Ireland 24-14 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:
- Six Nations Guide: Ireland impress with bonus-point win over Wales
- BBC: Hosts hand holders first defeat in nine Six Nations games
- Guardian: Ireland’s Andrew Conway seals four-try Six Nations triumph over Wales
- Daily Mail: Wayne Pivac's men fail to capitalise on chances as their Six Nations winning streak ends and Ireland earn a bonus point
- Sky Sports: Six Nations champions defeated in Dublin
- ESPN: Ireland take down Wales again in Dublin
- Irish Times: Ireland weather the storm to see off Wales
- WRU: Wales made to pay for missed chances
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