Dual Match Wales - Ireland 4:14
Cardiff, Wales
December 5, 1979
| 51kg | Jimmy Carson | IRL | Peter Jones | WAL | WO. |
| 57kg | Russell Jones | WAL | Michael Holmes | IRL | PTS |
| 57kg | Barry McGuigan | IRL | Tyrone John | WAL | KO 1 |
| 60kg | Sean Doyle | IRL | Anthony McGlaggon | WAL | RSC 2 |
| 63,5kg | Joseph Fenlon | IRL | Billy Teague | WAL | RSC 2 |
| 67kg | Ken Beattie | IRL | Cliff Piper | WAL | PTS |
| 71kg | Brian Byrne | IRL | Darwin Brewster | WAL | PTS |
| 75kg | Tony de Loughrey | IRL | Sandy Davies | WAL | PTS |
| 81kg | Frank McCullagh | IRL | Aneurin Williams | WAL | PTS |
| +81kg | Rudi Pika | WAL | Eamonn Coyle | WAL | AB 1 |
source: "Irish Independent" - December 6, 1979 (page 19)