A statistical preview of Saturday's Guinness Six Nations final round match between between Ireland and Wales at Principality Stadium in Cardiff (kick-off 2.45pm). 2019 GUINNESS SIX NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIP: Saturday, March 16 WALES (1st) v IRELAND (3rd), Principality Stadium, 2.45pm (live Virgin Media One/BBC One/S4C/FR2/DMAX/NBC/RTÉ 2fm/BBC Radio Ulster/IRFU Live Blog) WALES: Liam Williams (Saracens); George North (Ospreys), Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets), Josh Adams (Worcester Warriors); Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), Gareth Davies (Scarlets); Rob Evans (Scarlets), Ken Owens (Scarlets), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Adam Beard (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys) (capt), Josh Navidi (Cardiff Blues), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Ross Moriarty (Dragons). Replacements: Elliot Dee (Dragons), Nicky Smith (Ospreys), Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Blues), Jake Ball (Scarlets), Aaron Wainwright (Dragons), Aled Davies (Ospreys), Dan Biggar (Northampton Saints), Owen Watkin (Ospreys)​. IRELAND: Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster); Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster), Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht), Jacob Stockdale (Lurgan/Ulster); Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary's College/Leinster), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (capt), Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster), Tadhg Beirne (Lansdowne/Munster), James Ryan (UCD/Leinster), Peter O'Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), Sean O'Brien (UCD/Leinster), CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster). Replacements: Niall Scannell (Dolphin/Munster), Dave Kilcoyne (UL Bohemians/Munster), Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster), Quinn Roux (Galwegians/Connacht), Jack Conan (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Kieran Marmion (Galwegians/Connacht), Jack Carty (Buccaneers/Connacht), Jordan Larmour (St. Mary's College/Leinster). Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia) Assistant Referees: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand), Karl Dickson (England) Television Match Official: Marius Jonker (South Africa) Head-To-Head: Played – 126 Wales Won – 68 Ireland Won – 51 Drawn – 7 Ireland v Wales – Results Since 2000: 2000: Wales won 23-19, Lansdowne Road 2001: Ireland won 36-6, Millennium Stadium 2002: Ireland won 54-10, Lansdowne Road 2003: Ireland won 25-24, Millennium Stadium; Ireland won 35-12, Lansdowne Road 2004: Ireland won 36-15, Lansdowne Road 2005: Wales won 32-20, Millennium Stadium 2006: Ireland won 31-5, Lansdowne Road 2007: Ireland won 19-9, Millennium Stadium 2008: Wales won 16-12, Croke Park 2009: Ireland won 17-15, Millennium Stadium 2010: Ireland won 27-12, Croke Park 2011: Wales won 19-13, Millennium Stadium; Wales won 22-10, Westpac Stadium 2012: Wales won 23-21, Aviva Stadium 2013: Ireland won 30-22, Millennium Stadium 2014: Ireland won 26-3, Aviva Stadium 2015: Wales won 23-16, Millennium Stadium; Ireland won 35-21, Millennium Stadium; Wales won 16-10, Aviva Stadium 2016: 16-16 draw, Aviva Stadium 2017: Wales won 22-9, Principality Stadium 2018: Ireland won 37-27, Aviva Stadium Biggest Wins: Wales: Points: 34-9, 1976 Five Nations; Margin: 29-0, 1907 Four Nations Ireland: Points & Margin: 54-10, 2002 Six Nations Individual Records In The Series: Most Points In A Match: Wales 20 (Neil Jenkins 1998); Ireland 22 (David Humphreys 2002) Most Tries In A Match: Wales 3 (Johnnie Williams 1907, 1910; Bryn Williams 1920); Ireland 3 (Robert Montgomery 1887) Most Appearances – Ireland v Wales: 16 Brian O'Driscoll 15 Rory Best 14 Mike Gibson, Gethin Jenkins, Paul O'Connell, Ronan O'Gara 13 Jamie Heaslip, Donncha O'Callaghan 12 Ieuan Evans, Willie John McBride, Phil Orr 11 Billy Bancroft, Gordon D'Arcy, John Hayes, Alun Wyn Jones, Robert Jones, Stephen Jones, Moss Keane, Rob Kearney, Donal Lenihan, Brendan Mullin, Jamie Roberts, Jonathan Sexton, Fergus Slattery, Peter Stringer Top Points Scorers – Ireland v Wales: 113 Neil Jenkins 107 Stephen Jones 100 