellFlanker
  8. 8James KavanaghNumber 8
  9. 9John O'MearaScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Maurice MortellWing
  12. 12Alex PedlowCentre
  13. 13Noel HendersonCentre
  14. 14Seamus ByrneWing
  15. 15Robin GreggFull-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.