Wales v Ireland

Date:

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

Attendance: 74,500

Wales v Ireland Match Reports

Wales stormed to a third Grand Slam under Warren Gatland with an emphatic 25-7 victory over Ireland at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Wales took the lead in the second minute after Hadleigh Parkes scored a try from Gareth Anscombe's chip over the top. Ireland appeared to struggle with the poor weather conditions and gave away a series of penalties, which Anscombe kicked to give Wales a 16-0 half-time lead. Ireland continued to be penalised in the second half and Wales took full advantage to build an unassailable 25-0 lead. Jordan Larmour scored a consolation try for Ireland in the dying minutes, but the Grand Slam party had already started. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Wales v Ireland - Match Highlights

Wales v Ireland - Match Stats

Wales: (16) 25
Try: Parkes (2')
Conversion: Anscombe (3')
Penalty: Anscombe (18', 36', 41'+1, 49', 54', 70')

Ireland: (0) 7
Try: Jordan Larmour (81'+2)
Conversion: Carty (81'+3)

Man of the Match: Gareth Anscombe (Wales)


Wales v Ireland - Team Line-ups

Wales Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Rob Evans
  • 2 Ken Owens
  • 3 Tomas Francis
  • 4 Adam Beard
  • 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Captain)
  • 6 Josh Navidi
  • 7 Justin Tipuric
  • 8 Ross Moriarty

Backs

  • 9 Gareth Davies
  • 10 Gareth Anscombe
  • 11 Josh Adams
  • 12 Hadleigh Parkes
  • 13 Jonathan Davies
  • 14 George North
  • 15 Liam Williams

Replacements

  • 16 Elliot Dee
  • 17 Nicky Smith
  • 18 Dillon Lewis
  • 19 Jake Ball
  • 20 Aaron Wainwright
  • 21 Aled Davies
  • 22 Dan Biggar
  • 23 Owen Watkin

Ireland Team Line-up

Forwards

  • 1 Cian Healy
  • 2 Rory Best (Captain)
  • 3 Tadhg Furlong
  • 4 Tadhg Beirne
  • 5 James Ryan
  • 6 Peter O'Mahony
  • 7 Sean O'Brien
  • 8 CJ Stander

Backs

  • 9 Conor Murray
  • 10 Jonathan Sexton
  • 11 Jacob Stockdale
  • 12 Bundee Aki
  • 13 Garry Ringrose
  • 14 Keith Earls
  • 15 Rob Kearney

Replacements

  • 16 Niall Scannell
  • 17 Dave Kilcoyne
  • 18 Andrew Porter
  • 19 Quinn Roux
  • 20 Jack Conan
  • 21 Kieran Marmion
  • 22 Jack Carty
  • 23 Jordan Larmour
Wales Flag Ireland Flag