Teams

Ireland	Wales
Tries Finn 2, Ringland	Tries Holmes
Cons Campbell	Cons Evans
Pens Campbell 2	Pens Evans
Drops none	Drops Pearce
Team 15 FB Hugo MacNeill 14 W Trevor Ringland 13 C David Irwin 12 C Paul Dean 11 W Moss Finn 10 FH Ollie Campbell 9 SH Robbie McGrath 1 P Philip Orr 2 H Ciaran Fitzgerald (c) 3 P Ginger McLoughlin 4 L Moss Keane 5 L Donal Lenihan 6 F Fergus Slattery 7 F John O'Driscoll 8 N8 Willie Duggan     Replacements 16 C Michael Kiernan 17 FB John Murphy 18 Mick Fitzpatrick 19 John Cantrell 20 Ronan Kearney 21 A O'Regan	Team 15 FB Gwyn Evans 14 W Rob Ackerman 13 C David Richards 12 C Pat Daniels 11 W Clive Rees 10 FH Gareth Davies (c) 9 SH Terry Holmes 1 P Ian Stephens 2 H Alan Phillips 3 P Graham Price 4 L Geoff Wheel 5 L Dick Moriarty 6 F Mark Davies 7 F Gareth Williams 8 N8 Jeff Squire     Replacements 16 FH Gary Pearce 17 Alun Donovan 18 Gerald Williams 19 Clive Williams 20 Billy James 21 Steve Sutton

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 8 points

Five Nations points Ireland 2, Wales 0

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Referee JA Short (Scotland)

Ireland Test debuts MJ Kiernan

Wales Test debuts none

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