History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Wales
Introduction 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 134 matches have been played, with Wales winning 70 matches, Ireland winning 57 matches and seven matches drawn. The two sides have met three times at the Rugby World Cup, with Wales winning two and Ireland winning one of those encounters. Wales won 13–6 in their pool encounter at the inaugural World Cup in 1987.Ireland eliminated Wales at the pool stage during the 1995 World Cup, with a 24–23 victory in 1995.In their third World Cup matchup, Wales beat Ireland 22–10 in the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Cup. In the Six Nations Championship the two sides have faced each other 124 times with Wales winning on 66 occasions, Ireland winning 51 times and seven matches resulting in a draw.
Summary ===Overview=== Details Played Won byIreland Won byWales Drawn Ireland points Wales points In Ireland 66 33 28 5 865 684 In Wales 63 22 39 2 676 874 Neutral venue 5 2 3 0 69 81 Overall 134 57 70 7 1,610 1,639===Records===Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.RecordIrelandWalesLongest winning streak5 (13 October 2001 – 19 March 2005)5 (15 March 1975 – 15 March 1980)Largest points forHome54 (3 February 2002)32 (19 March 2005)Away36 (13 October 2001)34 (21 February 1976)Largest winning marginHome44 (3 February 2002)29 (9 March 1907)Away30 (13 October 2001)25 (21 February 1976)===Attendance===Up to date as of 11 September 2023Total attendance*2,988,810Average attendance*43,953Highest attendance81,314  Ireland 27–12 Wales  13 March 2010*Excludes 66 matches in which no attendance was reported and two matches in which Covid restricted attendance. Assumes the attendance of 1898 Home Nations match was 15,000
Results  No. Date Venue Score Winner Competition Attendance  1 28 January 1882 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 0–2G  1881–82 Home Nations International  2 12 April 1884 National Stadium, Cardiff 1G–0  1884 Home Nations Championship 5,000 3 12 March 1887 Birkenhead Park, Birkenhead (England) 0–1G  1887 Home Nations Championship 5,000 4 3 March 1888 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 2G–0  1888 Home Nations Championship 4,000 5 2 March 1889 St Helens, Swansea   0–0G (2T)  1889 Home Nations Championship 4,000 6 1 March 1890 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–3 ''draw'' 1890 Home Nations Championship 7,000 7 7 March 1891 Stradey Park, Llanelli 6–4  1891 Home Nations Championship  10,000 8 5 March 1892 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–0  1892 Home Nations Championship 5,000 9 11 March 1893 Stradey Park, Llanelli 2–0  1893 Home Nations Championship 20,000 10 10 March 1894 Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast 3–0  1894 Home Nations Championship 5,000 11 16 March 1895 National Stadium, Cardiff 5–3  1895 Home Nations Championship  12 17 March 1896 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 8–4  1896 Home Nations Championship  13 19 March 1898 Thomond Park, Limerick 3–11  1898 Home Nations Championship 10–15,000 14 18 March 1899 National Stadium, Cardiff 0–3  1899 Home Nations Championship 40,000 15 17 March 1900 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 0–3  1900 Home Nations Championship  16 16 March 1901 St Helen's, Swansea 10–9  1901 Home Nations Championship  17 6 March 1902 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 0–15  1902 Home Nations Championship 12,000 18 14 March 1903 National Stadium, Cardiff 18–0  1903 Home Nations Championship  19 12 March 1904 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 14–12  1904 Home Nations Championship  20 11 March 1905 St Helen's, Swansea 10–3  1905 Home Nations Championship  21 10 March 1906 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 11–6  1906 Home Nations Championship  22 9 March 1907 National Stadium, Cardiff 29–0  1907 Home Nations Championship  23 14 March 1908 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 5–11  1908 Home Nations Championship 15,000 24 13 March 1909 St Helen's, Swansea 18–5  1909 Home Nations Championship 25,000 25 12 March 1910 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–19  1910 Five Nations Championship  26 11 March 1911 National Stadium, Cardiff 16–0  1911 Five Nations Championship  27 9 March 1912 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 12–5  1912 Five Nations Championship  28 8 March 1913 St Helen's, Swansea 16–13  1913 Five Nations Championship  29 14 March 1914 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 3–11  1914 Five Nations Championship  30 13 March 1920 National Stadium, Cardiff 28–4  1920 Five Nations Championship 35,000 31 12 March 1921 Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral 0–6  1921 Five Nations Championship  32 11 March 1922 St Helen's, Swansea 11–5  1922 Five Nations Championship 40,000 33 10 March 1923 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 5–4  1923 Five Nations Championship  34 8 March 1924 National Stadium, Cardiff 10–13  1924 Five Nations Championship 35,000 35 14 March 1925 Ravenhill, Belfast 