TheBreakdown
Full time5 March 1983
Wales
23–9
Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1983Head-to-head

Wales won by 14 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Mark Wyatt2–0
  2. –PWales penalty · Mark Wyatt5–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Mark Wyatt8–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Mark Wyatt11–0
  5. –TWales try · Mark Wyatt15–0
  6. –TWales try · Elgan Rees19–0
  7. –TWales try · Terry Holmes23–0
  8. –PIreland penalty · Hugo MacNeill23–3
  9. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell23–6
  10. –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell23–9

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Staff JonesProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Graham PriceProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Jeff SquireFlanker
  7. 7David PickeringFlanker
  8. 8Eddie ButlerNumber 8
  9. 9Terry HolmesScrum-half
  10. 10Malcolm DaceyFly-half
  11. 11Clive ReesWing
  12. 12David RichardsCentre
  13. 13Rob AckermanCentre
  14. 14Elgan ReesWing
  15. 15Mark WyattFull-back
  16. 16Gwyn EvansBench
  17. 17Gareth DaviesBench
  18. 18Mark DouglasBench
  19. 19Ian StephensBench
  20. 20K TownleyBench
  21. 21Gareth RobertsBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Moss KeaneSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7John O'DriscollFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Robbie McGrathScrum-half
  10. 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
  11. 11Moss FinnWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13David IrwinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Michael FitzpatrickBench
  17. 17John CantrellBench
  18. 18Colm TuckerBench
  19. 19Michael BradleyBench
  20. 20Tony WardBench
  21. 21John MurphyBench

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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.