TheBreakdown
Full time1 February 1997
Wales
25–26
Ireland
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Five Nations 1997Head-to-head

Ireland won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins4–0
  3. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins7–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins10–0
  5. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans15–0
  6. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans20–0
  7. –TWales try · Scott Quinnell25–0
  8. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood25–2
  9. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood25–5
  10. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood25–8
  11. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood25–11
  12. –TIreland try · Denis Hickie25–16
  13. –TIreland try · Jonathan Bell25–21
  14. –TIreland try · Eric Miller25–26

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Christian LoaderProp
  2. 2Jonathan HumphreysHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  5. 5Mark RowleySecond row
  6. 6Steve WilliamsFlanker
  7. 7Colin CharvisFlanker
  8. 8Scott QuinnellNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Arwel ThomasFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Scott GibbsCentre
  13. 13Gareth ThomasCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Neil JenkinsFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan DaviesBench
  17. 17Paul JohnBench
  18. 18Kingsley JonesBench
  19. 19Craig QuinnellBench
  20. 20Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 21Garin JenkinsBench

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Ross NesdaleHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6David CorkeryFlanker
  7. 7Denis McBrideFlanker
  8. 8Eric MillerNumber 8
  9. 9Niall HoganScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Dominic CrottyWing
  12. 12Maurice FieldCentre
  13. 13Jonathan BellCentre
  14. 14Denis HickieWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Kurt McQuilkinBench
  17. 17David HumphreysBench
  18. 18Steve McIvorBench
  19. 19Gabriel FulcherBench
  20. 20Paul FlavinBench
  21. 21Shane ByrneBench

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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.