Wales v 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:

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