History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Wales

Illustration of the Irish team which faced Wales in the 1895 Home Nations Championship

Ireland and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1882. A total of 135 matches have been played, with Wales winning 70 matches, Ireland winning 58 matches and seven matches drawn.[1][2] The two sides have met three times at the Rugby World Cup, with Wales winning two and Ireland winning one of those encounters.[3] Wales won 13–6 in their pool encounter at the inaugural World Cup in 1987.[3] Ireland eliminated Wales at the pool stage during the 1995 World Cup, with a 24–23 victory in 1995.[3] In their third World Cup matchup, Wales beat Ireland 22–10 in the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Cup.[3] In the Six Nations Championship the two sides have faced each other 24 times.[4]

Summary

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Overview

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Details Played Won by
Ireland
Won by
Wales
Drawn Ireland points Wales points
In Ireland 67 34 28 5 896 691
In Wales 63 22 39 2 676 874
Neutral venue 5 2 3 0 69 81
Overall 135 58 70 7 1,641 1,646

Results

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No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition Attendance Ref.
1 28 January 1882 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 0–2G  Wales 1881–82 Home Nations International [5]
2 12 April 1884 National Stadium, Cardiff 1G–0  Wales 1884 Home Nations Championship 5,000 [6]
3 12 March 1887 Birkenhead Park, Birkenhead (England) 0–1G  Wales 1887 Home Nations Championship 5,000 [7]
4 3 March 1888 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 2G–0  Ireland 1888 Home Nations Championship 4,000 [8]
5 2 March 1889 St Helens, Swansea 0–0G (2T)  Ireland 1889 Home Nations Championship 4,000 [9]
6 1 March 1890 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–3 draw 1890 Home Nations Championship 7,000 [10]
7 7 March 1891 Stradey Park, Llanelli 6–4  Wales 1891 Home Nations Championship 10,000 [11]
8 5 March 1892 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–0  Ireland 1892 Home Nations Championship 5,000 [12]
9 11 March 1893 Stradey Park, Llanelli 2–0  Wales 1893 Home Nations Championship 20,000 [13]
10 10 March 1894 Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast 3–0  Ireland 1894 Home Nations Championship 5,000 [14]
11 16 March 1895 National Stadium, Cardiff 5–3  Wales 1895 Home Nations Championship [15]
12 17 March 1896 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 8–4  Ireland 1896 Home Nations Championship [16]
13 19 March 1898 Thomond Park, Limerick 3–11  Wales 1898 Home Nations Championship 10–15,000 [17][18]
14 18 March 1899 National Stadium, Cardiff 0–3  Ireland 1899 Home Nations Championship 40,000 [19]
15 17 March 1900 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 0–3  Wales 1900 Home Nations Championship [20]
16 16 March 1901 St Helen's, Swansea 10–9  Wales 1901 Home Nations Championship [21]
17 6 March 1902 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 0–15  Wales 1902 Home Nations Championship 12,000 [22]
18 14 March 1903 National Stadium, Cardiff 18–0  Wales 1903 Home Nations Championship [23]
19 12 March 1904 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 14–12  Ireland 1904 Home Nations Championship [24]
20 11 March 1905 St Helen's, Swansea 10–3  Wales 1905 Home Nations Championship [25]
21 10 March 1906 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 11–6  Ireland 1906 Home Nations Championship [26]
22 9 March 1907 National Stadium, Cardiff 29–0  Wales 1907 Home Nations Championship [27]
23 14 March 1908 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 5–11  Wales 1908 Home Nations Championship 15,000 [28]
24 13 March 1909 St Helen's, Swansea 18–5  Wales 1909 Home Nations Championship 25,000 [29]
25 12 March 1910 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–19  Wales 1910 Five Nations Championship [30]
26 11 March 1911 National Stadium, Cardiff 16–0  Wales 1911 Five Nations Championship [31]
27 9 March 1912 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 12–5  Ireland 1912 Five Nations Championship [32]
28 8 March 1913 St Helen's, Swansea 16–13  Wales 1913 Five Nations Championship [33]
29 14 March 1914 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 3–11  Wales 1914 Five Nations Championship [34]
30 13 March 1920 National Stadium, Cardiff 28–4  Wales 1920 Five Nations Championship 35,000 [35]
31 12 March 1921 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 0–6  Wales 1921 Five Nations Championship [36]
32 11 March 1922 St Helen's, Swansea 11–5  Wales 1922 Five Nations Championship 40,000 [37]
33 10 March 1923 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 5–4  Ireland 1923 Five Nations Championship [38]
34 8 March 1924 National Stadium, Cardiff 10–13  Ireland 1924 Five Nations Championship 35,000 [39]
35 14 March 1925 Ravenhill, Belfast 19–3  Ireland 1925 Five Nations Championship [40]
36 13 March 1926 St Helen's, Swansea 11–8  Wales 1926 Five Nations Championship [41]
37 12 March 1927 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 19–9  Ireland 1927 Five Nations Championship [42]
38 10 March 1928 National Stadium, Cardiff 10–13  Ireland 1928 Five Nations Championship 42,000 [43]
39 9 March 1929 Ravenhill, Belfast 5–5 draw 1929 Five Nations Championship [44]
40 8 March 1930 St Helen's, Swansea 12–7  Wales 1930 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [45]
41 14 March 1931 Ravenhill, Belfast 3–15  Wales 1931 Five Nations Championship 30,000 [46]
42 12 March 1932 National Stadium, Cardiff 10–12  Ireland 1932 Home Nations Championship [47]
