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Full time9 November 2002
Ireland
18–9
Australia
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2002Head-to-head

Ireland won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 14’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–0
  2. 20’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara6–0
  3. 31’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara9–0
  4. 34’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke9–3
  5. 38’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara12–3
  6. 46’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke12–6
  7. 48’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara15–6
  8. 59’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara18–6
  9. 61’PAustralia penalty · Matt Burke18–9

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Shane ByrneHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Gary LongwellSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Victor CostelloFlanker
  7. 7Anthony FoleyFlanker
  8. 8Keith GleesonNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Denis HickieWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Shane HorganWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Paul WallaceBench
  18. 18Leo CullenBench
  19. 19Alan QuinlanBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22John KellyBench

Australia

  1. 1Nick StilesProp
  2. 2Adam FreierHooker
  3. 3Patricio NoriegaProp
  4. 4Owen FineganSecond row
  5. 5David GiffinSecond row
  6. 6Matt CockbainFlanker
  7. 7George SmithFlanker
  8. 8Toutai KefuNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Scott StaniforthWing
  12. 12Daniel HerbertCentre
  13. 13Stirling MortlockCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Matt BurkeFull-back
  16. 16Brendan CannonBench
  17. 17Ben DarwinBench
  18. 18Justin HarrisonBench
  19. 19David CroftBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Elton FlatleyBench
  22. 22Matt GiteauBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 17–21 Australia, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Australia 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.