Ronan O'Gara 92 Jonathan Sexton 84 David Humphreys 74 Leigh Halfpenny 57 Eric Elwood 54 Phil Bennett 52 Michael Kiernan Top Try Scorers – Ireland v Wales: 8 Johnnie Williams 7 Brian O'Driscoll 6 Gerald Davies, Ieuan Evans, Teddy Morgan 5 Gareth Edwards 4 Keith Earls, Rusty Gabe Wales – Form Guide From Start Of The 2018 Six Nations: Won 34-7 v Scotland home (Six Nations) Lost 12-6 v England away (Six Nations) Lost 37-27 v Ireland away (Six Nations) Won 38-14 v Italy home (Six Nations) Won 14-13 v France home (Six Nations) Won 22-20 v South Africa neutral (Summer Test) Won 23-10 v Argentina away (Summer Series) Won 30-12 v Argentina away (Summer Series) Won 21-10 v Scotland home (Autumn Series) Won 9-6 v Australia home (Autumn Series) Won 74-24 v Tonga home (Autumn Series) Won 20-11 v South Africa home (Autumn Series) Won 24-19 v France away (Six Nations) Won 26-15 v Italy away (Six Nations) Won 21-13 v England home (Six Nations) Won 18-11 v Scotland away (Six Nations) Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2018 Six Nations: Won 15-13 v France away (Six Nations) Won 56-19 v Italy home (Six Nations) Won 37-27 v Wales home (Six Nations) Won 30-25 v Scotland home (Six Nations) Won 24-15 v England away (Six Nations) Lost 18-9 v Australia away (Summer Series) Won 26-21 v Australia away (Summer Series) Won 20-16 v Australia away (Summer Series) Won 54-7 v Italy neutral (Autumn Test) Won 28-17 v Argentina home (GUINNESS Series) Won 16-9 v New Zealand home (GUINNESS Series) Won 57-14 v USA home (GUINNESS Series) Lost 32-20 v England home (Six Nations) Won 22-13 v Scotland away (Six Nations) Won 26-16 v Italy away (Six Nations) Won 26-14 v France home (Six Nations) International Championship All-Time Records: Points – 557 Ronan O'Gara (Ireland) 546 Jonny Wilkinson (England) 467 Stephen Jones (Wales) 406 Neil Jenkins (Wales) 403 Chris Paterson (Scotland) 391 Owen Farrell (England) 388 Leigh Halfpenny (Wales) 380 Jonathan Sexton (Ireland) 288 Gavin Hastings (Scotland) 286 Greig Laidlaw (Scotland) 270 David Humphreys (Ireland) 232 Paul Grayson (England) Tries – 26 Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) 24 Ian Smith (Scotland) 22 Shane Williams (Wales) 19 George North (Wales) 18 Gareth Edwards (Wales) 18 Cyril Lowe (England) 18 Rory Underwood (England) Caps – 68 Sergio Parisse (Italy) 65 Brian O'Driscoll (Ireland) 63 Rory Best (Ireland) 63 Ronan O'Gara (Ireland) 60 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy) 56 Mike Gibson (Ireland) 56 Gethin Jenkins (Wales) 55 Ross Ford (Scotland) 54 John Hayes (Ireland) 54 Jason Leonard (England) 53 Willie John McBride (Ireland) 53 Chris Paterson (Scotland) 52 Leonard Ghiraldini (Italy) 52 Alun Wyn Jones (Wales) 51 Marco Bortolami (Italy) 51 Paul O'Connell (Ireland) 51 Martyn Williams (Wales) 51 Alessandro Zanni (Italy) 50 Stephen Jones (Wales) 50 Philippe Sella (France) 50 Rory Underwood (England) Wales – Most-Capped Players: 129 Gethin Jenkins 124 Alun Wyn Jones 104 Stephen Jones 100 Gareth Thomas 100 Martyn Williams 95 Adam Jones 94 Colin Charvis 94 Mike Phillips 94 Jamie Roberts 92 Gareth Llewellyn 87 Neil Jenkins 87 Shane Williams 82 George North 81 James Hook 80 Leigh Halfpenny 76 Dwayne Peel 75 Ryan Jones Wales – All-Time Leading Points Scorers: 1049 Neil Jenkins 917 Stephen Jones 713 Leigh Halfpenny 352 James Hook 344 Dan Biggar 304 Paul Thorburn 290 Shane Williams 211 Arwel Thomas Wales – All-Time Leading Try Scorers: 58 Shane Williams 40 Gareth Thomas 36 George North 33 Ieuan Evans 22 Colin Charvis 20 Gareth Edwards 20 Gerald Davies 20 Tom Shanklin Ireland – Most-Capped Players: 133 Brian O'Driscoll 128 Ronan O'Gara 116 Rory Best 108 Paul O'Connell 105 John Hayes 98 Peter Stringer 95 Jamie Heaslip 94 Donncha O'Callaghan 92 Malcolm O'Kelly 89 Rob Kearney 87 Cian Healy 82 Gordon D'Arcy 82 Girvan Dempsey 82 Jonathan Sexton 76 Keith Earls 72 David Humphreys 72 Geordan Murphy 72 David Wallace 71 Conor Murray 71 Eoin Reddan 70 Kevin Maggs 70 Andrew Trimble 69 Tommy Bowe 69 Mike Gibson 68 Sean Cronin 67 Marcus Horan Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers: 1083 Ronan O'Gara 761 Jonathan Sexton 560 David Humphreys 308 Michael Kiernan 296 Eric Elwood 245 Brian O'Driscoll 217 Ollie Campbell 195 Paddy