Full time26 October 1968
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1968Head-to-head
Ireland won by 7 points.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan2–0
- –CIreland conversion · John Moroney4–0
- –TIreland try · Barry Bresnihan7–0
- –TIreland try · Ken Goodall10–0
- –TAustralia try · John Ballesty10–3
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Syd MillarProp
- 2Ken KennedyHooker
- 3Ollie WaldronProp
- 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 5Mick MolloySecond row
- 6Ken GoodallFlanker
- 7Mick DoyleFlanker
- 8Mike HipwellNumber 8
- 9Roger YoungScrum-half
- 10Mike GibsonFly-half
- 11Jim TydingsWing
- 12Laurence HunterCentre
- 13Barry BresnihanCentre
- 14John MoroneyWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
Australia
- 1Ross TurnbullProp
- 2Peter JohnsonHooker
- 3Roy ProsserProp
- 4Norman ReillySecond row
- 5Stuart GregorySecond row
- 6Hugh RoseFlanker
- 7Greg DavisFlanker
- 8David TaylorNumber 8
- 9John HipwellScrum-half
- 10John BallestyFly-half
- 11Terry FormanWing
- 12John BrassCentre
- 13Philip SmithCentre
- 14John ColeWing
- 15Barry HonanFull-back
Match officials
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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: 13 May 1967, Ireland 11–5 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 17 January 1976
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.