Six Nations - Millennium Stadium, 2 February 2013, 13:30 local, 13:30 GMT
Wales (3) 22 - 30 (23) Ireland (FT)

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Summary

Time Score  
10 0 - 5

Smooth passing from the Irish backs creates space on the outside for O'Driscoll, who weaves in and then out before slipping a sublime pass for Simon Zebo to go over in the corner

11 0 - 7

Sexton - conversion

20 0 - 10

Sexton - penalty goal

23 0 - 15

Healy blasts over following a move that started with Dan Biggar's kick being charged down and was continued by a wonderful piece of footballing skill from Simon Zebo

25 0 - 17

Sexton - conversion

28 0 - 20

Sexton - penalty goal

33 3 - 20

Halfpenny - penalty goal

40+2 3 - 23

Sexton - penalty goal

42 3 - 28

O'Driscoll is over for his 46th try for Ireland. He dobs down from a yard after a battering from the Irish pack.

43 3 - 30

Sexton - conversion

47 8 - 30

Alex Cuthbert picks a great line off Dan Biggar and slashes through the Irish defence to score

49 10 - 30

Halfpenny - conversion

58 15 - 30

After an eternity battering the Irish line, Wales throw the ball wide and Halfpenny has enough pace to touch down in the corner despite Zebo's cover tackle

75 20 - 30

Craig Mitchell spots a chink in the Irish defence and dives over from a ruck a metre from the line.

76 22 - 30

Halfpenny - conversion

Timeline

Time Wales  Score  Ireland
0 start of first half start of first half
10 0 - 5 Zebo - try
11 0 - 7 Sexton - conversion
13 Owens - sub on
Rees - sub off
20 0 - 10 Sexton - penalty goal
21 Owens - sub off
Rees - sub on
23 0 - 15 Healy - try
25 0 - 17 Sexton - conversion
28 0 - 20 Sexton - penalty goal
33 Halfpenny - penalty goal 3 - 20
38 James - sub on
Jenkins - sub off
40+2 end of first half 3 - 23 Sexton - penalty goal
end of first half
40 Jenkins - sub on
40 start of second half
James - sub off		 start of second half
42 3 - 28 O'Driscoll - try
43 3 - 30 Sexton - conversion
44 Shingler - sub off
Tipuric - sub on		 Earls - sub on
D'Arcy - sub off
47 Cuthbert - try 8 - 30
49 Halfpenny - conversion 10 - 30
51 Owens - sub on
Rees - sub off		 O'Mahony - sub off
Henry - sub on
57 Best - yellow card
58 Halfpenny - try 15 - 30
63 LD Williams - sub on
Phillips - sub off
66 Jenkins - sub off
James - sub on
68 Fitzpatrick - sub on
Ross - sub off
69 Murray - yellow card
73 Mitchell - sub on
Jones - sub off
Evans - sub off
Kohn - sub on
Hook - sub on
Biggar - sub off		 O'Callaghan - sub on
Kilcoyne - sub on
Healy - sub off
McCarthy - sub off
75 Mitchell - try 20 - 30
76 Halfpenny - conversion 22 - 30
79 Zebo - sub off
Reddan - sub on
80 end of second half
end of half		 end of second half
end of half
0
80

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 8 points
Six Nations points Ireland 2, Wales 0
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance 73230
 
Referee R Poite (France)
 
Wales Test debuts AJ Coombs, OS Kohn
Ireland Test debuts none

Teams

Wales Ireland
Tries Cuthbert (47), Halfpenny (58), Mitchell (75) Tries Zebo (10), Healy (23), O'Driscoll (42)
Cons Halfpenny (49, 76) Cons Sexton (11, 25, 43)
Pens Halfpenny (33) Pens Sexton (20, 28, 40)
    Team
15 FB
Leigh Halfpenny
14 W
Alex Cuthbert
13 C
Jonathan Davies
12 C
Jamie Roberts
11 W
George North
10 FH
Dan Biggar
9 SH
Mike Phillips
1 P
Gethin Jenkins
2 H
Matthew Rees
3 P
Adam Jones
4 L
Andrew Coombs
5 L
Ian Evans
6 F
Aaron Shingler
7 F
Sam Warburton (c)
8 N8
Taulupe Faletau
    Replacements
16 H
Ken Owens
17 P
Paul James
18 P
Craig Mitchell
19 L
Olly Kohn
20 F
Justin Tipuric
21 SH
Lloyd Williams
22 FH
James Hook
23
Scott Williams
    Team
15 FB
Rob Kearney
14 W
Craig Gilroy
13 C
Brian O'Driscoll
12 C
Gordon D'Arcy
11 W
Simon Zebo
10 FH
Johnny Sexton
9 SH
Conor Murray
69
1 P
Cian Healy
2 H
Rory Best
57
3 P
Mike Ross
4 L
Mike McCarthy
5 L
Donnacha Ryan
6 F
Peter O'Mahony
7 F
Sean O'Brien
8 N8
Jamie Heaslip (c)
    Replacements
16
Sean Cronin
17 P
Dave Kilcoyne
18 P
Declan Fitzpatrick
19 L
Donncha O'Callaghan
20 F
Chris Henry
21 W
Eoin Reddan
22
Ronan O'Gara
23 C
Keith Earls

