TheBreakdown
Full time15 January 1977
Wales
25–9
Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1977Head-to-head

Wales won by 16 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett4–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett7–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Phil Bennett10–0
  5. –TWales try · JPR Williams14–0
  6. –TWales try · Gerald Davies18–0
  7. –TWales try · Clive Burgess22–0
  8. –DWales drop goal · Steve Fenwick25–0
  9. –PIreland penalty · Mike Gibson25–3
  10. –PIreland penalty · Mike Gibson25–6
  11. –PIreland penalty · Mike Gibson25–9

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Glyn ShawProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Trevor EvansFlanker
  7. 7Clive BurgessFlanker
  8. 8Jeff SquireNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Dai BurcherCentre
  13. 13Steve FenwickCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Gareth EvansBench
  17. 17John BevanBench
  18. 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
  19. 19John RichardsonBench
  20. 20Mike WatkinsBench
  21. 21Derek QuinnellBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Patrick WhelanHooker
  3. 3Tom FeigheryProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Ronnie HakinSecond row
  6. 6Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  7. 7Seamus DeeringFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Robbie McGrathScrum-half
  10. 10Mike GibsonFly-half
  11. 11Jimmy BowenWing
  12. 12Ian McIlrathCentre
  13. 13Alistair McKibbinCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Frank WilsonFull-back
  16. 16Larry MoloneyBench
  17. 17Michael QuinnBench
  18. 18John RobbieBench
  19. 19John CantrellBench
  20. 20Philip O'CallaghanBench
  21. 21Brendan FoleyBench

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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.