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Full time23 November 1996
Ireland
12–22
Australia
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1996Head-to-head

Australia won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Paul Burke3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Paul Burke6–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Paul Burke9–0
  4. –PIreland penalty · Paul Burke12–0
  5. –CAustralia conversion · Matt Burke12–2
  6. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–5
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–8
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–11
  9. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–14
  10. –PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–17
  11. –TAustralia try · David Knox12–22

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Gabriel FulcherSecond row
  5. 5Jeremy DavidsonSecond row
  6. 6David CorkeryFlanker
  7. 7Denis McBrideFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Steve McIvorScrum-half
  10. 10Paul BurkeFly-half
  11. 11Dominic CrottyWing
  12. 12Mark McCallCentre
  13. 13Jonathan BellCentre
  14. 14Jimmy ToppingWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Maurice FieldBench
  17. 17David HumphreysBench
  18. 18Brian O'MearaBench
  19. 19Paddy JohnsBench
  20. 20Henry HurleyBench
  21. 21Allen ClarkeBench

Australia

  1. 1Dan CrowleyProp
  2. 2Michael FoleyHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4Warwick WaughSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Daniel ManuFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Michael BrialNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10David KnoxFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Jason LittleWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16David CampeseBench
  17. 17Pat HowardBench
  18. 18Sam PayneBench
  19. 19Brett RobinsonBench
  20. 20Andrew HeathBench
  21. 21Marco CaputoBench

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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.