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Full time22 June 2002
New Zealand
40–8
Ireland
Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand · Tour 2002Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 32 points.

Scoring

  1. 16’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens3–0
  2. 21’DIreland drop goal · Brian O'Driscoll3–3
  3. 23’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens6–3
  4. 35’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens8–3
  5. 35’TNew Zealand try · Leon MacDonald13–3
  6. 48’TNew Zealand try · Caleb Ralph18–3
  7. 60’PNew Zealand penalty · Andrew Mehrtens21–3
  8. 61’TIreland try · Gary Longwell21–8
  9. 66’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens23–8
  10. 66’TNew Zealand try · Byron Kelleher28–8
  11. 74’TNew Zealand try · Marty Holah33–8
  12. 76’CNew Zealand conversion · Andrew Mehrtens35–8
  13. 76’TNew Zealand try · Leon MacDonald40–8

Line-ups

New Zealand

  1. 1Dave HewettProp
  2. 2Mark HammettHooker
  3. 3Greg SomervilleProp
  4. 4Chris JackSecond row
  5. 5Norm MaxwellSecond row
  6. 6Reuben ThorneFlanker
  7. 7Richie McCawFlanker
  8. 8Scott RobertsonNumber 8
  9. 9Justin MarshallScrum-half
  10. 10Andrew MehrtensFly-half
  11. 11Caleb RalphWing
  12. 12Aaron MaugerCentre
  13. 13Mark RobinsonCentre
  14. 14Jonah LomuWing
  15. 15Leon MacDonaldFull-back
  16. 16Tom WillisBench
  17. 17Joe McDonnellBench
  18. 18Simon MalingBench
  19. 19Marty HolahBench
  20. 20Byron KelleherBench
  21. 21Daryl GibsonBench
  22. 22Doug HowlettBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Gary LongwellSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Keith GleesonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Justin BishopWing
  12. 12John KellyCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Geordan MurphyWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Paul WallaceBench
  17. 17Shane ByrneBench
  18. 18Leo CullenBench
  19. 19Alan QuinlanBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Mel DeaneBench

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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.