TheBreakdown
Full time20 January 1973
Ireland
10–10
New Zealand
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1972Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann6–0
  3. –TIreland try · Tom Grace10–0
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · Joe Karam10–2
  5. –TNew Zealand try · Sid Going10–6
  6. –TNew Zealand try · Alex Wyllie10–10

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Willie John McBrideSecond row
  5. 5Kevin MaysSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7James DavidsonFlanker
  8. 8Terence MooreNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Barry McGannFly-half
  11. 11Wallace McMasterWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Michael FlynnCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tom KiernanFull-back
  16. 16Roger CleggBench
  17. 17Stewart McKinneyBench
  18. 18Dick MillikenBench
  19. 19Patrick WhelanBench
  20. 20ME MahonyBench
  21. 21Tony EnsorBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Graham WhitingProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Kent LambertProp
  4. 4Pole WhitingSecond row
  5. 5Hamish MacDonaldSecond row
  6. 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  7. 7Alex WyllieFlanker
  8. 8Alan SutherlandNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Bob BurgessFly-half
  11. 11Grant BattyWing
  12. 12Ian HurstCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Bryan WilliamsWing
  15. 15Joe KaramFull-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.