Full time7 December 1963
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1963Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 1 point.
Scoring
- –CIreland conversion · Tom Kiernan2–0
- –TIreland try · John Fortune5–0
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Don Clarke5–3
- –TNew Zealand try · Kel Tremain5–6
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Patrick DwyerProp
- 2Ronnie DawsonHooker
- 3Ray McLoughlinProp
- 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
- 5Bill MulcahySecond row
- 6Eamonn McGuireFlanker
- 7Noel MurphyFlanker
- 8Patrick O'SullivanNumber 8
- 9Jimmy KellyScrum-half
- 10Mick EnglishFly-half
- 11Alan DugganWing
- 12Jerry WalshCentre
- 13Pat CaseyCentre
- 14John FortuneWing
- 15Tom KiernanFull-back
New Zealand
- 1Ken GrayProp
- 2Dennis YoungHooker
- 3Wilson WhinerayProp
- 4Colin MeadsSecond row
- 5Allan StewartSecond row
- 6Kel TremainFlanker
- 7John GrahamFlanker
- 8Stan MeadsNumber 8
- 9Monkey BriscoeScrum-half
- 10McFarlane HerewiniFly-half
- 11Ralph CaultonWing
- 12Derek ArnoldCentre
- 13Paul LittleCentre
- 14Malcolm DickWing
- 15Don ClarkeFull-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
- Previous meeting: 9 January 1954, Ireland 3–14 New Zealand
- Next meeting on record: 20 January 1973
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.