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Full time23 November 1974
Ireland
6–15
New Zealand
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1974Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ensor3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ensor6–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Joe Karam6–2
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam6–5
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam6–8
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Joe Karam6–11
  7. –TNew Zealand try · Joe Karam6–15

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Ray McLoughlinProp
  2. 2Ken KennedyHooker
  3. 3Sean LynchProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Willie John McBrideSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Stewart McKinneyFlanker
  8. 8Terence MooreNumber 8
  9. 9John MoloneyScrum-half
  10. 10Michael QuinnFly-half
  11. 11Pat ParfreyWing
  12. 12James CroweCentre
  13. 13Dick MillikenCentre
  14. 14Tom GraceWing
  15. 15Tony EnsorFull-back
  16. 16Phil OrrBench
  17. 17Patrick WhelanBench
  18. 18Willie DugganBench
  19. 19Donal CanniffeBench
  20. 20Larry MoloneyBench
  21. 21Barry McGannBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Kent LambertProp
  2. 2Tane NortonHooker
  3. 3Kerry TannerProp
  4. 4Pole WhitingSecond row
  5. 5Hamish MacDonaldSecond row
  6. 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
  7. 7Ken StewartFlanker
  8. 8Andy LeslieNumber 8
  9. 9Sid GoingScrum-half
  10. 10Duncan RobertsonFly-half
  11. 11Grant BattyWing
  12. 12Joe MorganCentre
  13. 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Bryan WilliamsWing
  15. 15Joe KaramFull-back
  16. 16Ian StevensBench
  17. 17Doug BruceBench
  18. 18Ian HurstBench
  19. 19Graeme CrossmanBench
  20. 20Laurie KnightBench
  21. 21Ashley GardinerBench

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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.