TheBreakdown
Full time21 February 1976
Ireland
9–34
Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1976Head-to-head

Wales won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann9–0
  4. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett9–2
  5. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett9–4
  6. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett9–6
  7. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett9–9
  8. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett9–12
  9. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett9–15
  10. –PWales penalty · Allan Martin9–18
  11. –TWales try · Gerald Davies9–22
  12. –TWales try · Gerald Davies9–26
  13. –TWales try · Phil Bennett9–30
  14. –TWales try · Gareth Edwards9–34

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2John CantrellHooker
  3. 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Ronnie HakinSecond row
  6. 6Seamus DeeringFlanker
  7. 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Donal CanniffeScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Paddy LaveryCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tony EnsorFull-back
  16. 16Patrick WhelanBench
  17. 17Tom FeigheryBench
  18. 18Brendan FoleyBench
  19. 19John MoloneyBench
  20. 20Michael QuinnBench
  21. 21Larry MoloneyBench

Wales

  1. 1Charlie FaulknerProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Tommy DavidFlanker
  7. 7Trevor EvansFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Roy BergiersBench
  17. 17Brynmor WilliamsBench
  18. 18Gareth DaviesBench
  19. 19Mike KnillBench
  20. 20Roy ThomasBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

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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

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.