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History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Wales

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Ireland and Wales have played each other at rugby union since 1882. A total of 135 matches have been played, with Wales winning 70 matches, Ireland winning 58 matches and seven matches drawn.^[1]^[2] The two sides have met three times at the Rugby World Cup, with Wales winning two and Ireland winning one of those encounters.^[3] Wales won 13–6 in their pool encounter at the inaugural World Cup in 1987.^[3] Ireland eliminated Wales at the pool stage during the 1995 World Cup, with a 24–23 victory in 1995.^[3] In their third World Cup matchup, Wales beat Ireland 22–10 in the quarterfinals of the 2011 World Cup.^[3] In the Six Nations Championship the two sides have faced each other 125 times with Wales winning on 66 occasions, Ireland winning 52 times and seven matches resulting in a draw.^[4]

Illustration of the Irish team which faced Wales in the 1895 Home Nations Championship

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Details	Played	Won by Ireland	Won by Wales	Drawn	Ireland points	Wales points
In Ireland	67	34	28	5	896	691
In Wales	63	22	39	2	676	874
Neutral venue	5	2	3	0	69	81
Overall	135	58	70	7	1,641	1,646

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Attendance	Ref.
1	28 January 1882	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	0–2G	Wales	1881–82 Home Nations International	—	^[5]
2	12 April 1884	National Stadium, Cardiff	1G–0	Wales	1884 Home Nations Championship	5,000	^[6]
3	12 March 1887	Birkenhead Park, Birkenhead (England)	0–1G	Wales	1887 Home Nations Championship	5,000	^[7]
4	3 March 1888	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	2G–0	Ireland	1888 Home Nations Championship	4,000	^[8]
5	2 March 1889	St Helens, Swansea	0–0G (2T)	Ireland	1889 Home Nations Championship	4,000	^[9]
6	1 March 1890	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–3	draw	1890 Home Nations Championship	7,000	^[10]
7	7 March 1891	Stradey Park, Llanelli	6–4	Wales	1891 Home Nations Championship	10,000	^[11]
8	5 March 1892	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–0	Ireland	1892 Home Nations Championship	5,000	^[12]
9	11 March 1893	Stradey Park, Llanelli	2–0	Wales	1893 Home Nations Championship	20,000	^[13]
10	10 March 1894	Ulster Cricket Ground, Belfast	3–0	Ireland	1894 Home Nations Championship	5,000	^[14]
11	16 March 1895	National Stadium, Cardiff	5–3	Wales	1895 Home Nations Championship	—	^[15]
12	17 March 1896	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	8–4	Ireland	1896 Home Nations Championship	—	^[16]
13	19 March 1898	Thomond Park, Limerick	3–11	Wales	1898 Home Nations Championship	10–15,000	^[17]^[18]
14	18 March 1899	National Stadium, Cardiff	0–3	Ireland	1899 Home Nations Championship	40,000	^[19]
15	17 March 1900	Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral	0–3	Wales	1900 Home Nations Championship	—	^[20]
16	16 March 1901	St Helen's, Swansea	10–9	Wales	1901 Home Nations Championship	—	^[21]
17	6 March 1902	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	0–15	Wales	1902 Home Nations Championship	12,000	^[22]
18	14 March 1903	National Stadium, Cardiff	18–0	Wales	1903 Home Nations Championship	—	^[23]
19	12 March 1904	Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral	14–12	Ireland	1904 Home Nations Championship	—	^[24]
20	11 March 1905	St Helen's, Swansea	10–3	Wales	1905 Home Nations Championship	—	^[25]
21	10 March 1906	Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral	11–6	Ireland	1906 Home Nations Championship	—	^[26]
22	9 March 1907	National Stadium, Cardiff	29–0	Wales	1907 Home Nations Championship	—	^[27]
23	14 March 1908	Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral	5–11	Wales	1908 Home Nations Championship	15,000	^[28]
24	13 March 1909	St Helen's, Swansea	18–5	Wales	1909 Home Nations Championship	25,000	^[29]
25	12 March 1910	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–19	Wales	1910 Five Nations Championship	—	^[30]
26	11 March 1911	National Stadium, Cardiff	16–0	Wales	1911 Five Nations Championship	—	^[31]
27	9 March 1912	Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral	12–5	Ireland	1912 Five Nations Championship	—	^[32]
