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Full time30 November 1997
Ireland
33–11
Canada
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 1997Head-to-head

Ireland won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Eric Elwood2–0
  2. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood5–0
  3. –PIreland penalty · Eric Elwood8–0
  4. –TIreland try · Kevin Nowlan13–0
  5. –TIreland try · Kevin Nowlan18–0
  6. –TIreland try · Kevin Maggs23–0
  7. –TIreland try · Conor McGuinness28–0
  8. –TIreland try · Victor Costello33–0
  9. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees33–3
  10. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees33–6
  11. –TCanada try · Mark Cardinal33–11

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Nick PopplewellProp
  2. 2Ross NesdaleHooker
  3. 3Paul WallaceProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6David ErskineFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Victor CostelloNumber 8
  9. 9Conor McGuinnessScrum-half
  10. 10Eric ElwoodFly-half
  11. 11Kevin MaggsWing
  12. 12Mark McCallCentre
  13. 13Rob HendersonCentre
  14. 14Denis HickieWing
  15. 15Kevin NowlanFull-back
  16. 16Jan CunninghamBench
  17. 17David HumphreysBench
  18. 18Niall HoganBench
  19. 19Eddie HalveyBench
  20. 20Reggie CorriganBench
  21. 21Allen ClarkeBench

Canada

  1. 1Rod SnowProp
  2. 2Mark CardinalHooker
  3. 3Richard BiceProp
  4. 4John TaitSecond row
  5. 5Mike JamesSecond row
  6. 6Al CharronFlanker
  7. 7John HutchinsonFlanker
  8. 8Mike SchmidNumber 8
  9. 9John GrafScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Joe PaganoWing
  12. 12Ron ToewsCentre
  13. 13Dave LougheedCentre
  14. 14Winston StanleyWing
  15. 15Scott StewartFull-back
  16. 16Bobby RossBench
  17. 17Rob CardBench
  18. 18Tony HealyBench
  19. 19Colin McKenzieBench
  20. 20Eddie EvansBench
  21. 21Kevin MorganBench

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Context

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

Ireland going in
Canada 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.