Full time5 June 1976
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1976Head-to-head
New Zealand won by 8 points.
Scoring
- –PNew Zealand penalty · Laurie Mains3–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Robertson7–0
- –TNew Zealand try · Ian Kirkpatrick11–0
- –PIreland penalty · Barry McGann11–3
Line-ups
New Zealand
- 1Bill BushProp
- 2Tane NortonHooker
- 3Kerry TannerProp
- 4Hamish MacDonaldSecond row
- 5Pole WhitingSecond row
- 6Ian KirkpatrickFlanker
- 7Ken StewartFlanker
- 8Andy LeslieNumber 8
- 9Lyn DavisScrum-half
- 10Duncan RobertsonFly-half
- 11Neil PurvisWing
- 12Lyn JaffrayCentre
- 13Bruce RobertsonCentre
- 14Bryan WilliamsWing
- 15Laurie MainsFull-back
- 16Sid GoingBench
- 17Doug BruceBench
- 18Bill OsborneBench
- 19Laurie KnightBench
- 20Frank OliverBench
- 21Graeme CrossmanBench
Ireland
- 1Phil OrrProp
- 2Patrick WhelanHooker
- 3Philip O'CallaghanProp
- 4Ronnie HakinSecond row
- 5Moss KeaneSecond row
- 6Stewart McKinneyFlanker
- 7James DavidsonFlanker
- 8Willie DugganNumber 8
- 9John RobbieScrum-half
- 10Barry McGannFly-half
- 11Wallace McMasterWing
- 12Mike GibsonCentre
- 13Ian McIlrathCentre
- 14Tom GraceWing
- 15Tony EnsorFull-back
- 16Michael QuinnBench
- 17Joseph BradyBench
- 18Robbie McGrathBench
- 19John CantrellBench
- 20Tom FeigheryBench
- 21Harry SteeleBench
Match officials
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Context
All-time, New Zealand 33–5 Ireland, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head
New Zealand going in
Ireland going in
- Previous meeting: 23 November 1974, New Zealand 15–6 Ireland
- Next meeting on record: 4 November 1978
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.