43 11 March 1933 Ravenhill, Belfast 10–5  Ireland 1933 Home Nations Championship [48]
44 10 March 1934 St Helen's, Swansea 13–0  Wales 1934 Home Nations Championship [49]
45 9 March 1935 Ravenhill, Belfast 9–3  Ireland 1935 Home Nations Championship 35,000 [50]
46 14 March 1936 National Stadium, Cardiff 3–0  Wales 1936 Home Nations Championship 70,000 [51]
47 3 April 1937 Ravenhill, Belfast 5–3  Ireland 1937 Home Nations Championship 20,000 [52]
48 12 March 1938 St Helen's, Swansea 11–5  Wales 1938 Home Nations Championship 40,000 [53]
49 11 March 1939 Ravenhill, Belfast 0–7  Wales 1939 Home Nations Championship [54]
50 29 March 1947 St Helen's, Swansea 6–0  Wales 1947 Five Nations Championship 36,000 [55]
51 13 March 1948 Ravenhill, Belfast 6–3  Ireland 1948 Five Nations Championship 32,000 [56]
52 12 March 1949 St Helen's, Swansea 0–5  Ireland 1949 Five Nations Championship 40,000 [57]
53 11 March 1950 Ravenhill, Belfast 3–6  Wales 1950 Five Nations Championship [58]
54 10 March 1951 National Stadium, Cardiff 3–3 draw 1951 Five Nations Championship [59]
55 8 March 1952 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–14  Wales 1952 Five Nations Championship 42,000 [60]
56 14 March 1953 St Helen's, Swansea 5–3  Wales 1953 Five Nations Championship 50,000 [61]
57 13 March 1954 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–12  Wales 1954 Five Nations Championship 45,000 [62]
58 12 March 1955 National Stadium, Cardiff 21–3  Wales 1955 Five Nations Championship [63]
59 10 March 1956 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 11–3  Ireland 1956 Five Nations Championship 50,573 [64]
60 9 March 1957 National Stadium, Cardiff 6–5  Wales 1957 Five Nations Championship [65]
61 15 March 1958 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 6–9  Wales 1958 Five Nations Championship [66]
62 14 March 1959 National Stadium, Cardiff 8–6  Wales 1959 Five Nations Championship [67]
63 12 March 1960 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–10  Wales 1960 Five Nations Championship [68]
64 11 March 1961 National Stadium, Cardiff 9–0  Wales 1961 Five Nations Championship [69]
65 17 November 1962 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–3 draw 1962 Five Nations Championship [70]
66 9 March 1963 National Stadium, Cardiff 6–14  Ireland 1963 Five Nations Championship [71]
67 7 March 1964 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 6–15  Wales 1964 Five Nations Championship [72]
68 13 March 1965 National Stadium, Cardiff 14–8  Wales 1965 Five Nations Championship 58,500 [73]
69 12 March 1966 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–6  Ireland 1966 Five Nations Championship [74]
70 11 March 1967 National Stadium, Cardiff 0–3  Ireland 1967 Five Nations Championship [75]
71 9 March 1968 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–6  Ireland 1968 Five Nations Championship [76]
72 8 March 1969 National Stadium, Cardiff 24–11  Wales 1969 Five Nations Championship 29,000 [77]
73 14 March 1970 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 14–0  Ireland 1970 Five Nations Championship [78]
74 13 March 1971 National Stadium, Cardiff 23–9  Wales 1971 Five Nations Championship [79]
75 10 March 1973 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 16–12  Wales 1973 Five Nations Championship [80]
76 2 February 1974 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–9 draw 1974 Five Nations Championship [81]
77 15 March 1975 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 32–4  Wales 1975 Five Nations Championship [82]
78 21 February 1976 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–34  Wales 1976 Five Nations Championship [83]
79 15 January 1977 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 25–9  Wales 1977 Five Nations Championship [84]
80 4 March 1978 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 16–20  Wales 1978 Five Nations Championship [85]
81 3 February 1979 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 24–21  Wales 1979 Five Nations Championship [86]
82 15 March 1980 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 21–7  Ireland 1980 Five Nations Championship [87]
83 21 February 1981 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 9–8  Wales 1981 Five Nations Championship [88]
84 23 January 1982 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 20–12  Ireland 1982 Five Nations Championship [89]
85 5 March 1983 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 23–9  Wales 1983 Five Nations Championship [90]
86 4 February 1984 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–18  Wales 1984 Five Nations Championship [91]
87 16 March 1985 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 9–21  Ireland 1985 Five Nations Championship [92]
88 15 February 1986 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 12–19  Wales 1986 Five Nations Championship [93]
89 4 April 1987 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 11–15  Ireland 1987 Five Nations Championship [94]
90 25 May 1987 Athletic Park, Wellington (New Zealand) 6–13  Wales 1987 Rugby World Cup 17,500 [95]
91 5 March 1988 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–12  Wales 1988 Five Nations Championship [96]
92 4 February 1989 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 13–19  Ireland 1989 Five Nations Championship [97]
93 24 March 1990 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 14–8  Ireland 1990 Five Nations Championship [98]
94 16 February 1991 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 21–21 draw 1991 Five Nations Championship [99]
95 18 January 1992 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 15–16  Wales 1992 Five Nations Championship [100]
