TheBreakdown
Full time26 February 2006
Ireland
31–5
Wales
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Six Nations 2006Head-to-head

Ireland won by 26 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’TWales try · Mark Jones0–5
  2. 19’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–5
  3. 30’TIreland try · David Wallace8–5
  4. 42’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara11–5
  5. 45’TIreland try · Shane Horgan16–5
  6. 46’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara18–5
  7. 49’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara21–5
  8. 60’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara24–5
  9. 92’TIreland try · Peter Stringer29–5
  10. 93’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara31–5

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Jerry FlanneryHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Rory BestBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Mick O'DriscollBench
  19. 19Jonny O'ConnorBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Girvan DempseyBench

Wales

  1. 1Duncan JonesProp
  2. 2Thomas Rhys ThomasHooker
  3. 3Adam JonesProp
  4. 4Ian GoughSecond row
  5. 5Rob SidoliSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Michael OwenNumber 8
  9. 9Dwayne PeelScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Dafydd JamesWing
  12. 12Matthew WatkinsCentre
  13. 13Hal LuscombeCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15Lee ByrneFull-back
  16. 16Mefin DaviesBench
  17. 17Gethin JenkinsBench
  18. 18Jonathan ThomasBench
  19. 19Gareth DelveBench
  20. 20Mike PhillipsBench
  21. 21Gavin HensonBench
  22. 22Barry DaviesBench

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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.