TheBreakdown
Full time15 November 1997
Ireland
15–63
New Zealand
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1997Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 48 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood5–0
  3. –TIreland try · Keith Wood10–0
  4. –TIreland try · Keith Wood15–0
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens15–2
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens15–4
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens15–6
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens15–8
  9. –CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens15–10
  10. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–13
  11. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–16
  12. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–19
  13. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–22
  14. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–25
  15. –PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens15–28
  16. –TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson15–33
  17. –TNew Zealand try · Jeff Wilson15–38
  18. –TNew Zealand try · Alama Ieremia15–43
  19. –TNew Zealand try · Glen Osborne15–48
  20. –TNew Zealand try · Glen Osborne15–53
  21. –TNew Zealand try · Andrew Mehrtens15–58
  22. –TNew Zealand try · Justin Marshall15–63

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Eddie HalveyFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Eric MillerNumber 8
  9. 9Conor McGuinnessScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11John McWeeneyWing
  12. 12Mark McCallCentre
  13. 13Rob HendersonCentre
  14. 14Denis HickieWing
  15. 15Kevin NowlanFull-back
  16. 16Kevin MaggsBench
  17. 17David HumphreysBench
  18. 18Brian O'MearaBench
  19. 19Reggie CorriganBench
  20. 20Ross NesdaleBench
  21. 21David ErskineBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Norm HewittHooker
  3. 3Olo BrownProp
  4. 4Ian JonesSecond row
  5. 5Robin BrookeSecond row
  6. 6Taine RandellFlanker
  7. 7Andrew BlowersFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Glen OsborneWing
  12. 12Alama IeremiaCentre
  13. 13Frank BunceCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Christian CullenFull-back
  16. 16Scott McLeodBench
  17. 17Jon PrestonBench
  18. 18Josh KronfeldBench
  19. 19Charles RiechelmannBench
  20. 20Mark AllenBench
  21. 21Anton OliverBench

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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.