Ireland 37-27 Wales
Date:
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Attendance: 51,700
Ireland v Wales Match Reports
Ireland scored five tries as they beat Wales 37-27 in an enthralling Six Nations encounter at the Aviva Stadium. Jacob Stockdale, Bundee Aki, Dan Leavy and Cian Healy all scored before Stockdale added an intercept with the last play of the game to make it three wins from three for Ireland. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Six Nations Guide: Ireland keep Six Nations title hopes on track with victory over Wales
- BBC: Ireland score five tries in thrilling win over Wales
- Guardian: Jacob Stockdale surges past Wales to keep Ireland’s grand slam hopes alive
- Telegraph: Hosts keep Six Nations Grand Slam dream alive with hard-fought win
- Daily Mail: Joe Schmidt's men keep Grand Slam dreams alive after Jacob Stockdale scores late try to seal third successive Six Nations victory
- ESPN: Late intercept try seals win for Ireland to keep Grand Slam hopes alive
- Irish Times: Ireland fight fire with fire against Wales to win thriller
- NatWest 6 Nations: Ireland hold off Welsh comeback for third victory
- WRU: Stockdale breaks Welsh hearts in Dublin
- Irish Rugby: Ireland Strengthen Title Challenge With Stirring Win Over Wales
Ireland v Wales - Match Highlights
Ireland v Wales - Match Stats
Ireland (15) 37
Try: Stockdale (7', 81'), Aki (41'+1), Leavy (45'), Healy (54')
Conversion: Sexton (41'+2, 46'), Carbery (81'+1)
Penalty: Sexton (36'), Murray (76')
Wales (13) 27
Try: G Davies (21'), Shingler (62'), S Evans (77')
Conversion: Halfpenny (22', 64', 78')
Penalty: Halfpenny (3', 31')
Man of The Match: Chris Farrell (Ireland)
Ireland v Wales - Team Line-ups
Ireland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Cian Healy
- 2 Rory Best (CAPTAIN)
- 3 Andrew Porter
- 4 James Ryan
- 5 Devin Toner
- 6 Peter O'Mahony
- 7 Dan Leavy
- 8 CJ Stander
Backs
- 9 Conor Murray
- 10 Jonathan Sexton
- 11 Jacob Stockdale
- 12 Bundee Aki
- 13 Chris Farrell
- 14 Keith Earls
- 15 Rob Kearney
Replacements
- 16 Sean Cronin
- 17 Jack McGrath
- 18 John Ryan
- 19 Quinn Roux
- 20 Jack Conan
- 21 Kieran Marmion
- 22 Joey Carbery
- 23 Fergus McFadden
Wales Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1 Rob Evans
- 2 Ken Owens
- 3 Samson Lee
- 4 Cory Hill
- 5 Alun Wyn Jones (CAPTAIN)
- 6 Aaron Shingler
- 7 Josh Navidi
- 8 Ross Moriarty
Backs
- 9 Gareth Davies
- 10 Dan Biggar
- 11 Steff Evans
- 12 Hadleigh Parkes
- 13 Scott Williams
- 14 Liam Williams
- 15 Leigh Halfpenny
Replacements
- 16 Elliot Dee
- 17 Wyn Jones
- 18 Tomas Francis
- 19 Bradley Davies
- 20 Justin Tipuric
- 21 Aled Davies
- 22 Gareth Anscombe
- 23 George North