28	8 March 1913	St Helen's, Swansea	16–13	Wales	1913 Five Nations Championship	—	^[33]
29	14 March 1914	Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral	3–11	Wales	1914 Five Nations Championship	—	^[34]
30	13 March 1920	National Stadium, Cardiff	28–4	Wales	1920 Five Nations Championship	35,000	^[35]
31	12 March 1921	Balmoral Showgrounds, Balmoral	0–6	Wales	1921 Five Nations Championship	—	^[36]
32	11 March 1922	St Helen's, Swansea	11–5	Wales	1922 Five Nations Championship	40,000	^[37]
33	10 March 1923	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	5–4	Ireland	1923 Five Nations Championship	—	^[38]
34	8 March 1924	National Stadium, Cardiff	10–13	Ireland	1924 Five Nations Championship	35,000	^[39]
35	14 March 1925	Ravenhill, Belfast	19–3	Ireland	1925 Five Nations Championship	—	^[40]
36	13 March 1926	St Helen's, Swansea	11–8	Wales	1926 Five Nations Championship	—	^[41]
37	12 March 1927	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	19–9	Ireland	1927 Five Nations Championship	—	^[42]
38	10 March 1928	National Stadium, Cardiff	10–13	Ireland	1928 Five Nations Championship	42,000	^[43]
39	9 March 1929	Ravenhill, Belfast	5–5	draw	1929 Five Nations Championship	—	^[44]
40	8 March 1930	St Helen's, Swansea	12–7	Wales	1930 Five Nations Championship	50,000	^[45]
41	14 March 1931	Ravenhill, Belfast	3–15	Wales	1931 Five Nations Championship	30,000	^[46]
42	12 March 1932	National Stadium, Cardiff	10–12	Ireland	1932 Home Nations Championship	—	^[47]
43	11 March 1933	Ravenhill, Belfast	10–5	Ireland	1933 Home Nations Championship	—	^[48]
44	10 March 1934	St Helen's, Swansea	13–0	Wales	1934 Home Nations Championship	—	^[49]
45	9 March 1935	Ravenhill, Belfast	9–3	Ireland	1935 Home Nations Championship	35,000	^[50]
46	14 March 1936	National Stadium, Cardiff	3–0	Wales	1936 Home Nations Championship	70,000	^[51]
47	3 April 1937	Ravenhill, Belfast	5–3	Ireland	1937 Home Nations Championship	20,000	^[52]
48	12 March 1938	St Helen's, Swansea	11–5	Wales	1938 Home Nations Championship	40,000	^[53]
49	11 March 1939	Ravenhill, Belfast	0–7	Wales	1939 Home Nations Championship	—	^[54]
50	29 March 1947	St Helen's, Swansea	6–0	Wales	1947 Five Nations Championship	36,000	^[55]
51	13 March 1948	Ravenhill, Belfast	6–3	Ireland	1948 Five Nations Championship	32,000	^[56]
52	12 March 1949	St Helen's, Swansea	0–5	Ireland	1949 Five Nations Championship	40,000	^[57]
53	11 March 1950	Ravenhill, Belfast	3–6	Wales	1950 Five Nations Championship	—	^[58]
54	10 March 1951	National Stadium, Cardiff	3–3	draw	1951 Five Nations Championship	—	^[59]
55	8 March 1952	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–14	Wales	1952 Five Nations Championship	42,000	^[60]
56	14 March 1953	St Helen's, Swansea	5–3	Wales	1953 Five Nations Championship	50,000	^[61]
57	13 March 1954	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–12	Wales	1954 Five Nations Championship	45,000	^[62]
58	12 March 1955	National Stadium, Cardiff	21–3	Wales	1955 Five Nations Championship	—	^[63]
59	10 March 1956	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	11–3	Ireland	1956 Five Nations Championship	50,573	^[64]
60	9 March 1957	National Stadium, Cardiff	6–5	Wales	1957 Five Nations Championship	—	^[65]
61	15 March 1958	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6–9	Wales	1958 Five Nations Championship	—	^[66]
62	14 March 1959	National Stadium, Cardiff	8–6	Wales	1959 Five Nations Championship	—	^[67]
63	12 March 1960	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–10	Wales	1960 Five Nations Championship	—	^[68]
64	11 March 1961	National Stadium, Cardiff	9–0	Wales	1961 Five Nations Championship	—	^[69]
65	17 November 1962	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–3	draw	1962 Five Nations Championship	—	^[70]
66	9 March 1963	National Stadium, Cardiff	6–14	Ireland	1963 Five Nations Championship	—	^[71]
67	7 March 1964	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6–15	Wales	1964 Five Nations Championship	—	^[72]
68	13 March 1965	National Stadium, Cardiff	14–8	Wales	1965 Five Nations Championship	58,500	^[73]
69	12 March 1966	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–6	Ireland	1966 Five Nations Championship	—	^[74]
