TheBreakdown
Full time15 March 1980
Ireland
21–7
Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1980Head-to-head

Ireland won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell2–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell4–0
  3. –CIreland conversion · Ollie Campbell6–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell9–0
  5. –TIreland try · David Irwin13–0
  6. –TIreland try · John O'Driscoll17–0
  7. –TIreland try · Ciaran Fitzgerald21–0
  8. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick21–3
  9. –TWales try · Roger Blyth21–7

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Michael FitzpatrickProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Brendan FoleySecond row
  6. 6John O'DriscollFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Donal SpringNumber 8
  9. 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11John MoloneyWing
  12. 12Paul McNaughtonCentre
  13. 13David IrwinCentre
  14. 14Terry KennedyWing
  15. 15Rodney O'DonnellFull-back
  16. 16Ginger McLoughlinBench
  17. 17Patrick WhelanBench
  18. 18Colm TuckerBench
  19. 19John RobbieBench
  20. 20Tony WardBench
  21. 21Kevin O'BrienBench

Wales

  1. 1Clive WilliamsProp
  2. 2Alan PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Geoff WheelSecond row
  6. 6Stuart LaneFlanker
  7. 7Jeff SquireFlanker
  8. 8Eddie ButlerNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Peter MorganFly-half
  11. 11Les KeenWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13David RichardsCentre
  14. 14Elgan ReesWing
  15. 15Roger BlythFull-back
  16. 16Chris WebberBench
  17. 17Ray GravellBench
  18. 18Gerald WilliamsBench
  19. 19Ian StephensBench
  20. 20Billy JamesBench
  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.