Full time14 March 1959
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1959Head-to-head
Wales won by 2 points.
Scoring
- –CWales conversion · Terry Davies2–0
- –TWales try · Malcolm Price5–0
- –TWales try · Cliff Ashton8–0
- –PIreland penalty · Dave Hewitt8–3
- –TIreland try · Tony O'Reilly8–6
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Ray ProsserProp
- 2Bryn MeredithHooker
- 3Derrick MainProp
- 4Rhys WilliamsSecond row
- 5Danny HarrisSecond row
- 6Clem ThomasFlanker
- 7Haydn MorganFlanker
- 8John FaullNumber 8
- 9Lloyd WilliamsScrum-half
- 10Cliff AshtonFly-half
- 11Dewi BebbWing
- 12Malcolm PriceCentre
- 13Malcolm ThomasCentre
- 14John CollinsWing
- 15Terry DaviesFull-back
Ireland
- 1Gordon WoodProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Syd MillarProp
- 4Bill MulcahySecond row
- 5Michael CullitonSecond row
- 6Noel MurphyFlanker
- 7James KavanaghFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10William HewittFly-half
- 11Niall BrophyWing
- 12Dave HewittCentre
- 13John DooleyCentre
- 14Tony O'ReillyWing
- 15Noel HendersonFull-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
- Previous meeting: 15 March 1958, Wales 9–6 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 12 March 1960
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.