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Men's Rugby World Cup 1987 · Carisbrook, Dunedin · 30 May 1987Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 27 points.Half-time 12–16 · Tries 1–6

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Tacklesmademissed
CAN6627
IRE5920
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
CAN0/04/41
IRE5/52/22
← Ireland attack · Canada attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
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  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
11′IrelandTry, Michael Bradley, converted3–7
29′IrelandTry, Keith Crossan12–13
57′CanadaTry, Mark Cardinal19–16
66′IrelandTry, Keith Crossan, converted19–23
71′IrelandTry, Brian Spillane, converted19–29
79′IrelandTry, Trevor Ringland, converted19–38
80′IrelandTry, Hugo MacNeill, converted19–44
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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11′Michael Bradley29′Keith Crossan57′Mark Cardinal66′Keith Crossan71′Brian Spillane79′Trevor Ringland80′Hugo MacNeill
CAN

Team stats

IRE
14%Possession86%
71Carries78
214Metres gained381
7Clean breaks15
20Defenders beaten27
111Passes82
11Offloads3
66Tackles made59
27Tackles missed20
17/25Rucks won28/39
19/24Lineouts won11/18
16/17Scrums won14/14
7/12Mauls won1/2
4Penalties conceded5
50Kicks from hand64
Goal kicking
CAN conversions 0/0, penalties 4/4 · IRE conversions 5/5, penalties 2/2. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Mark CardinalHooker
  3. 3Bill HandsonProp
  4. 4Ro HindsonSecond row
  5. 5Hans de GoedeSecond row
  6. 6Rob FrameFlanker
  7. 7Roy RaduFlanker
  8. 8Glen EnnisNumber 8
  9. 9Ian StuartScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Tom WoodsWing
  12. 12Spence McTavishCentre
  13. 13John LeckyCentre
  14. 14Pat PalmerWing
  15. 15Mark WyattFull-back
  16. 16Randy McKellarBench
  17. 17Karl SvobodaBench
  18. 18Bruce BreenBench
  19. 19David TuckerBench
  20. 20Ian Hyde-LayBench
  21. 21Steve GrayBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2John McDonaldHooker
  3. 3Des FitzgeraldProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Derek McGrathFlanker
  7. 7Paul CollinsFlanker
  8. 8Brian SpillaneNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Tony WardFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back
  16. 16Job LangbroekBench
  17. 17Terry KingstonBench
  18. 19Tony DoyleBench
  19. 20Paul DeanBench
  20. 21David IrwinBench

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Context

All-time, Canada 0–8 Ireland, 1 drawn in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada 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.