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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Athletic Park, Wellington · 25 May 1987Head-to-head
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Wales won by 7 points.Half-time 3–0 · Tries 0–1

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Tacklesmademissed
IRE5425
WAL5814
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
IRE0/02/20
WAL0/01/12
← Wales attack · Ireland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
56′WalesTry, Mark Ring6–7
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

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56′Mark Ring
IRE

Team stats

WAL
0%Possession100%
93Carries86
355Metres gained347
3Clean breaks10
14Defenders beaten25
113Passes111
18Offloads23
54Tackles made58
25Tackles missed14
22/31Rucks won20/24
20/32Lineouts won12/19
19/22Scrums won19/19
3/3Mauls won8/8
8Penalties conceded15
55Kicks from hand79
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 0/0, penalties 2/2 · WAL conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Terry KingstonHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Derek McGrathFlanker
  8. 8Brian SpillaneNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Job LangbroekBench
  17. 18Jim GlennonBench
  18. 19Tony DoyleBench
  19. 20Tony WardBench
  20. 21David IrwinBench

Wales

  1. 1Jeff WhitefootProp
  2. 2Kevin PhillipsHooker
  3. 3Stuart EvansProp
  4. 4Dick MoriartySecond row
  5. 5Bob NorsterSecond row
  6. 6Gareth RobertsFlanker
  7. 7Richie CollinsFlanker
  8. 8Paul MoriartyNumber 8
  9. 9Robert JonesScrum-half
  10. 10Jonathan DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Mark RingCentre
  13. 13John DevereuxCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Paul ThorburnFull-back
  16. 16Glen WebbeBench
  17. 17Malcolm DaceyBench
  18. 18Ray GilesBench
  19. 20Anthony BuchananBench
  20. 21Huw RichardsBench

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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.