TheBreakdown
Full time6 June 1992
New Zealand
59–6
Ireland
Athletic Park, Wellington, New Zealand · Tour 1992Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 53 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’CIreland conversion · Peter Russell0–2
  2. 3’TIreland try · Neville Furlong0–6
  3. 8’TNew Zealand try · Frank Bunce4–6
  4. 18’PNew Zealand penalty · Matthew Cooper7–6
  5. 27’TNew Zealand try · Arran Pene11–6
  6. 38’TNew Zealand try · Ian Jones15–6
  7. 43’TNew Zealand try · Eroni Clarke19–6
  8. 47’CNew Zealand conversion · Matthew Cooper21–6
  9. 47’TNew Zealand try · John Timu25–6
  10. 51’CNew Zealand conversion · Matthew Cooper27–6
  11. 51’TNew Zealand try · Frank Bunce31–6
  12. 57’CNew Zealand conversion · Matthew Cooper33–6
  13. 57’TNew Zealand try · Arran Pene37–6
  14. 63’CNew Zealand conversion · Matthew Cooper39–6
  15. 63’TNew Zealand try · Matthew Cooper43–6
  16. 66’TNew Zealand try · Matthew Cooper47–6
  17. 70’CNew Zealand conversion · Matthew Cooper49–6
  18. 70’TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan53–6
  19. 75’CNew Zealand conversion · Matthew Cooper55–6
  20. 75’TNew Zealand try · Ant Strachan59–6

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Mike BrewerFlanker
  7. 7Michael JonesFlanker
  8. 8Arran PeneNumber 8
  9. 9Ant StrachanScrum-half
  10. 10Walter LittleFly-half
  11. 11John TimuWing
  12. 12Eroni ClarkeCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15Matthew CooperFull-back
  16. 16Jon PrestonBench
  17. 17Grant FoxBench
  18. 18Va'aiga TuigamalaBench
  19. 19Graham DowdBench
  20. 20Blair LarsenBench
  21. 21Paul HendersonBench

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Steve SmithHooker
  3. 3Paul McCarthyProp
  4. 4Brian RigneySecond row
  5. 5Paddy JohnsSecond row
  6. 6Mick GalweyFlanker
  7. 7Mike FitzgibbonFlanker
  8. 8Brian RobinsonNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Peter RussellFly-half
  11. 11Ron CareyWing
  12. 12Mark McCallCentre
  13. 13Vince CunninghamCentre
  14. 14Neville FurlongWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Kenny MurphyBench
  17. 17Jack ClarkeBench
  18. 18Fergus AherneBench
  19. 19Paddy KennyBench
  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.