TheBreakdown
Full time4 November 1978
Ireland
6–10
New Zealand
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1978Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Tony Ward6–0
  3. –TNew Zealand try · Andy Dalton6–4
  4. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Doug Bruce6–7
  5. –DNew Zealand drop goal · Doug Bruce6–10

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Patrick WhelanHooker
  3. 3Ned ByrneProp
  4. 4Moss KeaneSecond row
  5. 5Donal SpringSecond row
  6. 6Fergus SlatteryFlanker
  7. 7Seamus DeeringFlanker
  8. 8Willie DugganNumber 8
  9. 9Colin PattersonScrum-half
  10. 10Tony WardFly-half
  11. 11Freddie McLennanWing
  12. 12Mike GibsonCentre
  13. 13Alistair McKibbinCentre
  14. 14Terry KennedyWing
  15. 15Larry MoloneyFull-back
  16. 16Michael FitzpatrickBench
  17. 17Ciaran FitzgeraldBench
  18. 18John O'DriscollBench
  19. 19John MoloneyBench
  20. 20Michael QuinnBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Brad JohnstoneProp
  2. 2Andy DaltonHooker
  3. 3Bill BushProp
  4. 4Andy HadenSecond row
  5. 5Frank OliverSecond row
  6. 6Graham MourieFlanker
  7. 7Leicester RutledgeFlanker
  8. 8Gary SeearNumber 8
  9. 9Mark DonaldsonScrum-half
  10. 10Doug BruceFly-half
  11. 11Brian FordWing
  12. 12Bill OsborneCentre
  13. 13Mark TaylorCentre
  14. 14Stu WilsonWing
  15. 15Clive CurrieFull-back
  16. 16Johnny BlackBench
  17. 18Dave LoveridgeBench
  18. 19Brian McKechnieBench
  19. 20Bryan WilliamsBench
  20. 21John FlemingBench

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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.