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Full time21 November 1981
Ireland
12–16
Australia
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1981Head-to-head

Australia won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward9–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward12–0
  5. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean12–3
  6. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean12–6
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean12–9
  8. –TAustralia try · Michael O'Connor12–13
  9. –DAustralia drop goal · Roger Gould12–16

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2John CantrellHooker
  3. 3Michael FitzpatrickProp
  4. 4Brendan FoleySecond row
  5. 5Donal LenihanSecond row
  6. 6John O'DriscollFlanker
  7. 7Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Robbie McGrathScrum-half
  10. 10Tony WardFly-half
  11. 11Terry KennedyWing
  12. 12Paul DeanCentre
  13. 13David IrwinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Ginger McLoughlinBench
  17. 17Ciaran FitzgeraldBench
  18. 18Ronan KearneyBench
  19. 19JB O'ConnorBench
  20. 20Michael KiernanBench
  21. 21John MurphyBench

Australia

  1. 1John MeadowsProp
  2. 2Chris CarberryHooker
  3. 3Tony D'ArcyProp
  4. 4Tony ShawSecond row
  5. 5Peter McLeanSecond row
  6. 6Simon PoidevinFlanker
  7. 7Greg CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Paul McLeanFly-half
  11. 11Brendan MoonWing
  12. 12Mike HawkerCentre
  13. 13Andy SlackCentre
  14. 14Michael O'ConnorWing
  15. 15Roger GouldFull-back
  16. 16Lance WalkerBench
  17. 17Declan CurranBench
  18. 18Duncan HallBench
  19. 19Phil CoxBench
  20. 20Mark EllaBench
  21. 21Mitchell CoxBench

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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

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.