TheBreakdown
Full time13 March 1971
Wales
23–9
Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1971Head-to-head

Wales won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Barry John2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Barry John5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Barry John8–0
  4. –TWales try · Gerald Davies11–0
  5. –TWales try · Gerald Davies14–0
  6. –TWales try · Gareth Edwards17–0
  7. –TWales try · Gareth Edwards20–0
  8. –DWales drop goal · Barry John23–0
  9. –PIreland penalty · Mike Gibson23–3
  10. –PIreland penalty · Mike Gibson23–6
  11. –PIreland penalty · Mike Gibson23–9

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Barry LlewelynProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Denzil WilliamsProp
  4. 4Delme ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Mike RobertsSecond row
  6. 6Dai MorrisFlanker
  7. 7John TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Barry JohnFly-half
  11. 11John BevanWing
  12. 12Arthur LewisCentre
  13. 13John DawesCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Ian HallBench
  17. 17Bob PhillipsBench
  18. 18Ray HopkinsBench
  19. 19John LloydBench
  20. 20N ReesBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Mick MolloySecond row
  6. 6Mike HipwellFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Denis HickieNumber 8
  9. 9Roger YoungScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Edwin GrantWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Barry BresnihanCentre
  14. 14Alan DugganWing
  15. 15Barry O'DriscollFull-back
  16. 16John MoloneyBench
  17. 17DM BarryBench
  18. 18Harry SteeleBench
  19. 19Patrick DwyerBench
  20. 20Dick MillikenBench
  21. 21JA JacksonBench

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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.