History of rugby union matches between Ireland and New Zealand

New Zealand (the All Blacks) first played against Ireland in 1905, during the 1905–1906 All Blacks tour of Europe and North America, beating Ireland 15–0 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The two teams have played 37 test matches, with New Zealand winning 31, Ireland winning 5, and 1 match drawn.

During the 2012 Irish Tour of New Zealand, New Zealand won all three tests, scoring 124 points to Ireland's 29. This tour also saw New Zealand post the biggest winning margin against Ireland in their history, with a score of 60–0 on 23 June 2012.^[1] On 24 November 2013, New Zealand were trailing 22–17 against Ireland in the final minute of the match, and on the verge of their first ever loss to Ireland. Ireland gave up a penalty with under 30 seconds remaining, which ultimately led to New Zealand working their way up the field, ending in a try to tie the score. The try was converted at the second attempt, fiving New Zealand the victory and their perfect season.^[2][3]

Despite New Zealand's dominance until 2016, the ten matches between 2013 and 2023 were shared five each in tightly contested matches between teams at the top of the world rankings. Ireland ended a 111-year wait for a victory at Soldier Field in Chicago with a 40–29 win on 5 November 2016.^[4][5] On 17 November 2018, Ireland won 16–9 at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, their first home win against the New Zealand.^[6][7] Ireland scored their first victory against the All Blacks in New Zealand on 9 July 2022.^[8][9] The following week Ireland became just the fifth touring side to achieve a series win in New Zealand, winning 22–32 in Wellington for a 2-1 series victory, and consecutive victories against New Zealand for the first time.^[10] The most recent meeting between the teams saw New Zealand beat Ireland 28-24 in the quarter-final of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Summary

Overall

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Attendance	Ref.
1	25 November 1905	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	0–15	New Zealand	The Original All Blacks	12,000	[11]
2	1 November 1924	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	0–6	New Zealand	1924–25 New Zealand tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France	25,000	[12]
3	7 December 1935	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–17	New Zealand	1935–36 New Zealand tour of Great Britain and Ireland	30,000	[13]
4	9 January 1954	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–14	New Zealand	1953–54 New Zealand tour of Europe and North America	45,000	[14]
5	7 December 1963	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	5–6	New Zealand	1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France	32,000	[15]
6	20 January 1973	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	10–10	draw	1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Great Britain, Ireland and France	50,000	[16]
7	23 November 1974	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6–15	New Zealand	1974 New Zealand tour of Great Britain and Ireland	35,000	[17]
8	5 June 1976	Athletic Park, Wellington	11–3	New Zealand	1976 Ireland tour of New Zealand and Fiji	37,000	[18]
9	4 November 1978	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6–10	New Zealand	1978 New Zealand tour of Great Britain and Ireland	50,000	[19]
10	18 November 1989	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6–23	New Zealand	1989 New Zealand tour of Great Britain, Ireland and Canada	55,000	[20]
11	30 May 1992	Carisbrook, Dunedin	24–21	New Zealand	1992 Ireland tour of New Zealand	28,000	[21]
12	6 June 1992	Athletic Park, Wellington	59–6	New Zealand		25,000	[22]
13	27 May 1995	Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg (South Africa)	19–43	New Zealand	1995 Rugby World Cup	38,000	[23]
14	15 November 1997	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	15–63	New Zealand	1997 New Zealand tour of Great Britain and Ireland	52,000	[24]
15	17 November 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	29–40	New Zealand	2001 New Zealand tour of Great Britain, Ireland and Argentina	49,000	[25]
16	15 June 2002	Carisbrook, Dunedin	15–6	New Zealand	2002 Ireland tour of New Zealand	30,200	[26]
17	22 June 2002	Eden Park, Auckland	40–8	New Zealand		45,000	[27]
18	12 November 2005	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	7–45	New Zealand	2005 New Zealand tour of Great Britain and Ireland	42,000	[28]
19	10 June 2006	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	34–23	New Zealand	2006 Ireland tour of Australia and New Zealand	29,850	[29]
20	17 June 2006	Eden Park, Auckland	27–17	New Zealand		45,000	[30]
21	7 June 2008	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	21–11	New Zealand	2008 Ireland tour of Australia and New Zealand	32,127	[31]
22	15 November 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	3–22	New Zealand	2008 Autumn International	77,500	[32]
23	12 June 2010	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth	66–28	New Zealand	2010 Ireland tour of Australia and New Zealand	25,064	[33]
24	20 November 2010	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	18–38	New Zealand	2010 Autumn International	49,302	[34]
25	9 June 2012	Eden Park, Auckland	42–10	New Zealand	2012 Ireland tour of New Zealand	43,300	[35]
26	16 June 2012	Rugby League Park, Christchurch	22–19	New Zealand		20,666	[36]
27	23 June 2012	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	60–0	New Zealand		25,109	[37]
28	24 November 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	22–24	New Zealand	2013 Autumn International	51,000	[38]
29	5 November 2016	Soldier Field, Chicago (United States)	40–29	Ireland	2016 Autumn International	62,300	[39]
30	19 November 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	9–21	New Zealand		51,700	[40]
31	17 November 2018	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	16–9	Ireland	2018 Autumn International	51,700	[41]
32	19 October 2019	Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu (Japan)	46–14	New Zealand	2019 Rugby World Cup	46,686	[42]
33	13 November 2021	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	29–20	Ireland	2021 Autumn International	51,700	[43]
34	2 July 2022	Eden Park, Auckland	42–19	New Zealand	2022 Ireland tour of New Zealand	48,195	[44]
35	9 July 2022	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	12–23	Ireland		28,191	[45]
36	16 July 2022	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	22–32	Ireland		38,000	[46]
37	14 October 2023	Stade de France, Saint-Denis (France)	24–28	New Zealand	2023 Rugby World Cup	78,845	[47]

List of series

Year	New Zealand	Ireland	Series winner
1992	2	0	New Zealand
2002	2	0	New Zealand
2006	2	0	New Zealand
2012	3	0	New Zealand
2016	1	1	draw
2022	1	2	Ireland

See also

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

References

External links

• "Pick and Go Test match results database". lassen.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
• Complete List of Results at ESPN

This page was last edited on 21 February 2024, at 20:17