70	11 March 1967	National Stadium, Cardiff	0–3	Ireland	1967 Five Nations Championship	—	^[75]
71	9 March 1968	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–6	Ireland	1968 Five Nations Championship	—	^[76]
72	8 March 1969	National Stadium, Cardiff	24–11	Wales	1969 Five Nations Championship	29,000	^[77]
73	14 March 1970	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	14–0	Ireland	1970 Five Nations Championship	—	^[78]
74	13 March 1971	National Stadium, Cardiff	23–9	Wales	1971 Five Nations Championship	—	^[79]
75	10 March 1973	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	16–12	Wales	1973 Five Nations Championship	—	^[80]
76	2 February 1974	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–9	draw	1974 Five Nations Championship	—	^[81]
77	15 March 1975	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	32–4	Wales	1975 Five Nations Championship	—	^[82]
78	21 February 1976	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–34	Wales	1976 Five Nations Championship	—	^[83]
79	15 January 1977	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	25–9	Wales	1977 Five Nations Championship	—	^[84]
80	4 March 1978	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	16–20	Wales	1978 Five Nations Championship	—	^[85]
81	3 February 1979	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	24–21	Wales	1979 Five Nations Championship	—	^[86]
82	15 March 1980	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	21–7	Ireland	1980 Five Nations Championship	—	^[87]
83	21 February 1981	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	9–8	Wales	1981 Five Nations Championship	—	^[88]
84	23 January 1982	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	20–12	Ireland	1982 Five Nations Championship	—	^[89]
85	5 March 1983	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	23–9	Wales	1983 Five Nations Championship	—	^[90]
86	4 February 1984	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–18	Wales	1984 Five Nations Championship	—	^[91]
87	16 March 1985	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	9–21	Ireland	1985 Five Nations Championship	—	^[92]
88	15 February 1986	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	12–19	Wales	1986 Five Nations Championship	—	^[93]
89	4 April 1987	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	11–15	Ireland	1987 Five Nations Championship	—	^[94]
90	25 May 1987	Athletic Park, Wellington (New Zealand)	6–13	Wales	1987 Rugby World Cup	17,500	^[95]
91	5 March 1988	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–12	Wales	1988 Five Nations Championship	—	^[96]
92	4 February 1989	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	13–19	Ireland	1989 Five Nations Championship	—	^[97]
93	24 March 1990	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	14–8	Ireland	1990 Five Nations Championship	—	^[98]
94	16 February 1991	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	21–21	draw	1991 Five Nations Championship	—	^[99]
95	18 January 1992	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	15–16	Wales	1992 Five Nations Championship	—	^[100]
96	6 March 1993	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	14–19	Ireland	1993 Five Nations Championship	—	^[101]
97	5 February 1994	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	15–17	Wales	1994 Five Nations Championship	—	^[102]
98	18 March 1995	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff	12–16	Ireland	1995 Five Nations Championship	—	^[103]
99	4 June 1995	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)	24–23	Ireland	1995 Rugby World Cup	35,000	^[104]
100	2 March 1996	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	30–17	Ireland	1996 Five Nations Championship	45,000	^[105]
101	1 February 1997	National Stadium, Cardiff	25–26	Ireland	1997 Five Nations Championship	53,000	^[106]
102	21 March 1998	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	21–30	Wales	1998 Five Nations Championship	55,000	^[107]
103	20 February 1999	Wembley Stadium, London (England)	23–29	Ireland	1999 Five Nations Championship	76,000	^[108]
104	1 April 2000	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	19–23	Wales	2000 Six Nations Championship	40,000	^[109]
