TheBreakdown
Full time10 March 1973
Wales
16–12
Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1973Head-to-head

Wales won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett8–0
  4. –TWales try · Jim Shanklin12–0
  5. –TWales try · Gareth Edwards16–0
  6. –CIreland conversion · Barry McGann16–2
  7. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann16–5
  8. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann16–8
  9. –TIreland try · Mike Gibson16–12

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Glyn ShawProp
  2. 2Jeff YoungHooker
  3. 3Phil LlewellynProp
  4. 4Mike RobertsSecond row
  5. 5Delme ThomasSecond row
  6. 6Dai MorrisFlanker
  7. 7John TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11Jim ShanklinWing
  12. 12Arthur LewisCentre
  13. 13Roy BergiersCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Keith HughesBench
  17. 17IM LewisBench
  18. 18Clive ShellBench
  19. 20Bobby WindsorBench
  20. 21HW JenkinsBench

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Kevin MaysSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  8. 8Terence MooreNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tony EnsorFull-back
  16. 16Roger CleggBench
  17. 17Patrick WhelanBench
  18. 18Harry SteeleBench
  19. 19Donal CanniffeBench
  20. 20Michael QuinnBench
  21. 21Seamus DennisonBench

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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.