Full time11 March 1961
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1961Head-to-head
Wales won by 9 points.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Ken Richards3–0
- –PWales penalty · Ken Richards6–0
- –TWales try · Ken Richards9–0
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Ray ProsserProp
- 2Bryn MeredithHooker
- 3Kingsley JonesProp
- 4Roddy EvansSecond row
- 5Brian PriceSecond row
- 6Glyn DavidgeFlanker
- 7Haydn MorganFlanker
- 8David NashNumber 8
- 9Onllwyn BraceScrum-half
- 10Ken RichardsFly-half
- 11Dewi BebbWing
- 12Meirion RobertsCentre
- 13David ThomasCentre
- 14Peter ReesWing
- 15Alun PridayFull-back
Ireland
- 1Gordon WoodProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Syd MillarProp
- 4Charlie DickSecond row
- 5Bill MulcahySecond row
- 6Michael CullitonFlanker
- 7Noel MurphyFlanker
- 8James KavanaghNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Mick EnglishFly-half
- 11Ronald McCartenWing
- 12Dion GlassCentre
- 13Dave HewittCentre
- 14Niall BrophyWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-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: 12 March 1960, Wales 10–9 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 17 November 1962
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.