Teams

Ireland	Wales
Tries Murphy	Tries Brace, Cresswell
Cons none	Cons Morgan 2
Pens Kelly 2	Pens none
Team FB Tom Kiernan W Walter Bornemann C Cecil Pedlow C Dave Hewitt W Dion Glass FH Seamus Kelly SH Andy Mulligan (c) P Gordon Wood H Locky Butler P Syd Millar L Bill Mulcahy L Gerry Culliton F Noel Murphy F Ronnie Kavanagh N8 Timothy McGrath	Team FB Norman Morgan W Fenton Coles C Brian Jones C Malcolm Price W Dewi Bebb FH Cliff Ashton SH Onllwyn Brace (c) P Len Cunningham H Norman Gale P Ray Prosser L Danny Harris L Gareth Payne F Brian Cresswell F Geoff Whitson N8 Glyn Davidge

Notes

Result Wales won by a margin of 1 point

Five Nations points Wales 2, Ireland 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Referee DA Brown (England)

Ireland Test debuts LG Butler

Wales Test debuts NR Gale, BJ Jones

Points scoring rules try 3, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3, goal from a mark 3