105	13 October 2001	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	6–36	Ireland	2001 Six Nations Championship	72,500	^[110]
106	3 February 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	54–10	Ireland	2002 Six Nations Championship	49,000	^[111]
107	22 March 2003	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	24–25	Ireland	2003 Six Nations Championship	72,500	^[112]
108	16 August 2003	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	35–12	Ireland	2003 Rugby World Cup warm-up match	20,000	^[113]
109	22 February 2004	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	36–15	Ireland	2004 Six Nations Championship	49,000	^[114]
110	19 March 2005	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	32–20	Wales	2005 Six Nations Championship	74,500	^[115]
111	26 February 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	31–5	Ireland	2006 Six Nations Championship	49,500	^[116]
112	4 February 2007	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	9–19	Ireland	2007 Six Nations Championship	74,239	^[117]
113	8 March 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	12–16	Wales	2008 Six Nations Championship	75,000	^[118]
114	21 March 2009	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	15–17	Ireland	2009 Six Nations Championship	74,645	^[119]
115	13 March 2010	Croke Park, Dublin	27–12	Ireland	2010 Six Nations Championship	81,314	^[120]
116	12 March 2011	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	19–13	Wales	2011 Six Nations Championship	74,233	^[121]
117	8 October 2011	Regional Stadium, Wellington, New Zealand	22–10	Wales	2011 Rugby World Cup	35,787	^[122]
118	5 February 2012	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	21–23	Wales	2012 Six Nations Championship	51,000	^[123]
119	2 February 2013	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	22–30	Ireland	2013 Six Nations Championship	73,230	^[124]
120	8 February 2014	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	26–3	Ireland	2014 Six Nations Championship	51,045	^[125]
121	14 March 2015	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	23–16	Wales	2015 Six Nations Championship	73,950	^[126]
122	8 August 2015	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	21–35	Ireland	2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match	73,500	^[127]
123	29 August 2015	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	10–16	Wales	2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up match	47,430	^[128]
124	7 February 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	16–16	draw	2016 Six Nations Championship	51,700	^[129]
125	10 March 2017	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	22–9	Wales	2017 Six Nations Championship	74,159	^[130]
126	24 February 2018	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	37–27	Ireland	2018 Six Nations Championship	51,700	^[131]
127	16 March 2019	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	25–7	Wales	2019 Six Nations Championship	74,500	^[132]
128	31 August 2019	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	17–22	Ireland	2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match	62,905	^[133]
129	7 September 2019	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	19–10	Ireland	2019 Rugby World Cup warm-up match	50,000	^[134]
130	8 February 2020	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	24–14	Ireland	2020 Six Nations Championship	51,700	^[135]
131	13 November 2020	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	32–9	Ireland	Autumn Nations Cup	0*	^[136]
132	7 February 2021	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	21–16	Wales	2021 Six Nations Championship	0*	^[137]
133	5 February 2022	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	29–7	Ireland	2022 Six Nations Championship	51,700	^[138]
134	4 February 2023	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	10–34	Ireland	2023 Six Nations Championship	74,500	^[139]
135	24 February 2024	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	31–7	Ireland	2024 Six Nations Championship	51,700	^[140]

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History of rugby union matches between Ireland and Wales

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Overview

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