Ireland v Wales

Date:

Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin

Referee: Romain Poite (France)

Attendance: 51,000

Ireland v Wales Match Reports

Ireland scored four tries to beat defending champions Wales with a bonus point 24-14 victory in Dublin. Jordan Lamour, Tadhg Furlong, Josh van der Flier and Andrew Conway all scored in a confident performance from the hosts. Wales' points came from two converted tries scored by Tomos Williams and Justin Tipuric. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Ireland v Wales - Match Highlights

Ireland v Wales - Match Stats

Ireland: (12) 24
Try: Larmour (19'), Furlong (32'), van der Flier (47'), Conway (75')
Conversion: Sexton (33', 48')

Wales: (7) 14
Try: T. Williams (27'), Tipuric (81')
Conversion: Biggar (28'), Halfpenny (81'+1)

Man of the Match: CJ Stander (Ireland)


Ireland v Wales - Team Line-ups

Ireland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Cian Healy
  • 2 Rob Herring
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 Iain Henderson
  • 5 James Ryan
  • 6 Peter O'Mahony
  • 7 Josh van der Flier
  • 8 CJ Stander

Backs

  • 9 Conor Murray
  • 10 Jonathan Sexton (Captain)
  • 11 Jacob Stockdale
  • 12 Bundee Aki
  • 13 Robbie Henshaw
  • 14 Andrew Conway
  • 15 Jordan Larmour

Replacements

  • 16 Ronan Kelleher
  • 17 Dave Kilcoyne
  • 18 Andrew Porter
  • 19 Devin Toner
  • 20 Max Deegan
  • 21 John Cooney
  • 22 Ross Byrne
  • 23 Keith Earls

Wales Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Wyn Jones
  • 2 Ken Owens
  • 3 Dillon Lewis
  • 4 Jake Ball
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
  • 6 Aaron Wainwright
  • 7 Justin Tipuric
  • 8 Taulupe Faletau

Backs

  • 9 Tomos Williams
  • 10 Dan Biggar
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Hadleigh Parkes
  • 13 Nick Tompkins
  • 14 George North
  • 15 Leigh Halfpenny

Replacements

  • 16 Ryan Elias
  • 17 Rhys Carre
  • 18 Leon Brown
  • 19 Adam Beard
  • 20 Ross Moriarty
  • 21 Gareth Davies
  • 22 Jarrod Evans
  • 23 Johnny McNicholl
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