Full time9 March 1957
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1957Head-to-head
Wales won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Terry Davies3–0
- –PWales penalty · Terry Davies6–0
- –CIreland conversion · Alex Pedlow6–2
- –TIreland try · James Kavanagh6–5
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Ray ProsserProp
- 2Bryn MeredithHooker
- 3Henry MorganProp
- 4Rhys WilliamsSecond row
- 5Rees StephensSecond row
- 6Russell RobinsFlanker
- 7Robin DaviesFlanker
- 8John FaullNumber 8
- 9Lloyd WilliamsScrum-half
- 10Cliff MorganFly-half
- 11Gordon WellsWing
- 12Graham PowellCentre
- 13Cyril DaviesCentre
- 14Geoff HowellsWing
- 15Terry DaviesFull-back
Ireland
- 1James BrennanProp
- 2Robin RoeHooker
- 3Gordon WoodProp
- 4Thomas ReidSecond row
- 5James BradySecond row
- 6James KavanaghFlanker
- 7Hubert O'ConnorFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Alex PedlowWing
- 12Noel HendersonCentre
- 13Tony O'ReillyCentre
- 14Richard RocheWing
- 15Patrick BerkeryFull-back
Match officials
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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: 10 March 1956, Wales 3–11 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 15 March 1958
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.