Match stats

Wales   Ireland
3 Tries 3
2 from 3 Conversion goals 3 from 3
1 from 1 Penalty goals 3 from 3
75.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0 (1 missed)
Kick/pass/run
15 Kicks from hand 24
215 Passes 85
161 Runs 87
445 Metres run with ball 301
Attacking
63% (45%/79%) Possession (1H/2H) 37% (55%/21%)
65% (44%/81%) Territory (1H/2H) 35% (56%/19%)
7 Clean breaks 4
22 Defenders beaten 9
8 Offloads 3
120 from 124 (96.8%) Rucks won 66 from 70 (94.3%)
5 from 8 (62.5%) Mauls won 5 from 5 (100.0%)
14 Turnovers conceded 9
Defensive
91/9 Tackles made/missed 200/22
91.0% Tackling success rate 90.0%
Set pieces
5 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 6 won, 1 lost (85.7%)
12 won, 3 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 9 won, 2 lost (81.8%)
Discipline
8 (1) Penalties conceded (Freekicks) 13 (2)
0/0 Yellow/red cards 2/0

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Halfpenny 1/0 12 3/13/10 37 1 2 1 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Cuthbert 1/0 5 0/6/9 60 2 1 1 0 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Davies 0/0 0 1/10/11 33 0 2 2 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Roberts 0/1 0 0/8/9 9 1 1 2 2 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
W North 0/0 0 1/3/12 81 0 6 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Biggar 0/1 0 6/40/6 22 0 1 0 1 6/2 0/0 0 0/0
SH Phillips 0/0 0 4/73/9 27 0 1 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Jenkins 0/0 0 0/2/4 1 0 0 0 0 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Rees 0/0 0 0/0/4 2 0 0 0 0 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Jones 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Coombs 0/0 0 0/6/16 35 1 1 0 1 7/0 5/0 2 0/0
L Evans 0/0 0 0/2/11 26 0 1 0 3 4/1 4/0 0 0/0
F Shingler 0/0 0 0/1/4 4 0 0 0 0 6/1 1/0 1 0/0
F Warburton 0/0 0 0/9/8 5 0 1 1 1 9/0 1/0 1 0/0
N8 Faletau 0/0 0 0/5/20 60 1 3 1 1 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Owens 0/0 0 0/1/12 7 0 2 0 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) James 0/0 0 0/0/3 1 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Mitchell 1/0 5 0/0/2 1 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Kohn 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Tipuric 0/0 0 0/3/5 26 1 0 0 0 1/0 1/0 0 0/0
(SH) LD Williams 0/0 0 0/27/2 5 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Hook 0/0 0 0/6/2 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Kearney 0/0 0 1/5/5 43 0 3 0 1 6/3 0/0 0 0/0
W Gilroy 0/0 0 6/2/13 79 0 0 2 3 5/3 0/0 0 0/0
C O'Driscoll 1/1 5 3/7/4 5 0 0 0 0 15/3 0/0 0 0/0
C D'Arcy 0/0 0 0/2/2 3 0 1 1 0 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Zebo 1/0 5 1/0/4 26 2 0 0 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Sexton 0/0 15 7/12/3 6 0 0 0 0 11/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Murray 0/0 0 6/43/6 11 0 1 0 1 7/0 0/0 1 1/0
P Healy 1/0 5 0/1/7 10 0 0 0 0 21/0 0/0 1 0/0
H Best 0/0 0 0/1/4 12 1 1 0 0 14/0 0/0 1 1/0
P Ross 0/0 0 0/0/2 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
L McCarthy 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 20/0 1/0 0 0/0
L Ryan 0/0 0 0/1/5 2 0 0 0 1 17/0 5/0 2 0/0
F O'Mahony 0/0 0 0/2/9 66 1 2 0 1 8/1 1/0 0 0/0
F O'Brien 0/0 0 0/2/12 25 0 1 0 0 18/2 1/0 4 0/0
N8 Heaslip 0/0 0 0/6/6 3 0 0 0 1 18/3 1/0 0 0/0
(P) Kilcoyne 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Fitzpatrick 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
(L) O'Callaghan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Henry 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 11/0 0/0 0 0/0
(W) Reddan 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Earls 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 0 8/2 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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