Wales 17-22 Ireland
Date:
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Attendance: 62,905
Wales v Ireland Match Reports
Ireland bounced back from last weekend's record loss at Twickenham to beat Wales 22-17 at the Principality Stadium. A brace of tries from Jacob Stockdale, plus a Jack Carty penalty kick saw Ireland leading 15-3 at the break. Ireland's scrum was hugely dominant in the second half and led to a penalty try being awarded in the 57th minute, extending the visitor's lead to 22-3. Wales fought back strongly with tries from Owen Lane and Rhys Patchell, but time eventually ran out for the home side. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Ireland bounce back from England mauling to beat Wales in Cardiff
- BBC: Stockdale inspires Ireland to victory over Wales
- Guardian: Two-try Jacob Stockdale helps Ireland squeeze home against Wales
- Sky Sports: Joe Schmidt's side respond with Cardiff victory in Warren Gatland's final home game
- ESPN: Ireland end Wales' dominant home run
- South Wales Argus: Gatland not given many World Cup selection headaches
- Irish Times: Ireland get green machine back on the road
- WRU: Wales comeback falls short
Wales v Ireland - Match Stats
Wales: (3) 17
Try: Lane (64'), Patchell (76')
Conversion: Patchell (65', 77')
Penalty: Evans (16')
Ireland: (15) 22
Try: Stockdale (18', 28'), Penalty Try (57')
Conversion: Carty (19')
Penalty: Carty (9')
Man of the match: Jack Carty (Ireland)
Wales v Ireland - Team Line-ups
Wales Team
Forwards
- 1 Rhys Carre
- 2 Ryan Elias
- 3 Samson Lee
- 4 Adam Beard
- 5 Bradley Davies
- 6 Aaron Shingler
- 7 James Davies
- 8 Josh Navidi (Captain)
Backs
- 9 Aled Davies
- 10 Jarrod Evans
- 11 Steff Evans
- 12 Owen Watkin
- 13 Scott Williams
- 14 Owen Lane
- 15 Hallam Amos
Replacements
- 16 Elliot Dee
- 17 Rob Evans
- 18 Leon Brown
- 19 Jake Ball
- 20 Aaron Wainwright
- 21 Tomos Williams
- 22 Rhys Patchell
- 23 Jonah Holmes
Ireland Team
Forwards
- 1 Dave Kilcoyne
- 2 Niall Scannell
- 3 John Ryan
- 4 Iain Henderson
- 5 James Ryan
- 6 Tadhg Beirne
- 7 Peter O'Mahony (Captain)
- 8 Jack Conan
Backs
- 9 Kieran Marmion
- 10 Jack Carty
- 11 Jacob Stockdale
- 12 Bundee Aki
- 13 Chris Farrell
- 14 Andrew Conway
- 15 Will Addison
Replacements
- 16 Rory Best
- 17 Andrew Porter
- 18 Tadhg Furlong
- 19 Devin Toner
- 20 Jordi Murphy
- 21 Luke McGrath
- 22 Garry Ringrose
- 23 Dave Kearney