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Full time16 June 2012
New Zealand
22–19
Ireland
Rugby League Park, Christchurch, New Zealand · Tour 2012Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton0–2
  2. 13’TIreland try · Conor Murray0–7
  3. 20’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton0–10
  4. 23’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter3–10
  5. 31’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter6–10
  6. 35’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter9–10
  7. 44’TNew Zealand try · Aaron Smith14–10
  8. 45’CNew Zealand conversion · Daniel Carter16–10
  9. 46’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton16–13
  10. 63’PNew Zealand penalty · Daniel Carter19–13
  11. 66’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton19–16
  12. 70’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton19–19
  13. 81’DNew Zealand drop goal · Daniel Carter22–19

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Andrew HoreHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brodie RetallickSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Adam ThomsonFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Kieran ReadNumber 8
  9. 9Aaron SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel CarterFly-half
  11. 11Julian SaveaWing
  12. 12Sonny Bill WilliamsCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Zac GuildfordWing
  15. 15Israel DaggFull-back
  16. 16Hikawera ElliotBench
  17. 17Ben FranksBench
  18. 18Ali WilliamsBench
  19. 19Sam CaneBench
  20. 20Piri WeepuBench
  21. 21Aaron CrudenBench
  22. 22Ben SmithBench

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Mike RossProp
  4. 4Dan TuohySecond row
  5. 5Donnacha RyanSecond row
  6. 6Kevin McLaughlinFlanker
  7. 7Sean O'BrienFlanker
  8. 8Jamie HeaslipNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11Andrew TrimbleWing
  12. 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Fergus McFaddenWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Declan FitzpatrickBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Peter O'MahonyBench
  20. 20Eoin ReddanBench
  21. 21Ronan O'GaraBench
  22. 22Simon ZeboBench

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 33–5 Ireland, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand going in
Ireland going in

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.