Jackson 158 Tom Kiernan 150 Tommy Bowe 150 Keith Earls 145 Denis Hickie Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers: 46 Brian O’Driscoll 30 Tommy Bowe 30 Keith Earls 29 Denis Hickie 21 Shane Horgan 19 Girvan Dempsey 18 Geordan Murphy 17 Brendan Mullin 17 Andrew Trimble 16 Ronan O’Gara 15 Kevin Maggs 15 Keith Wood 14 Conor Murray 14 George Stephenson 14 Jacob Stockdale 13 Jamie Heaslip 13 Rob Kearney 12 Keith Crossan 12 David Wallace 11 Alan Duggan 11 Simon Geoghegan World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers: 1598 Dan Carter (New Zealand) 1246 Jonny Wilkinson (1179-England, 67-Lions) 1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions) 1083 Ronan O'Gara (Ireland) 1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina, 983-Italy) 970 Stephen Jones (917-Wales, 53-Lions) 967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand) 922 Florin Vlaicu (Romania) 911 Michael Lynagh (Australia) 893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa) 878 Matt Burke (Australia) 840 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia) 809 Chris Paterson (Scotland) World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers: 67 Bryan Habana (South Africa) 64 David Campese (Australia) 60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions) 50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions) 49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand) 47 Brian O’Driscoll (46-Ireland, 1-Lions) 46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand) 46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand) 46 Julian Savea (New Zealand) 44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand) 41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions) 40 Chris Latham (Australia) (Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition) The '100 Caps' Club: 148 Richie McCaw (New Zealand) 141 Brian O'Driscoll (133-Ireland, 8-Lions) 139 George Gregan (Australia) 137 Sergio Parisse (Italy) 134 Gethin Jenkins (129-Wales, 5-Lions) 133 Alun Wyn Jones (124-Wales, 9-Lions) 132 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand) 130 Ronan O'Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions) 129 Stephen Moore (Australia) 127 Victor Matfield (South Africa) 124 Bryan Habana (South Africa) 119 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy) 119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions) 118 Fabien Pelous (France) 118 Kieran Read (New Zealand) 118 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand) 117 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia) 117 Florin Vlaicu (Romania) 116 Rory Best (Ireland) 116 Nathan Sharpe (Australia) 115 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia) 115 Paul O'Connell (108-Ireland, 7-Lions) 113 Davit Kacharava (Georgia) 112 Marco Bortolami (Italy) 112 Dan Carter (New Zealand) 111 Ross Ford (110-Scotland, 1-Lions) 111 Philippe Sella (France) 111 John Smit (South Africa) 111 George Smith (Australia) 110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions) 110 Alessandro Zanni (Italy) 109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa) 109 Chris Paterson (Scotland) 108 Sam Whitelock (New Zealand) 107 Catalin Fercu (Romania) 107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions) 107 Tendai Mtawarira (South Africa) 106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy) 106 Owen Franks (New Zealand) 105 Yuri Kushnarev (Russia) 105 Sean Lamont (Scotland) 104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions) 103 Leonardo Ghiraldini (Italy) 103 Matt Giteau (Australia) 103 Sekope Kepu (Australia) 103 Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy) 103 Ma'a Nonu (New Zealand) 103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions) 102 Stephen Larkham (Australia) 102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa) 101 David Campese (Australia) 101 Giorgi Chkhaidze (Georgia) 101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy) 101 Goncalo Uva (Portugal) 101 Vasco Uva (Portugal) 100 Valentin Calafeteanu (Romania) 100 Will Genia (Australia) 100 Jamie Heaslip (95-Ireland, 5-Lions) 100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions) 100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)