Duals Ireland - Scotland 20:2
Dublin, Ireland
January 26, 1979
| 51kg | Hugh Russell | IRL | Bobby McDermott | SCO | PTS |
| 54kg | Philippe Sutcliffe | IRL | Joseph Park | SCO | PTS |
| 57kg | Ian McLeod | SCO | Michael Holmes | IRL | PTS |
| 57kg | Barry McGuigan | IRL | Neil Anderson | SCO | PTS |
| 60kg | Sean Doyle | IRL | G.Cairney | SCO | PTS |
| 63,5kg | Joseph Fenlon | IRL | Johnny McAllister | SCO | PTS |
| 67kg | Willie Byrd | IRL | Martin Ogilvie | SCO | PTS |
| 71kg | Brian Byrne | IRL | Archie Salmon | SCO | PTS |
| 75kg | Terry Christie | IRL | Robert Black | SCO | RSC 1 |
| 81kg | Frank McCullagh | IRL | Tom Ross | SCO | RSC 3 |
| +81kg | Mel Christie | IRL | A.Fraser | SCO | RSC 2 |