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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Telstra Dome, Melbourne | Narrm · 1 November 2003Head-to-head
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Australia won by 1 point.Half-time 11–6 · Tries 1–1 · AUS 1 yellow card · IRE 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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1451
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Tacklesmademissed
AUS9814
IRE11426
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS0/03/31
IRE1/12/21
← Ireland attack · Australia 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
14′AustraliaTry, George Smith8–0
51′IrelandTry, Brian O'Driscoll, converted14–11
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 AUS card · 1 IRE card
14′George Smith51′Brian O'Driscoll
AUS

Team stats

IRE
50%Possession50%
109Carries88
446Metres gained264
2Clean breaks3
26Defenders beaten14
151Passes148
5Offloads6
98Tackles made114
14Tackles missed26
71/77Rucks won62/63
21/27Lineouts won16/16
4/5Scrums won7/7
3/3Mauls won5/7
5Turnovers won10
11Penalties conceded13
27Kicks from hand40
910Kick metres1,428
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 0/0, penalties 3/3 · IRE conversions 1/1, 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

Australia

  1. 1Bill YoungProp
  2. 2Brendan CannonHooker
  3. 3Ben DarwinProp
  4. 4David GiffinSecond row
  5. 5Nathan SharpeSecond row
  6. 6George SmithFlanker
  7. 7Phil WaughFlanker
  8. 8David LyonsNumber 8
  9. 9George GreganScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
  11. 11Joe RoffWing
  12. 12Elton FlatleyCentre
  13. 13Matt BurkeCentre
  14. 14Wendell SailorWing
  15. 15Mat RogersFull-back
  16. 16Jeremy PaulBench
  17. 17Al BaxterBench
  18. 18Dan VickermanBench
  19. 19Matt CockbainBench
  20. 20Chris WhitakerBench
  21. 21Matt GiteauBench
  22. 22Lote TuqiriBench

Ireland

  1. 1Reggie CorriganProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  5. 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
  6. 6Simon EasterbyFlanker
  7. 7Keith GleesonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 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. 17Marcus HoranBench
  18. 18Donncha O'CallaghanBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Guy EasterbyBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22John KellyBench

Match officials

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Context

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

Australia 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.