Dragons duo Elliot Dee and Aaron Wainwright both made appearances off the bench as Wales fell to a 32-9 defeat to Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in the opening round of the Autumn Nations Cup.
Despite falling on the wrong end of the scoreline, Wayne Pivac’s men showed promising signs of improvement in the second-half.
But Ireland proved too strong with tries from Quinn Roux and James Lowe along with 22 points from the combined boots of Johnny Sexton, Billy Burns and Conor Murray sealing Wales’ fate. Leigh Halfpenny kicked all nine of Wales’ points.
Wales are next in action on Saturday when they face Georgia at Parc y Scarlets (kick-off 5.15pm).
