Irish side could not claw back the deficit after falling 14-0 behind early
at this level since 2018, the hosts securing their first back-to-back victories since 2020 in front of a raucous Rodney Parade.
That Ireland trailed by just two points was a bonus after a poor first-half display. They struggled to adapt to the wet conditions, handling errors aplenty ending attack after attack throughout the first half. All this came after Wales opened the scoring after just three minutes. A dominant maul led to a penalty try and a 10-minute breather for Billy Corrigan. Ireland should have responded, quickly, Wisniewski throwing one of the rare quality passes of the opening half to send Charlie Molony over in the corner. The hat-trick hero of the last round fumbled over the line. Éanna McCarthy was then held up over the line after creating a gap with some sumptuous handling earlier in the phase.
They did enough to claw it back. Henry Walker finished off a slowly creeping maul while Wisniewski set up Mangan with a beautiful crosskick. The wing arguably should have scored, but once it was recycled, Eoghan Smyth ended the half with a short-range bash over the whitewash.
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