TheBreakdown
Full time9 January 1954
Ireland
3–14
New Zealand
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1953Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Noel Henderson3–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · Bob Scott3–2
  3. –PNew Zealand penalty · Bob Scott3–5
  4. –TNew Zealand try · Bob Stuart3–8
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Bill Clark3–11
  6. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Bob Scott3–14

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1William O'NeillProp
  2. 2Frederick AndersonHooker
  3. 3John SmithProp
  4. 4Robin ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Patrick LawlerSecond row
  6. 6Jim McCarthyFlanker
  7. 7James KavanaghFlanker
  8. 8Thomas ReidNumber 8
  9. 9John O'MearaScrum-half
  10. 10Jack KyleFly-half
  11. 11Maurice MortellWing
  12. 12Noel HendersonCentre
  13. 13Alex PedlowCentre
  14. 14Joseph GastonWing
  15. 15John MurphyFull-back

New Zealand

  1. 1Hallard WhiteProp
  2. 2Ron HemiHooker
  3. 3Kevin SkinnerProp
  4. 4Nelson DalzellSecond row
  5. 5Richard WhiteSecond row
  6. 6Bill ClarkFlanker
  7. 7Des OliverFlanker
  8. 8Bob StuartNumber 8
  9. 9Keith DavisScrum-half
  10. 10Guy BowersFly-half
  11. 11Ron JardenWing
  12. 12Brian FitzpatrickCentre
  13. 13Colin LoaderCentre
  14. 14Maurice DixonWing
  15. 15Bob ScottFull-back

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Context

All-time, Ireland 5–33 New Zealand, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
New Zealand 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.