IRELAND v WALES
Croke Park, Dublin
Saturday 8 March 2008
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Touch judges: 1 Christophe Berdos (France) 2 Peter Allan (Scotland)
TMO: David Changleng (Scotland)

Head to Head
Played 112
Ireland won 45
Wales won 61
Drawn 6

Biggest wins in series

Ireland Points & Margin 54-10 2002

Wales Points 34-9 1976
Margin 29-0 1907

Wales v Ireland

All matches since 1995
Played 15
Ireland won 12
Wales won 3

Wales wins were in Dublin in 1998 and 2000, and at Cardiff in 2005 Grand Slam match (32-20).

Biggest wins and losses in International Championship

Ireland

Win
Points and Margin 60-13 v Italy 2000

Loss
Points 18-50 v England 2000
Margin 6-46 v England 1997

Wales

Win
Points 49-14 v France 1910
Margin 47-8 v Italy 2008

Loss
Points 26-60 v England 1998
Margin 0-51 v France 1998

Ireland : form guide from start of 2007 Six Nations
Wales (6N) A W 19-9
France (6N) H L 17-20
England (6N) H W 43-13
Scotland (6N) A W 19-18
Italy (6N) A W 51-24
Argentina A L 20-22
Argentina A L 0-16
Scotland A L 21-31
Italy H W 23-20
Namibia (RWC) N W 32-17
Georgia (RWC) N W 14-10
France (RWC) A L 3-25
Argentina (RWC) N L 15-30
Italy (6N) H W 16-11
France (6N) A L 21-26
Scotland (6N) H W 34-13

Wales : form guide from 2007 Six Nations
Ireland (6N) H L 9-19
Scotland (6N) A L 9-21
France (6N) A L 21-32
Italy (6N) A L 20-23
England (6N) H W 27-18
Australia A L 23-29
Australia A L 0-31
England A L 5-62
Argentina H W 27-20
France H L 7-34
Canada (RWC) N W 42-17
Australia (RWC) H L 20-32
Japan (RWC) H W 72-18
Fiji (RWC) N L 34-38
SA H L 12-34
England (6N) A W 26-19
Scotland (6N) H W 30-15
Italy (6N) H W 47-8

World Rugby all-time top points scorers
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales 41-Lions)
1070 Jonny Wilkinson (1023-England 47-Lions)*
1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina 983-Italy)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (NZ)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
873 Percy Montgomery (SA)
810 Ronan O?Gara (Ireland)
(* excluding 20pts for Lions v Argentina 2005, Argentina did not award caps)

World Rugby all-time top try scorers
65 Daisuke Ohata (Japan)
64 David Campese (Australia)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (NZ)
46 Christian Cullen (NZ)
44 Jeff Wilson (NZ)
43 Joe Rokocoko (NZ)
41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales 1-Lions)
40 Chris Latham (Australia)
39 Shane Williams (Wales)
38 Serge Blanco (France)
38 Joost van der Westhuizen (SA)
37 Jonah Lomu (NZ)

International Championship all time records

Points
470 Jonny Wilkinson (England)
426 Ronan O?Gara (Ireland)
406 Neil Jenkins (Wales)
320 Stephen Jones (Wales)
297 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
288 Gavin Hastings (Scotland)
270 David Humphreys (Ireland)

Tries
24 Ian Smith (Scotland)
18 Cyril Lowe (England)
18 Rory Underwood (England)
18 Gareth Edwards (Wales)
17 Brian O?Driscoll (Ireland)

Ireland : most capped players
91 Malcolm O?Kelly
82 Brian O?Driscoll
82 John Hayes
81 Peter Stringer
80 Girvan Dempsey
80 Ronan O?Gara
72 David Humphreys
70 Kevin Maggs
69 Mike Gibson
64 Simon Easterby
63 Willie John McBride

Ireland : all time leading points scorers
810 Ronan O?Gara
560* David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
217 Ollie Campbell
167 Brian O?Driscoll
* does not include penalty try v Scotland in 1999

Ireland : all time leading try scorers
31 Brian O?Driscoll
29 Denis Hickie
20 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
15 Keith Wood
15 Kevin Maggs
14 George Stephenson
14 Ronan O?Gara

Wales : most capped players
100 Gareth Thomas
94 Colin Charvis
92 Gareth Llewellyn
87 Neil Jenkins
79 Martyn Williams
72 Ieuan Evans
68 Stephen Jones
61 Dwayne Peel
59 Rob Howley

Wales : all time leading points scorers
1049 Neil Jenkins
595 Stephen Jones
304 Paul Thorburn
211 Arwel Thomas
200 Gareth Thomas
195 Shane Williams
170 James Hook
166 Phil Bennett

Wales : all time leading try scorers
40 Gareth Thomas
39 Shane Williams
33 Ieuan Evans
22 Colin Charvis
20 Gareth Edwards
20 Gerald Davies
18 Tom Shanklin
18 Rhys Williams