19–3  1925 Five Nations Championship  36 13 March 1926 St Helen's, Swansea 11–8  1926 Five Nations Championship  37 12 March 1927 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 19–9  1927 Five Nations Championship  38 10 March 1928 National Stadium, Cardiff 10–13  1928 Five Nations Championship 42,000 39 9 March 1929 Ravenhill, Belfast 5–5 ''draw'' 1929 Five Nations Championship  40 8 March 1930 St Helen's, Swansea 12–7  1930 Five Nations Championship 50,000 41 14 March 1931 Ravenhill, Belfast 3–15  1931 Five Nations Championship 30,000 42 12 March 1932 National Stadium, Cardiff 10–12  1932 Home Nations Championship  43 11 March 1933 Ravenhill, Belfast 10–5  1933 Home Nations Championship  44 10 March 1934 St Helen's, Swansea 13–0  1934 Home Nations Championship  45 9 March 1935 Ravenhill, Belfast 9–3  1935 Home Nations Championship 35,000 46 14 March 1936 National Stadium, Cardiff 3–0  1936 Home Nations Championship 70,000 47 3 April 1937 Ravenhill, Belfast 5–3  1937 Home Nations Championship 20,000 48 12 March 1938 St Helen's, Swansea 11–5  1938 Home Nations Championship 40,000 49 11 March 1939 Ravenhill, Belfast 0–7  1939 Home Nations Championship  50 29 March 1947 St Helen's, Swansea 6–0  1947 Five Nations Championship 36,000 51 13 March 1948 Ravenhill, Belfast 6–3  1948 Five Nations Championship 32,000 52 12 March 1949 St Helen's, Swansea 0–5  1949 Five Nations Championship 40,000 53 11 March 1950 Ravenhill, Belfast 3–6  1950 Five Nations Championship  54 10 March 1951 National Stadium, Cardiff 3–3 ''draw'' 1951 Five Nations Championship  55 8 March 1952 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–14  1952 Five Nations Championship 42,000 56 14 March 1953 St Helen's, Swansea 5–3  1953 Five Nations Championship 50,000 57 13 March 1954 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–12  1954 Five Nations Championship 45,000 58 12 March 1955 National Stadium, Cardiff 21–3  1955 Five Nations Championship  59 10 March 1956 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 11–3  1956 Five Nations Championship 50,573 60 9 March 1957 National Stadium, Cardiff 6–5  1957 Five Nations Championship  61 15 March 1958 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 6–9  1958 Five Nations Championship  62 14 March 1959 National Stadium, Cardiff 8–6  1959 Five Nations Championship  63 12 March 1960 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–10  1960 Five Nations Championship  64 11 March 1961 National Stadium, Cardiff 9–0  1961 Five Nations Championship  65 17 November 1962 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 3–3 ''draw'' 1962 Five Nations Championship  66 9 March 1963 National Stadium, Cardiff 6–14  1963 Five Nations Championship  67 7 March 1964 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 6–15  1964 Five Nations Championship  68 13 March 1965 National Stadium, Cardiff 14–8  1965 Five Nations Championship 58,500 69 12 March 1966 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–6  1966 Five Nations Championship  70 11 March 1967 National Stadium, Cardiff 0–3  1967 Five Nations Championship  71 9 March 1968 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–6  1968 Five Nations Championship  72 8 March 1969 National Stadium, Cardiff 24–11  1969 Five Nations Championship 29,000 73 14 March 1970 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 14–0  1970 Five Nations Championship  74 13 March 1971 National Stadium, Cardiff 23–9  1971 Five Nations Championship  75 10 March 1973 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 16–12  1973 Five Nations Championship  76 2 February 1974 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–9 ''draw'' 1974 Five Nations Championship  77 15 March 1975 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 32–4  1975 Five Nations Championship  78 21 February 1976 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–34  1976 Five Nations Championship  79 15 January 1977 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 25–9  1977 Five Nations Championship  80 4 March 1978 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 16–20  1978 Five Nations Championship  81 3 February 1979 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 24–21  1979 Five Nations Championship  82 15 March 1980 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 21–7  1980 Five Nations Championship  83 21 February 1981 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 9–8  1981 Five Nations Championship  84 23 January 1982 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 20–12  1982 Five Nations Championship  85 5 March 1983 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 23–9  1983 Five Nations Championship  86 4 February 1984 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–18  1984 Five Nations Championship  87 16 March 1985 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 9–21  1985 Five Nations Championship  88 15 February 1986 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 12–19  1986 Five Nations Championship  89 4 April 1987 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 11–15  1987 Five