TheBreakdown
Full time18 November 1989
Ireland
6–23
New Zealand
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1989Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 17 points.

Scoring

  1. –PIreland penalty · Brian Smith3–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Brian Smith6–0
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · Grant Fox6–2
  4. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox6–5
  5. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox6–8
  6. –PNew Zealand penalty · Grant Fox6–11
  7. –TNew Zealand try · John Gallagher6–15
  8. –TNew Zealand try · Terry Wright6–19
  9. –TNew Zealand try · Wayne Shelford6–23

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Jim McCoyProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Patrick O'HaraFlanker
  8. 8Noel MannionNumber 8
  9. 9Fergus AherneScrum-half
  10. 10Brian SmithFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12David IrwinCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Kenny HooksWing
  15. 15Philip RaineyFull-back
  16. 16Phil DanaherBench
  17. 17Ralph KeyesBench
  18. 18Michael BradleyBench
  19. 19Paul CollinsBench
  20. 20Des FitzgeraldBench
  21. 21Terry KingstonBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Murray PierceSecond row
  5. 5Gary WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Andy EarlFlanker
  7. 7Mike BrewerFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Terry WrightWing
  12. 12John SchusterCentre
  13. 13Joe StanleyCentre
  14. 14Craig InnesWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Bruce DeansBench
  17. 17Walter LittleBench
  18. 18Matt RidgeBench
  19. 19Warren GatlandBench
  20. 20Graham PurvisBench
  21. 21Zinzan BrookeBench

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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.