History of rugby union matches between Australia and Ireland

Since 1927, Australia and Ireland have competed against each other in rugby union in 33 matches, Australia having won 21, Ireland 11, with 1 draw. Their first meeting was on 12 November 1927, and was won 5-3 by Australia. Their most recent meeting took place at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin in November 2016 and was won 27 pts to 24 by Ireland.

Summary

Overall

Details	Played	Won by Australia	Won by Ireland	Drawn	Australia points	Ireland points
In Australia	13	10	3	0	335	203
In Ireland	19	11	7	1	340	262
Neutral venue	1	0	1	0	6	15
Overall	33	21	11	1	681	480

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Record	Australia	Ireland
Longest winning streak	11 (21 Nov 1981–9 Nov 2002)	4 (8 Jan 1958–17 Jan 1976)
Largest points for
Home	46 (12 June 1999)	27 (26 November 2016)
Away	42 (31 October 1992)	27 (3 June 1979)
Largest winning margin
Home	36 (12 June 1999)	15 (19 November 2006)
Away	25 (31 October 1992)	15 (3 June 1979)

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
33	26 November 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	27 – 24	Ireland	2016 Autumn International
32	22 November 2014	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	26 – 23	Ireland	2014 Autumn International
31	16 November 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	15 – 32	Australia	2013 Autumn International
30	17 September 2011	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	15 – 6	Ireland	2011 Rugby World Cup
29	26 June 2010	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	22 – 15	Australia	2010 mid-year test
28	15 November 2009	Croke Park, Dublin	20 – 20	draw	2009 Autumn International
27	14 June 2008	Colonial Stadium, Melbourne	18 – 12	Australia	2008 mid-year test
26	19 November 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	21 – 6	Ireland	2006 Autumn International
25	24 June 2006	Subiaco Oval, Perth	37 – 15	Australia	2006 mid-year test
24	19 November 2005	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	14 – 30	Australia	2005 Autumn International
23	1 November 2003	Telstra Dome, Melbourne	17 – 16	Australia	2003 Rugby World Cup
22	7 June 2003	Subiaco Oval, Perth	45 – 16	Australia
21	9 November 2002	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	18 – 9	Ireland
20	10 October 1999	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	3 – 23	Australia	1999 Rugby World Cup
19	19 June 1999	Subiaco Oval, Perth	32 – 26	Australia	1999 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
18	12 June 1999	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	46 – 10	Australia
17	23 November 1996	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	12 – 22	Australia
16	11 June 1994	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	32 – 18	Australia	1994 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
15	5 June 1994	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	33 – 13	Australia
14	31 October 1992	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	17 – 42	Australia
13	20 October 1991	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	18 – 19	Australia	1991 Rugby World Cup
12	7 June 1987	Concord Oval, Sydney	33 – 15	Australia	1987 Rugby World Cup
11	10 November 1984	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	9 – 16	Australia	1984 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
10	21 November 1981	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	12 – 16	Australia	1981–82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
9	16 June 1979	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	3 – 9	Ireland	1979 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
8	3 June 1979	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	12 – 27	Ireland
7	17 January 1976	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	10 – 20	Australia	1975–76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
6	26 October 1968	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	10 – 3	Ireland
5	13 May 1967	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	5 – 11	Ireland
4	21 January 1967	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	15 – 8	Ireland	1966-67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
3	18 January 1958	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	9 – 6	Ireland	1957-58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
2	6 December 1947	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	3 – 16	Australia
1	12 November 1927	Landsdowne Road, Dublin	3 – 5	Australia

See also

• Lansdowne Cup

External links

• "Pick and Go Test match results database". lassen.co.nz. Retrieved 2010-11-07.