TheBreakdown
Full time13 March 1954
Ireland
9–12
Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1954Head-to-head

Wales won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Noel Henderson3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Seamus Kelly6–0
  3. –TIreland try · Joseph Gaston9–0
  4. –TWales try · Viv Evans9–3
  5. –TWales try · Viv Evans9–6
  6. –TWales try · Viv Evans9–9
  7. –DWales drop goal · Denzil Thomas9–12

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1John SmithProp
  2. 2Robin RoeHooker
  3. 3Frederick AndersonProp
  4. 4James BradySecond row
  5. 5Robin ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Gerald ReidyFlanker
  7. 7Jim McCarthyFlanker
  8. 8James KavanaghNumber 8
  9. 9Herbert McCrackenScrum-half
  10. 10Seamus KellyFly-half
  11. 11Joseph GastonWing
  12. 12Robin GodfreyCentre
  13. 13Noel HendersonCentre
  14. 14Maurice MortellWing
  15. 15Patrick BerkeryFull-back

Wales

  1. 1Billy WilliamsProp
  2. 2Bryn MeredithHooker
  3. 3Courtenay MeredithProp
  4. 4Rees StephensSecond row
  5. 5Rhys WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Clem ThomasFlanker
  7. 7Brian SparksFlanker
  8. 8Leighton JenkinsNumber 8
  9. 9Rex WillisScrum-half
  10. 10Cliff MorganFly-half
  11. 11Gareth GriffithsWing
  12. 12Alun ThomasCentre
  13. 13Denzil ThomasCentre
  14. 14Ken JonesWing
  15. 15Viv EvansFull-back

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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

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.