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Full time4 March 1978
Ireland
16–20
Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1978Head-to-head

Wales won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward9–0
  4. –TIreland try · John Moloney13–0
  5. –DIreland drop goal · Tony Ward16–0
  6. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick16–3
  7. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick16–6
  8. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick16–9
  9. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick16–12
  10. –TWales try · Steve Fenwick16–16
  11. –TWales try · JJ Williams16–20

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Patrick WhelanHooker
  3. 3Ned ByrneProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Harry SteeleSecond row
  6. 6Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Tony WardFly-half
  11. 11Freddie McLennanWing
  12. 12Paul McNaughtonCentre
  13. 13Alistair McKibbinCentre
  14. 14Mike GibsonWing
  15. 15Tony EnsorFull-back
  16. 16Michael FitzpatrickBench
  17. 17Ciaran FitzgeraldBench
  18. 18Kevin MaysBench
  19. 19Colin PattersonBench
  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. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7Terry CobnerFlanker
  8. 8Derek QuinnellNumber 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. 16Gareth EvansBench
  17. 17John BevanBench
  18. 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
  19. 19John RichardsonBench
  20. 20Mike WatkinsBench
  21. 21Trevor EvansBench

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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.