Teams

Wales	Ireland
Tries none	Tries Mullin
Cons none	Cons Burke
Pens NR Jenkins 4	Pens Burke 2
Drops none	Drops Burke
Team 15 FB Matt Back 14 W Ieuan Evans (c) 13 C Mike Hall 12 C Nigel Davies 11 W Wayne Proctor 10 FH Neil Jenkins 9 SH Robert Jones 1 P Mike Griffiths 2 H Garin Jenkins 3 P Spencer John 4 L Phil Davies 5 L Gareth Llewellyn 6 F Andrew Gibbs 7 F Richie Collins 8 N8 Emyr Lewis     Replacements 16 Adrian Davies 17 Rupert Moon 18 Hemi Taylor 19 Derwyn Jones 20 Hugh Williams-Jones 21 Robin McBryde	Team 15 FB Jim Staples 14 W Richard Wallace 13 C Brendan Mullin 12 C Phil Danaher 11 W Simon Geoghegan 10 FH Eric Elwood 9 SH Niall Hogan 1 P Nick Popplewell 2 H Terry Kingston (c) 3 P Peter Clohessy 4 L Davy Tweed 5 L Gabriel Fulcher 6 F Anthony Foley 7 F Eddie Halvey 8 N8 Paddy Johns     Replacements 16 FH Paul Burke 17 C Maurice Field 18 Michael Bradley 19 David Corkery 20 Neil Francis 21 Shane Byrne

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 4 points

Five Nations points Ireland 2, Wales 0

Ground name National Stadium, Cardiff

Referee RJ Megson (Scotland)

Wales Test debuts A Gibbs

Ireland Test debuts none

Other scores

Five Nations
England	24 - 12	Scotland	Twickenham
Zimbabwe tour
Namibia	30 - 25	Zimbabwe	Windhoek