History of rugby union matches between Ireland and New Zealand

The New Zealand All Blacks first played against Ireland in 1905, beating them 15–0 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The two teams have played a total of 27 Test matches, with the All Blacks winning 26 of them. The remaining match resulted in a draw. The draw was in 1973 where Ireland and New Zealand drew 10-10 by Ireland's 2 penalties and a try, with the All Blacks scoring 2 tries and 1 conversion (A try was four points in 1973). During the 2012 Irish Tour of New Zealand, New Zealand won all 3 tests having scored 124 points to Ireland's 29. This tour also saw New Zealand score the biggest winning margin against Ireland in their History. This was due to the 60-0 win New Zealand had in test 3 on 23 June 2012.

Overall summary

Details	Played	Won by New Zealand	Won by Ireland	Drawn	All Blacks points	Ireland points
In Ireland	100	0	0	1	324	117
In New Zealand	12	12	0	0	421	152
Neutral venue	1	1	0	0	43	19
Overall	27	26	0	1	788	288

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Victor	Comments
28	24 November 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	–		2013 Autumn International
27	23 June 2012	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	60 – 0	New Zealand	2012 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand
26	16 June 2012	Rugby League Park, Christchurch	22 – 19	New Zealand
25	9 June 2012	Eden Park, Auckland	42 – 10	New Zealand
24	20 November 2010	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	18 – 38	New Zealand	2010 Autumn International
23	12 June 2010	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth	66 – 28	New Zealand	2010 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia
22	15 November 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	3 – 22	New Zealand	2008Autumn International
21	7 June 2008	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	21 – 11	New Zealand	2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia
20	17 June 2006	Eden Park, Auckland	27 – 17	New Zealand	2006 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia
19	10 June 2006	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	34 – 23	New Zealand
18	12 November 2005	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	7 – 45	New Zealand	2005 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
17	22 June 2002	Eden Park, Auckland	40 – 8	New Zealand	2002 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand
16	15 June 2002	Carisbrook, Dunedin	15 – 6	New Zealand
15	17 November 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	29 – 40	New Zealand
14	15 November 1997	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	15 – 63	New Zealand	1997 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
13	27 May 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg	19 – 43	New Zealand	1995 Rugby World Cup
12	6 June 1992	Athletic Park, Wellington	59 – 6	New Zealand	1992 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand
11	30 May 1992	Carisbrook, Dunedin	24 – 21	New Zealand
10	18 November 1989	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6 – 23	New Zealand	1989 New Zealand rugby union tour
9	4 November 1978	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6 – 10	New Zealand	1978 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
8	5 June 1976	Athletic Park, Wellington	11 – 3	New Zealand	1976 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Fiji
7	23 November 1974	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6 – 15	New Zealand	1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Ireland, Wales and England
6	20 January 1973	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	10 – 10	Draw	1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
5	7 December 1963	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	5 – 6	New Zealand	1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
4	9 January 1954	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3 – 14	New Zealand	1953–54 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
3	7 December 1935	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9 – 17	New Zealand	1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada
2	1 November 1924	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	0 – 6	New Zealand	1924–25 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
1	25 November 1905	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	0 – 15	New Zealand	The Original All Blacks

See also

• History of rugby union matches between Munster and New Zealand
• The Original All Blacks
• The Invincibles (rugby union)

External links

• "Pick and Go Test match results database". lassen.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-05-16.