96 6 March 1993 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 14–19  Ireland 1993 Five Nations Championship [101]
97 5 February 1994 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 15–17  Wales 1994 Five Nations Championship [102]
98 18 March 1995 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 12–16  Ireland 1995 Five Nations Championship [103]
99 4 June 1995 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa) 24–23  Ireland 1995 Rugby World Cup 35,000 [104]
100 2 March 1996 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 30–17  Ireland 1996 Five Nations Championship 45,000 [105]
101 1 February 1997 National Stadium, Cardiff 25–26  Ireland 1997 Five Nations Championship 53,000 [106]
102 21 March 1998 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 21–30  Wales 1998 Five Nations Championship 55,000 [107]
103 20 February 1999 Wembley Stadium, London (England) 23–29  Ireland 1999 Five Nations Championship 76,000 [108]
104 1 April 2000 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 19–23  Wales 2000 Six Nations Championship 40,000 [109]
105 13 October 2001 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 6–36  Ireland 2001 Six Nations Championship 72,500 [110]
106 3 February 2002 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 54–10  Ireland 2002 Six Nations Championship 49,000 [111]
107 22 March 2003 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 24–25  Ireland 2003 Six Nations Championship 72,500 [112]
108 16 August 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 35–12  Ireland 2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 20,000 [113]
109 22 February 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 36–15  Ireland 2004 Six Nations Championship 49,000 [114]
110 19 March 2005 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 32–20  Wales 2005 Six Nations Championship 74,500 [115]
111 26 February 2006 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 31–5  Ireland 2006 Six Nations Championship 49,500 [116]
112 4 February 2007 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 9–19  Ireland 2007 Six Nations Championship 74,239 [117]
113 8 March 2008 Croke Park, Dublin 12–16  Wales 2008 Six Nations Championship 75,000 [118]
114 21 March 2009 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 15–17  Ireland 2009 Six Nations Championship 74,645 [119]
115 13 March 2010 Croke Park, Dublin 27–12  Ireland 2010 Six Nations Championship 81,314 [120]
116 12 March 2011 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 19–13  Wales 2011 Six Nations Championship 74,233 [121]
117 8 October 2011 Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 22–10  Wales 2011 Rugby World Cup 35,787 [122]
118 5 February 2012 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 21–23  Wales 2012 Six Nations Championship 51,000 [123]
119 2 February 2013 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 22–30  Ireland 2013 Six Nations Championship 73,230 [124]
120 8 February 2014 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 26–3  Ireland 2014 Six Nations Championship 51,045 [125]
121 14 March 2015 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 23–16  Wales 2015 Six Nations Championship 73,950 [126]
122 8 August 2015 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 21–35  Ireland 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 73,500 [127]
123 29 August 2015 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 10–16  Wales 47,430 [128]
124 7 February 2016 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 16–16 draw 2016 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [129]
125 10 March 2017 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 22–9  Wales 2017 Six Nations Championship 74,159 [130]
126 24 February 2018 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 37–27  Ireland 2018 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [131]
127 16 March 2019 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 25–7  Wales 2019 Six Nations Championship 74,500 [132]
128 31 August 2019 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 17–22  Ireland 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 62,905 [133]
129 7 September 2019 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 19–10  Ireland 50,000 [134]
130 8 February 2020 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 24–14  Ireland 2020 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [135]
131 13 November 2020 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 32–9  Ireland Autumn Nations Cup 0* [136]
132 7 February 2021 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 21–16  Wales 2021 Six Nations Championship 0* [137]
133 5 February 2022 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 29–7  Ireland 2022 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [138]
134 4 February 2023 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 10–34  Ireland 2023 Six Nations Championship 74,500 [139]
135 24 February 2024 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 31–7  Ireland 2024 Six Nations Championship 51,700 [140]
136 22 February 2025 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 2025 Six Nations Championship

Results by Decade

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Decade Ireland Wales Drawn Series winner
1880s 2 3 0  Wales
1890s 4 4 1 Drawn
1900s 2 8 0  Wales
1910s 1 4 0  Wales
1920s 5 4 1  Ireland
1930s 4 6 0  Wales
1940s 2 1 0  Ireland
1950s 1 8 1  Wales
1960s 4 5 1  Wales
1970s 1 7 1  Wales
1980s 5 6 0  Wales
1990s 7 3 1  Ireland
2000s 8 3 0  Ireland
2010s 7 7 1 Drawn
2020s 5 1 0  Ireland

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