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Full time30 May 1992
New Zealand
24–21
Ireland
Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand · Tour 1992Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’CIreland conversion · Peter Russell0–2
  2. 8’TIreland try · Vince Cunningham0–6
  3. 13’CIreland conversion · Peter Russell0–8
  4. 13’TIreland try · Jim Staples0–12
  5. 17’CNew Zealand conversion · Greg Cooper2–12
  6. 17’TNew Zealand try · Paul Henderson6–12
  7. 29’CNew Zealand conversion · Greg Cooper8–12
  8. 29’TNew Zealand try · Frank Bunce12–12
  9. 33’CIreland conversion · Peter Russell12–14
  10. 33’TIreland try · Vince Cunningham12–18
  11. 36’CNew Zealand conversion · Greg Cooper14–18
  12. 36’TNew Zealand try · Eroni Clarke18–18
  13. 46’PIreland penalty · Peter Russell18–21
  14. 53’CNew Zealand conversion · Greg Cooper20–21
  15. 53’TNew Zealand try · Frank Bunce24–21

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Blair LarsenSecond row
  6. 6Jamie JosephFlanker
  7. 7Paul HendersonFlanker
  8. 8Arran PeneNumber 8
  9. 9Ant StrachanScrum-half
  10. 10Walter LittleFly-half
  11. 11Va'aiga TuigamalaWing
  12. 12Eroni ClarkeCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Greg CooperFull-back
  16. 16Jon PrestonBench
  17. 17Grant FoxBench
  18. 18John TimuBench
  19. 19Graham DowdBench
  20. 20Mark CooksleyBench
  21. 21Kevin SchulerBench

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Paul McCarthyProp
  4. 4Mick GalweySecond row
  5. 5Paddy JohnsSecond row
  6. 6Kelvin LeahyFlanker
  7. 7Mike FitzgibbonFlanker
  8. 8Brian RobinsonNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Peter RussellFly-half
  11. 11Neville FurlongWing
  12. 12Vince CunninghamCentre
  13. 13Phil DanaherCentre
  14. 14Ron CareyWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Kenny MurphyBench
  17. 17Mark McCallBench
  18. 18Fergus AherneBench
  19. 19Brian RigneyBench
  20. 20Gary HalpinBench
  21. 21Terry KingstonBench

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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

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.