Full time9 March 1968
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1968Head-to-head
Ireland won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Tom Kiernan3–0
- –TIreland try · Mick Doyle6–0
- –DIreland drop goal · Mike Gibson9–0
- –PWales penalty · Doug Rees9–3
- –DWales drop goal · Gareth Edwards9–6
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Syd MillarProp
- 2Aidan BradyHooker
- 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
- 4Mick MolloySecond row
- 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 6Mick DoyleFlanker
- 7Tom DoyleFlanker
- 8Ken GoodallNumber 8
- 9Roger YoungScrum-half
- 10Mike GibsonFly-half
- 11John MoroneyWing
- 12Barry BresnihanCentre
- 13Laurence HunterCentre
- 14Alan DugganWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
Wales
- 1John O'SheaProp
- 2Jeff YoungHooker
- 3John LloydProp
- 4Delme ThomasSecond row
- 5Ian JonesSecond row
- 6Dai MorrisFlanker
- 7John TaylorFlanker
- 8Ron JonesNumber 8
- 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
- 10Barry JohnFly-half
- 11Keri JonesWing
- 12Billy RaybouldCentre
- 13John DawesCentre
- 14Maurice RichardsWing
- 15Doug ReesFull-back
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 11 March 1967, Ireland 3–0 Wales
- Next meeting on record: 8 March 1969
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.