Teams

Ireland	Wales
Tries Kingston	Tries Moriarty
Cons Kiernan	Cons Thorburn
Pens Kiernan	Pens Thorburn
Drops none	Drops Davies
Team 15 FB Phil Danaher 14 W Trevor Ringland 13 C Brendan Mullin 12 C Michael Kiernan 11 W Keith Crossan 10 FH Paul Dean 9 SH Michael Bradley 1 P Tom Clancy 2 H Terry Kingston 3 P Des Fitzgerald 4 L Donal Lenihan (c) 5 L Willie Anderson 6 F Philip Matthews 7 F Denis McBride 8 N8 Michael Gibson     Replacements 16 JJ McCoy 17 John McDonald 18 Don Whittle 19 Fergus Aherne 20 Ralph Keyes 21 Hugo MacNeill	Team 15 FB Paul Thorburn 14 W Ieuan Evans 13 C Mark Ring 12 C Bleddyn Bowen (c) 11 W Adrian Hadley 10 FH Jonathan Davies 9 SH Robert Jones 1 P Anthony Buchanan 2 H Ian Watkins 3 P Dai Young 4 L Phil May 5 L Bob Norster 6 F Rowland Phillips 7 F Richie Collins 8 N8 Paul Moriarty     Replacements 16 Glen Webbe 17 Mike Hall 18 Jonathan Griffiths 19 Jeremy Pugh 20 Kevin Phillips 21 Mark Jones

Notes

Result Wales won by a margin of 3 points

Five Nations points Wales 2, Ireland 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Referee RJ Megson (Scotland)

Ireland Test debuts TPJ Clancy, WD McBride

Wales Test debuts none

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3

Other scores

Five Nations
Scotland	6 - 9	England	Murrayfield