Ireland 19-10 Wales
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Attendance: 50,000
Ireland v Wales Match Reports
Ireland rose to No.1 in the world rankings following a 19-10 victory over Wales at the Aviva Stadium. It was Ireland's second victory over Wales in the space of a week and marked the end of both team's World Cup warm-up campaigns. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: World Cup injury scare for Wales as Ireland win warm-up Test
- BBC: Ireland beat Wales in final warm-up game
- Guardian: Ireland top rankings after Wales are worn down and suffer fly-half blow
- Daily Mail: Tadhg Furlong and James Ryan score as Ireland prevail in final World Cup warm-up clash
- Sky Sports: Home side move to No 1 in the world in Joe Schmidt's final Dublin Test
- Irish Times: Ireland go to number one with win over Wales
- WRU: Ireland take the win in Dublin
Ireland v Wales - Post-Match Reaction
Ireland v Wales - Match Stats
Ireland: (7) 19
Try: Kearney (22'), Furlong (51'), Ryan (59')
Conversion: Sexton (23', 53')
Wales: (10) 10
Try: Parkes (31')
Conversion: Halfpenny (32')
Penalty: Halfpenny (26')
Man of the match: James Ryan (Ireland)
Ireland v Wales - Team Line-ups
Ireland Team
Forwards
- 1 Cian Healy
- 2 Rory Best (Captain)
- 3 Tadhg Furlong
- 4 James Ryan
- 5 Jean Kleyn
- 6 CJ Stander
- 7 Josh van der Flier
- 8 Jack Conan
Backs
- 9 Conor Murray
- 10 Jonathan Sexton
- 11 Keith Earls
- 12 Bundee Aki
- 13 Robbie Henshaw
- 14 Jordan Larmour
- 15 Rob Kearney
Replacements
- 16 Sean Cronin
- 17 Dave Kilcoyne
- 18 Andrew Porter
- 19 Iain Henderson
- 20 Rhys Ruddock
- 21 Luke McGrath
- 22 Jack Carty
- 23 Garry Ringrose
Wales Team
Forwards
- 1 Wyn Jones
- 2 Elliot Dee
- 3 Tomas Francis
- 4 Jake Ball
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
- 6 Aaron Wainwright
- 7 Justin Tipuric
- 8 Ross Moriarty
Backs
- 9 Tomos Williams
- 10 Rhys Patchell
- 11 Josh Adams
- 12 Hadleigh Parkes
- 13 Jonathan Davies
- 14 George North
- 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16 Ken Owen
- 17 Nicky Smith
- 18 Dillon Lewis
- 19 Adam Beard
- 20 Josh Navidi
- 21 Gareth Davies
- 22 Dan Biggar
- 23 Liam Williams