Full time18 January 1958
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1957Head-to-head
Ireland won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PIreland penalty · Alex Pedlow3–0
- –TIreland try · Noel Henderson6–0
- –TIreland try · Ronnie Dawson9–0
- –TAustralia try · Roderick Phelps9–3
- –TAustralia try · Arthur Summons9–6
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Gordon WoodProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Patrick O'DonoghueProp
- 4James StevensonSecond row
- 5Bill MulcahySecond row
- 6James DonaldsonFlanker
- 7James KavanaghFlanker
- 8Noel MurphyNumber 8
- 9Andy MulliganScrum-half
- 10Jack KyleFly-half
- 11Alex PedlowWing
- 12Dave HewittCentre
- 13Noel HendersonCentre
- 14Tony O'ReillyWing
- 15Patrick BerkeryFull-back
Australia
- 1Nicholas ShehadieProp
- 2James BrownHooker
- 3Robert DavidsonProp
- 4Alan CameronSecond row
- 5David EmanuelSecond row
- 6Peter FenwickeFlanker
- 7Norman HughesFlanker
- 8John ThornettNumber 8
- 9Des ConnorScrum-half
- 10Arthur SummonsFly-half
- 11Roderick PhelpsWing
- 12Saxon WhiteCentre
- 13John PottsCentre
- 14Ken DonaldWing
- 15Terry CurleyFull-back
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Context
All-time, Ireland 17–21 Australia, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
Ireland going in
Australia going in
- Previous meeting: 6 December 1947, Ireland 3–16 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 21 January 1967
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.