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Full time21 March 1998
Ireland
21–30
Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Five Nations 1998Head-to-head

Wales won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood8–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood11–0
  5. –TIreland try · Andy Ward16–0
  6. –TIreland try · Victor Costello21–0
  7. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins21–2
  8. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins21–4
  9. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins21–6
  10. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins21–9
  11. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins21–12
  12. –PWales penalty · Neil Jenkins21–15
  13. –TWales try · Kevin Morgan21–20
  14. –TWales try · Allan Bateman21–25
  15. –TWales try · Neil Jenkins21–30

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6David CorkeryFlanker
  7. 7Andy WardFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Conor McGuinnessScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Rob HendersonCentre
  13. 13Kevin MaggsCentre
  14. 14Richard WallaceWing
  15. 15Ciaran ClarkeFull-back
  16. Peter ClohessyBench
  17. Ross NesdaleBench
  18. Eric MillerBench

Wales

  1. 1ALP LewisProp
  2. 2Garin JenkinsHooker
  3. 3Dai YoungProp
  4. 4Mike VoyleSecond row
  5. 5Andy MooreSecond row
  6. 6Rob AppleyardFlanker
  7. 7Kingsley JonesFlanker
  8. 8Colin CharvisNumber 8
  9. 9Rob HowleyScrum-half
  10. 10Neil JenkinsFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Leigh DaviesCentre
  13. 13Allan BatemanCentre
  14. 14Wayne ProctorWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 17Byron HaywardBench
  17. 18Paul JohnBench
  18. 19Stuart DaviesBench
  19. 20Stuart RoyBench
  20. 21Lyndon MustoeBench
  21. 22Jonathan HumphreysBench

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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.