Full time19 November 2006
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2006Head-to-head
Ireland won by 15 points.
Scoring
- 5’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock0–3
- 16’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara3–3
- 27’TIreland try · Denis Hickie8–3
- 41’CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara10–3
- 41’TIreland try · Geordan Murphy15–3
- 45’PAustralia penalty · Stirling Mortlock15–6
- 51’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara18–6
- 61’PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara21–6
Line-ups
Ireland
- 1Bryan YoungProp
- 2Rory BestHooker
- 3John HayesProp
- 4Donncha O'CallaghanSecond row
- 5Paul O'ConnellSecond row
- 6Neil BestFlanker
- 7David WallaceFlanker
- 8Denis LeamyNumber 8
- 9Isaac BossScrum-half
- 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
- 11Denis HickieWing
- 12Gordon D'ArcyCentre
- 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
- 14Shane HorganWing
- 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
- 16Frankie SheahanBench
- 17Marcus HoranBench
- 18Malcolm O'KellyBench
- 19Simon EasterbyBench
- 20Peter StringerBench
- 21Paddy WallaceBench
- 22Girvan DempseyBench
Australia
- 1Al BaxterProp
- 2Tai McIsaacHooker
- 3Guy ShepherdsonProp
- 4Nathan SharpeSecond row
- 5Mark ChisholmSecond row
- 6Rocky ElsomFlanker
- 7Phil WaughFlanker
- 8Wycliff PaluNumber 8
- 9Matt GiteauScrum-half
- 10Stephen LarkhamFly-half
- 11Mark GerrardWing
- 12Stirling MortlockCentre
- 13Lote TuqiriCentre
- 14Clyde RathboneWing
- 15Chris LathamFull-back
- 16Stephen MooreBench
- 17Benn RobinsonBench
- 18Alister CampbellBench
- 19George SmithBench
- 20Josh ValentineBench
- 21Mat RogersBench
- 22Scott StaniforthBench
Match officials
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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
- Previous meeting: 24 June 2006, Ireland 15–37 Australia
- Next meeting on record: 15 November 2009
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.