TheBreakdown
Full time12 March 1955
Wales
21–3
Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1955Head-to-head

Wales won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Garfield Owen2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Garfield Owen4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Garfield Owen6–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Garfield Owen9–0
  5. –TWales try · Gareth Griffiths12–0
  6. –TWales try · Haydn Morris15–0
  7. –TWales try · Cliff Morgan18–0
  8. –TWales try · Courtenay Meredith21–0
  9. –PIreland penalty · Noel Henderson21–3

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Billy WilliamsProp
  2. 2Bryn MeredithHooker
  3. 3Courtenay MeredithProp
  4. 4Russell RobinsSecond row
  5. 5Rhys WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Len DaviesFlanker
  7. 7Clem ThomasFlanker
  8. 8Rees StephensNumber 8
  9. 9Rex WillisScrum-half
  10. 10Cliff MorganFly-half
  11. 11Haydn MorrisWing
  12. 12Gareth GriffithsCentre
  13. 13Alun ThomasCentre
  14. 14Ken JonesWing
  15. 15Garfield OwenFull-back

Ireland

  1. 1Patrick O'DonoghueProp
  2. 2Robin RoeHooker
  3. 3Frederick AndersonProp
  4. 4Michael MaddenSecond row
  5. 5Robin ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Martin CunninghamFlanker
  7. 7Patrick KavanaghFlanker
  8. 8George RossNumber 8
  9. 9Sean McDermottScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Joseph GastonWing
  12. 12Tony O'ReillyCentre
  13. 13Noel HendersonCentre
  14. 14Alex PedlowWing
  15. 15Patrick BerkeryFull-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.