Full time16 June 1979
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1979Head-to-head
Ireland won by 6 points.
Scoring
- –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean3–0
- –PIreland penalty · Ollie Campbell3–3
- –DIreland drop goal · Ollie Campbell3–6
- –DIreland drop goal · Ollie Campbell3–9
Line-ups
Australia
- 1John MeadowsProp
- 2Bill RossHooker
- 3Stan PileckiProp
- 4Peter McLeanSecond row
- 5Keith BesomoSecond row
- 6Tony ShawFlanker
- 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
- 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
- 9Rod HauserScrum-half
- 10Paul McLeanFly-half
- 11Brendan MoonWing
- 12Tony MelroseCentre
- 13William McKidCentre
- 14Phillip CroweWing
- 15Laurence MonaghanFull-back
- 16Chris HandyBench
- 17Duncan HallBench
- 18Peter HortonBench
- 19Peter CarsonBench
- 20Andy SlackBench
- 21Bruce CookeBench
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
- 3Ginger McLoughlinProp
- 4Moss KeaneSecond row
- 5Harry SteeleSecond row
- 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
- 7John O'DriscollFlanker
- 8Willie DugganNumber 8
- 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
- 10Ollie CampbellFly-half
- 11Terry KennedyWing
- 12Mike GibsonCentre
- 13Paul McNaughtonCentre
- 14John MoloneyWing
- 15Rodney O'DonnellFull-back
- 16Patrick WhelanBench
- 17Michael FitzpatrickBench
- 18Chris CantillonBench
- 19Frank EnnisBench
- 20David IrwinBench
- 21Tony WardBench
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: 3 June 1979, Australia 12–27 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 21 November 1981
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.