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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Aussie Stadium, Sydney | Gadigal · 19 October 2003Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 57 points.Half-time 33–7 · Tries 10–1 · NAM 1 yellow card

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Tacklesmademissed
IRE496
NAM10733
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
IRE7/70/00
NAM1/10/00
← Namibia attack · Ireland 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
4′IrelandTry, Alan Quinlan, converted5–0
10′IrelandTry, Girvan Dempsey12–0
15′IrelandTry, Denis Hickie, converted17–0
33′IrelandTry, Marcus Horan, converted24–0
36′IrelandTry, Eric Miller, converted31–0
39′NamibiaTry, Corne Powell, converted33–5
52′IrelandTry, Alan Quinlan38–7
60′IrelandTry, Guy Easterby, converted43–7
66′IrelandTry, Eric Miller, converted50–7
71′IrelandTry, Shane Horgan57–7
78′IrelandTry, John Kelly, converted62–7
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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018355370HT0′20′40′60′80′1 NAM card
4′Alan Quinlan10′Girvan Dempsey15′Denis Hickie33′Marcus Horan36′Eric Miller39′Corne Powell52′Alan Quinlan60′Guy Easterby66′Eric Miller71′Shane Horgan78′John Kelly
IRE

Team stats

NAM
91%Possession9%
120Carries63
567Metres gained204
17Clean breaks3
33Defenders beaten6
134Passes48
6Offloads3
49Tackles made107
6Tackles missed33
70/77Rucks won33/38
17/18Lineouts won6/18
11/11Scrums won13/17
14/18Mauls won4/4
6Turnovers won14
11Penalties conceded12
29Kicks from hand29
1,077Kick metres715
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 7/7, penalties 0/0 · NAM conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. 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

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Alan QuinlanFlanker
  8. 8Eric MillerNumber 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. 16Shane ByrneBench
  17. 17Simon BestBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Victor CostelloBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22John KellyBench

Namibia

  1. 1Kees LensingProp
  2. 2Johannes MeyerHooker
  3. 3Neil du ToitProp
  4. 4Heino SenekalSecond row
  5. 5Archie GrahamSecond row
  6. 6Schalk van der MerweFlanker
  7. 7Wolfie DuvenhageFlanker
  8. 8Sean FurterNumber 8
  9. 9Hakkies HusselmanScrum-half
  10. 10Emile WesselsFly-half
  11. 11Vince DreyerWing
  12. 12Corne PowellCentre
  13. 13Du Preez GroblerCentre
  14. 14Deon MoutonWing
  15. 15Ronaldo PedroFull-back
  16. 16Cor van TonderBench
  17. 17Andries BlaauwBench
  18. 18Herman LindveltBench
  19. 19Jurgens van LillBench
  20. 20Neil SwanepoelBench
  21. 21Melrick AfricaBench
  22. 22Morne SchreuderBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 2–2 Namibia in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Namibia 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.