Ireland 21-23 Wales
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Attendance: 51,000
Ireland v Wales Match Reports
A last-minute penalty kick by Leigh Halfpenny won the game for Wales as they outscored Ireland 23 points to 21 and 3 tries to 2 in a thrilling match in Dublin. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Six Nations: Ireland 21-23 Wales
- Guardian: Leigh Halfpenny leaves it late to kick Wales' winner against Ireland
- Independent: Wales pile fresh misery on Ireland
- Telegraph: Wales' Six Nations win over Ireland is marred by Bradley Davies tip tackle
- Daily Mail: Brilliant Leigh! Welsh get rich on kicking king Halfpenny
- Wales Online: Leigh Halfpenny kicks Wales to glory
- RTE: Ireland 21-23 Wales
- RBS 6 Nations: Halfpenny wins a thriller for Wales
- Sydney Morning Herald: Welsh win thriller against Ireland
Ireland v Wales Match Stats
Ireland (10) 21
Tries: Best, Bowe
Conversions: Sexton
Penalties: Sexton 3
Wales (5) 23
Tries: Davies 2, North
Conversions: Halfpenny
Penalties: Halfpenny 2
Man of the Match: Mike Phillips (Wales)
Ireland Team Line-up
Backs: 15 R Kearney, 14 T Bowe, 13 F McFadden, 12 G D'Arcy, 11 A Trimble, 10 J Sexton, 9 C Murray
Forwards: 1 C Healy, 2 R Best, 3 M Ross, 4 D O'Callaghan, 5 P O'Connell (captain), 6 S Ferris, 7 S O'Brien, 8 J Heaslip
Replacements: 16 S Cronin, 17 T Court, 18 D Ryan, 19 P O'Mahony, 20 E Reddan, 21 R O'Gara, 22 D Kearney
Wales Team Line-up
Backs: 15 L Halfpenny, 14 A Cuthbert, 13 J Davies, 12 J Roberts, 11 G North, 10 R Priestland, 9 M Phillips
Forwards: 1 R Gill, 2 H Bennett, 3 A Jones, 4 B Davies, 5 I Evans, 6 R Jones, 7 S Warburton (captain), 8 T Faletau
Replacements: 16 K Owens, 17 P James, 18 A Powell, 19 J Tipuric, 20 Lloyd Williams, 21 J Hook, 22 Scott Williams