Teams

Ireland	Wales
Tries Wallace	Tries Davies
Cons Keyes	Cons none
Pens Keyes 3	Pens NR Jenkins 3
Drops none	Drops Stephens
Team 15 FB Jim Staples 14 W Richard Wallace 13 C Brendan Mullin 12 C David Curtis 11 W Keith Crossan 10 FH Ralph Keyes 9 SH Rob Saunders 1 P Nick Popplewell 2 H Steve Smith 3 P Des Fitzgerald 4 L Donal Lenihan 5 L Neil Francis 6 F Philip Matthews (c) 7 F Michael Fitzgibbon 8 N8 Brian Robinson     Replacements 16 Phil Danaher 17 Derek McAleese 18 Fergus Aherne 19 Noel Mannion 20 Gary Halpin 21 Terry Kingston	Team 15 FB Tony Clement 14 W Ieuan Evans (c) 13 C Scott Gibbs 12 C Neil Jenkins 11 W Mike Hall 10 FH Colin Stephens 9 SH Robert Jones 1 P Mike Griffiths 2 H Garin Jenkins 3 P Laurance Delaney 4 L Gareth Llewellyn 5 L Tony Copsey 6 F Emyr Lewis 7 F Richard Webster 8 N8 Stuart Davies     Replacements 16 Rupert Moon 17 Mike Rayer 18 Dai Fox 19 Dai Joseph 20 Stuart Roy 21 Martyn Morris

Notes

Result Wales won by a margin of 1 point

Five Nations points Wales 2, Ireland 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Referee FA Howard (England)

Ireland Test debuts MJ Fitzgibbon

Wales Test debuts AH Copsey, S Davies, CJ Stephens

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

Other scores

Five Nations
Scotland	7 - 25	England	Murrayfield