Ireland : 11 Wales : 3 Aka England : 11 Wales : 3 (1956)

Dublin, Ireland (Republic of Ireland, Eire). Start of the international rugby match between Ireland and Wales. GV. Ireland kicking from left to right in the darker shirts. Play in the Welsh half and a Welshman runs and kicks the ball back upfield. SV. Ireland attacking in the middle of the field. Ball runs loose and is then chased by Quinlan and picked up by him. He runs on but Owen grabs him round the legs and pulls him down. He loses the ball but Henderson rushes in and picks it up and is pushed over the line by a Welshman to save him going through. GV. Massed crowd. SV. From line out, players jumping for the ball. Whole pack of players. It comes loose to O’Meara who throws it to Kyle of Ireland. He then passes it on to Henderson who passes to Tony O’Reilly. He tries to break through and cannot, passes it to Pedlow and Pedlow is brought down. SV. Crowd. GV. Wales just going to take penalty kick. Owen runs forward and kicks. It goes between the posts and Wales are 3 up. SCU. Score board - Ireland 0, Wale
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