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Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Lansdowne Road, Dublin · 10 October 1999Head-to-head
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Australia won by 20 points.Half-time 0–6 · Tries 0–2

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5778
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE11524
AUS649
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
IRE0/01/10
AUS2/23/30
← Australia attack · Ireland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
57′AustraliaTry, Tim Horan, converted3–14
78′AustraliaTry, Ben Tune, converted3–21
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
57′Tim Horan78′Ben Tune
IRE

Team stats

AUS
0%Possession100%
62Carries108
183Metres gained524
0Clean breaks21
9Defenders beaten24
58Passes136
3Offloads4
115Tackles made64
24Tackles missed9
37/41Rucks won74/79
10/14Lineouts won15/18
10/11Scrums won10/14
2/3Mauls won4/4
13Penalties conceded10
47Kicks from hand50
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1 · AUS conversions 2/2, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Justin FitzpatrickProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Trevor BrennanFlanker
  7. 7Andy WardFlanker
  8. 8Dion O'CuinneagainNumber 8
  9. 9Tom TierneyScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Matthew MostynWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Justin BishopWing
  15. 15Conor O'SheaFull-back
  16. 16Jonathan BellBench
  17. 17Eric ElwoodBench
  18. 18Eric MillerBench
  19. 19Bob CaseyBench
  20. 20Peter ClohessyBench
  21. 21Ross NesdaleBench
  22. 22Brian O'MearaBench

Australia

  1. 1Richard HarryProp
  2. 2Phil KearnsHooker
  3. 3Andrew BladesProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5John EalesSecond row
  6. 6Mark ConnorsFlanker
  7. 7David WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Tim HoranCentre
  13. 13Daniel HerbertCentre
  14. 14Ben TuneWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Jason LittleBench
  17. 17Nathan GreyBench
  18. 18Chris WhitakerBench
  19. 19Tiaan StraussBench
  20. 20Owen FineganBench
  21. 21Dan CrowleyBench
  22. 22Jeremy PaulBench

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

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.