Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Eden Park, Auckland · 17 September 2011Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 9 points.Half-time 6–6
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Tacklesmademissed
AUS867
IRE828
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS0/02/40
IRE0/04/71
← Ireland attack · Australia attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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Tries and goal kicks as a table
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Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.
Score progression
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Team stats
IRE48%Possession52%
48%Territory52%
71Carries79
292Metres gained270
8Defenders beaten6
87Passes90
86Tackles made82
7Tackles missed8
49/51Rucks won68/71
8/10Lineouts won5/7
1/4Mauls won1/1
12Penalties conceded9
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 0/0, penalties 2/4 · IRE conversions 0/0, penalties 4/7. Pale segment = set piece lost.
AUS conversions 0/0, penalties 2/4 · IRE conversions 0/0, penalties 4/7. Pale segment = set piece lost.
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Line-ups
Australia
- 1Sekope KepuProp
- 2Tatafu Polota-NauHooker
- 3Ben AlexanderProp
- 4Dan VickermanSecond row
- 5James HorwillSecond row
- 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
- 7Ben McCalmanFlanker
- 8Radike SamoNumber 8
- 9Will GeniaScrum-half
- 10Quade CooperFly-half
- 11Adam Ashley-CooperWing
- 12Pat McCabeCentre
- 13Anthony FaingaaCentre
- 14James O'ConnorWing
- 15Kurtley BealeFull-back
- 16Saia FaingaaBench
- 17James SlipperBench
- 18Rob SimmonsBench
- 19Wycliff PaluBench
- 20Scott HigginbothamBench
- 21Luke BurgessBench
- 22Drew MitchellBench
Ireland
- 1Cian HealyProp
- 2Rory BestHooker
- 3Mike RossProp
- 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
- 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
- 6Stephen FerrisFlanker
- 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
- 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
- 9Eoin ReddanScrum-half
- 10Johnny SextonFly-half
- 11Keith EarlsWing
- 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
- 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
- 14Tommy BoweWing
- 15Rob KearneyFull-back
- 16Sean CroninBench
- 17Tom CourtBench
- 18Donnacha RyanBench
- 19Denis LeamyBench
- 20Conor MurrayBench
- 21Ronan O'GaraBench
- 22Andrew TrimbleBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, Australia 21–17 Ireland, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Australia going in
Ireland going in
- Previous meeting: 26 June 2010, Australia 22–15 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 16 November 2013
Also on this day
Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.