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Full time15 February 1986
Ireland
12–19
Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1986Head-to-head

Wales won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan8–0
  4. –TIreland try · Trevor Ringland12–0
  5. –CWales conversion · Paul Thorburn12–2
  6. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn12–5
  7. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn12–8
  8. –PWales penalty · Paul Thorburn12–11
  9. –TWales try · Phil Lewis12–15
  10. –TWales try · Phil Davies12–19

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Anthony KennedyProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Jeremiah HollandSecond row
  6. 6Ronan KearneyFlanker
  7. 7Nigel CarrFlanker
  8. 8Brian SpillaneNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Moss FinnWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Jim McCoyBench
  17. 17Harry HarbisonBench
  18. 18Willie AndersonBench
  19. 19Rab BradyBench
  20. 20Ralph KeyesBench
  21. 21Philip RaineyBench

Wales

  1. 1Jeff WhitefootProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Ian EidmanProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5David WatersSecond row
  6. 6Paul MoriartyFlanker
  7. 7David PickeringFlanker
  8. 8Phil DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Bleddyn BowenCentre
  13. 13John DevereuxCentre
  14. 14Phil LewisWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16Mark TitleyBench
  17. 17Malcolm DaceyBench
  18. 18Mark DouglasBench
  19. 19Laurence DelaneyBench
  20. 20M RichardsBench
  21. 21Mark JonesBench

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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.