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Full time31 October 1992
Ireland
17–42
Australia
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1992Head-to-head

Australia won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Peter Russell3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Peter Russell6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Peter Russell9–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Peter Russell12–0
  5. –TIreland try · Richard Wallace17–0
  6. –CAustralia conversion · Marty Roebuck17–2
  7. –CAustralia conversion · Marty Roebuck17–4
  8. –CAustralia conversion · Marty Roebuck17–6
  9. –CAustralia conversion · Marty Roebuck17–8
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Marty Roebuck17–11
  11. –PAustralia penalty · Marty Roebuck17–14
  12. –PAustralia penalty · Marty Roebuck17–17
  13. –TAustralia try · David Campese17–22
  14. –TAustralia try · Jason Little17–27
  15. –TAustralia try · Tim Horan17–32
  16. –TAustralia try · Ewen McKenzie17–37
  17. –TAustralia try · Tim Kelaher17–42

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2John MurphyHooker
  3. 3Paul McCarthyProp
  4. 4Mick GalweySecond row
  5. 5Paddy JohnsSecond row
  6. 6Gordon HamiltonFlanker
  7. 7Brian RobinsonFlanker
  8. 8Phil LawlorNumber 8
  9. 9Fergus AherneScrum-half
  10. 10Peter RussellFly-half
  11. 11Richard WallaceWing
  12. 12Vince CunninghamCentre
  13. 13Phil DanaherCentre
  14. 14Simon GeogheganWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Colin WilkinsonBench
  17. 17James GalvinBench
  18. 18Rob SaundersBench
  19. 19Kelvin LeahyBench
  20. 20Gary HalpinBench
  21. 21Keith WoodBench

Australia

  1. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Ewen McKenzieProp
  4. 4Rod McCallSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Willie OfahengaueFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Tim GavinNumber 8
  9. 9Peter SlatteryScrum-half
  10. 10Michael LynaghFly-half
  11. 11David CampeseWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Jason LittleCentre
  14. 14Paul CarozzaWing
  15. 15Marty RoebuckFull-back
  16. 16Anthony EkertBench
  17. 17Tim KelaherBench
  18. 18Damian SmithBench
  19. 19David NuciforaBench
  20. 20Matthew RyanBench
  21. 21Troy CokerBench

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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.