Full time21 February 1981
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1981Head-to-head
Wales won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans3–0
- –PWales penalty · Gwyn Evans6–0
- –DWales drop goal · Gary Pearce9–0
- –TIreland try · Hugo MacNeill9–4
- –TIreland try · Fergus Slattery9–8
Line-ups
Wales
- 1Ian StephensProp
- 2Alan PhillipsHooker
- 3Graham PriceProp
- 4Allan MartinSecond row
- 5Geoff WheelSecond row
- 6Rhodri LewisFlanker
- 7Clive BurgessFlanker
- 8Jeff SquireNumber 8
- 9Gerald WilliamsScrum-half
- 10Gary PearceFly-half
- 11David NicholasWing
- 12Peter MorganCentre
- 13Ray GravellCentre
- 14David RichardsWing
- 15Gwyn EvansFull-back
- 16Alun DonovanBench
- 17Gareth DaviesBench
- 18Brynmor WilliamsBench
- 19Clive WilliamsBench
- 20Steve JonesBench
- 21Clive DavisBench
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2Patrick WhelanHooker
- 3Michael FitzpatrickProp
- 4Moss KeaneSecond row
- 5Donal SpringSecond row
- 6John O'DriscollFlanker
- 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 8Willie DugganNumber 8
- 9John RobbieScrum-half
- 10Tony WardFly-half
- 11Freddie McLennanWing
- 12Ollie CampbellCentre
- 13David IrwinCentre
- 14Frank QuinnWing
- 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
- 16Ginger McLoughlinBench
- 17John CantrellBench
- 18Michael GibsonBench
- 19Robbie McGrathBench
- 20Paul McNaughtonBench
- 21John MurphyBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 15 March 1980, Wales 7–21 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 23 January 1982
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.