Teams

Ireland	Wales
Tries Halvey, McBride, Popplewell	Tries Humphreys, Taylor
Cons Elwood 3	Cons NR Jenkins 2
Pens Elwood	Pens NR Jenkins 2
Drops none	Drops A Davies
Team 15 FB Conor O'Shea 14 W Richard Wallace 13 C Brendan Mullin 12 C Jonathan Bell 11 W Simon Geoghegan 10 FH Eric Elwood 9 SH Niall Hogan 1 P Nick Popplewell 2 H Terry Kingston (c) 3 P Gary Halpin 4 L Gabriel Fulcher 5 L Neil Francis 6 F David Corkery 7 F Denis McBride 8 N8 Paddy Johns     Replacements 16 Phil Danaher 17 Paul Burke 18 Michael Bradley 19 F Eddie Halvey 20 Paul Wallace 21 Shane Byrne	Team 15 FB Tony Clement 14 W Ieuan Evans 13 C Mike Hall (c) 12 C Neil Jenkins 11 W Gareth Thomas 10 FH Adrian Davies 9 SH Robert Jones 1 P Mike Griffiths 2 H Jonathan Humphreys 3 P John Davies 4 L Derwyn Jones 5 L Gareth Llewellyn 6 F Stuart Davies 7 F Hemi Taylor 8 N8 Emyr Lewis     Replacements 16 Wayne Proctor 17 David Evans 18 Andrew Moore 19 Stuart Roy 20 P Ricky Evans 21 Garin Jenkins

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 1 point

Rugby World Cup points Ireland 3, Wales 1

Ground name Ellis Park, Johannesburg (neutral venue)

Attendance 35000

Referee I Rogers

Ireland Test debuts none

Wales Test debuts none

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