WALES v IRELAND, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff

Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Touch Judges: Steve Walsh (New Zealand), David Changleng (Scotland)
Television Match Official: tbc (England)

Head-To-Head:

Played - 111
Wales won - 61
Ireland won - 44
Drawn - 6

Biggest Wins:

Wales - Points - 34-9 in 1976
Wales - Margin - 29-0 in 1907
Ireland - Points & Margin - 54-10 in 2002

Wales v Ireland - In Cardiff Since 1983:

Played - 10
Wales won - 1
Ireland won - 8
Drawn - 1
(Ireland also won Wales' 'home' game at Wembley in 1999 by 29-23)

Wales v Ireland - All Matches Since 1995:

Played - 14
Wales won - 3
Ireland won - 11
(Wales' wins were in Dublin in 1998 and 2000, and in Cardiff in the 2005 Grand Slam match (32-20))

Composite Six Nations' Records (2000-2007):

Wales - Played 35, Won 14, Drawn 2, Lost 19
Ireland - Played 35, Won 25, Drawn 0, Lost 10

Wales - From Guide From 2006 Six Nations:

England (6N) away, lost 13-47
Scotland (6N) home, won 28-18
Ireland (6N) away, lost 5-31
Italy (6N) home, drawn 18-18
France (6N) home, lost 16-21
Argentina away, lost 25-27
Argentina away, lost 27-45
Australia home, drawn 29-29
Pacific Islanders home, won 38-20
Canada home, won 61-26
New Zealand home, lost 10-45

Ireland - Form Guide From 2006 Six Nations:

Italy (6N) home, won 26-16
France (6N) away, lost 31-43
Wales (6N) home, won 31-5
Scotland (6N) home, won 15-9
England (6N) away, won 28-24
New Zealand away, lost 23-34
New Zealand away, lost 17-27
Australia away, lost 15-37
South Africa home, won 32-15
Australia home, won 21-6
Pacific Islanders home, won 61-17

Wales - Most Capped Players:

92 Gareth Llewellyn
90 Gareth Thomas
87 Neil Jenkins
84 Colin Charvis
72 Ieuan Evans
65 Martyn Williams
59 Rob Howley, Garin Jenkins
58 Stephen Jones

Wales - All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1049 Neil Jenkins
512 Stephen Jones
304 Paul Thorburn
211 Arwel Thomas
185 Gareth Thomas
166 Phil Bennett

Wales - All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

37 Gareth Thomas
33 Ieuan Evans
28 Shane Williams
20 Gareth Edwards
20 Gerald Davies
20 Colin Charvis
18 Rhys Williams

Ireland - Most Capped Players:

83 Malcolm O'Kelly
72 Peter Stringer, David Humphreys
70 Kevin Maggs, Brian O'Driscoll
69 Girvan Dempsey, Mike Gibson
68 John Hayes
66 Ronan O'Gara
63 Willie John McBride

Ireland - All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

660 Ronan O'Gara
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
217 Ollie Campbell

Ireland - All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

28 Brian O'Driscoll
27 Denis Hickie
18 Shane Horgan
17 Geordan Murphy, Brendan Mullin
15 Keith Wood, Kevin Maggs
14 Girvan Dempsey, George Stephenson