Wales (3) 22 / 30 (23) Ireland (Final Score)

Wales and Ireland did battle in the Six Nations tournament at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff at 15:30 SA Time (13:30 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 6 & SHD4 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Wales:

• Penalties – Leigh Halfpenny (1)
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Alex Cuthbert (1), Leigh Halfpenny (1), Craig Mitchell (1)
• Conversions – Leigh Halfpenny (2)

Ireland:

• Penalties – Jonathan Sexton (3)
  
• Drop Goals – 0
• Tries – Simon Zebo (1), Cian Healy (1), Brian O’Driscoll (1)
• Conversions – Jonathan Sexton (3)

Teams:

Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (captain), 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Ian Evans, 4 Andrew Coombs, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Gethin Jenkins.
Replacements: 16 Ken Owens, 17 Craig Mitchell, 18 Paul James, 19 Olly Kohn, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Liam Williams, 22 Scott Williams, 23 James Hook.

Ireland: 15 Rob Kearney, 14 Craig Gilroy, 13 Brian O’Driscoll, 12 Gordon D’Arcy, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jamie Heaslip (captain), 7 Sean O’Brien, 6 Peter O’Mahony, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 4 Mike McCarthy, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Rory Best, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 David Kilcoyne, 18 Declan Fitzpatrick, 19 Donncha O’Callaghan, 20 Chris Henry, 21 Eoin Reddan, 22 Ronan O’Gara, 23 Keith Earls.

Date: Saturday 2 February
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 15:30 SA Time (13:30 GMT)
Expected weather: A largely dry and fine day. The roof may well stay open for this one. High of 8°C and a low of 4°C
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Pascal Gauzere (France)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)