Nations Championship  90 25 May 1987 Athletic Park, Wellington (New Zealand) 6–13  1987 Rugby World Cup 17,500 91 5 March 1988 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 9–12  1988 Five Nations Championship  92 4 February 1989 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 13–19  1989 Five Nations Championship  93 24 March 1990 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 14–8  1990 Five Nations Championship  94 16 February 1991 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 21–21 ''draw'' 1991 Five Nations Championship  95 18 January 1992 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 15–16  1992 Five Nations Championship  96 6 March 1993 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 14–19  1993 Five Nations Championship  97 5 February 1994 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 15–17  1994 Five Nations Championship  98 18 March 1995 Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff 12–16  1995 Five Nations Championship  99 4 June 1995 Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa) 24–23  1995 Rugby World Cup 35,000 100 2 March 1996 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 30–17  1996 Five Nations Championship 45,000 101 1 February 1997 National Stadium, Cardiff 25–26  1997 Five Nations Championship 53,000 102 21 March 1998 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 21–30  1998 Five Nations Championship 55,000 103 20 February 1999 Wembley Stadium, London (England) 23–29  1999 Five Nations Championship 76,000 104 1 April 2000 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 19–23  2000 Six Nations Championship 40,000 105 13 October 2001 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 6–36  2001 Six Nations Championship 72,500 106 3 February 2002 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 54–10  2002 Six Nations Championship 49,000 107 22 March 2003 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 24–25  2003 Six Nations Championship 72,500 108 16 August 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 35–12  2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 20,000 109 22 February 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 36–15  2004 Six Nations Championship 49,000 110 19 March 2005 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 32–20  2005 Six Nations Championship 74,500 111 26 February 2006 Lansdowne Road, Dublin 31–5  2006 Six Nations Championship 49,500 112 4 February 2007 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 9–19  2007 Six Nations Championship 74,239 113 8 March 2008 Croke Park, Dublin12–16  2008 Six Nations Championship 75,000  114 21 March 2009 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 15–17  2009 Six Nations Championship 74,645 115 13 March 2010 Croke Park, Dublin 27–12  2010 Six Nations Championship 81,314 116 12 March 2011 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 19–13  2011 Six Nations Championship 74,233 117 8 October 2011 Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand 22–10  2011 Rugby World Cup 35,787 118 5 February 2012 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 21–23  2012 Six Nations Championship 51,000 119 2 February 2013 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 22–30  2013 Six Nations Championship 73,230 120 8 February 2014 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 26–3  2014 Six Nations Championship 51,045 121 14 March 2015 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 23–16  2015 Six Nations Championship 73,950 122 8 August 2015 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 21–35 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 73,500 123 29 August 2015 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 10–16  47,430 124 7 February 2016 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 16–16 ''draw'' 2016 Six Nations Championship 51,700 125 10 March 2017 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 22–9  2017 Six Nations Championship 74,159 126 24 February 2018 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 37–27  2018 Six Nations Championship 51,700127 16 March 2019 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 25–7  2019 Six Nations Championship 74,500 128 31 August 2019 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 17–22 2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 62,905 129 7 September 2019 Aviva Stadium, Dublin19–10  50,000 130 8 February 2020 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 24–14  2020 Six Nations Championship 51,700  131 13 November 2020 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 32–9  Autumn Nations Cup  132 7 February 2021 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 21–16  2021 Six Nations Championship  133 5 February 2022 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 29–7  2022 Six Nations Championship 51,700  134 4 February 2023 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff 10–34  2023 Six Nations Championship 74,500 135 24 February 2024 Aviva Stadium, Dublin 2024 Six Nations Championship
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