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Nations Championship 2026 · Eden Park, Auckland · 18 July 2026Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 19 points.Half-time 28–7 · Tries 6–3 · NZL 1 yellow card

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15223335394556637926118Attacks637Ball won114213235122911348262611984418%Own 2235%Own half67%Opp half93%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL17015
IRE24035
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL5/60/00
IRE3/30/00
← Ireland attack · New Zealand 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
  • 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
15′New ZealandTry, Patrick Tuipulotu, converted5–0
22′New ZealandTry, Ardie Savea, converted12–0
33′IrelandTry, Jack Conan, converted14–5
35′New ZealandTry, Will Jordan, converted19–7
39′New ZealandTry, Asafo Aumua, converted26–7
45′IrelandTry, Joe McCarthy, converted28–12
56′New ZealandTry, Damian McKenzie, converted33–14
63′IrelandTry, Hugo Keenan, converted35–19
79′New ZealandTry, Anton Lienert-Brown40–21
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 NZL card
15′Patrick Tuipulotu22′Ardie Savea33′Jack Conan35′Will Jordan39′Asafo Aumua45′Joe McCarthy56′Damian McKenzie63′Hugo Keenan79′Anton Lienert-Brown
NZL

Team stats

IRE
59%Possession41%
55%Territory45%
200Carries126
558Metres gained414
10Clean breaks5
35Defenders beaten15
255Passes216
12Offloads7
170Tackles made240
15Tackles missed35
142/147Rucks won103/104
12/14Lineouts won12/13
7/8Scrums won3/4
5/5Mauls won2/3
5Turnovers won3
9Penalties conceded8
24Kicks from hand14
632Kick metres378
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 5/6, penalties 0/0 · IRE conversions 3/3, 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

New Zealand

  1. 1Ethan de GrootProp
  2. 2Codie TaylorHooker
  3. 3Tyrel LomaxProp
  4. 4Josh LordSecond row
  5. 5Patrick TuipulotuSecond row
  6. 6Tupou Vaa'iFlanker
  7. 7Luke JacobsonFlanker
  8. 8Ardie SaveaNumber 8
  9. 9Cam RoigardScrum-half
  10. 10Ruben LoveFly-half
  11. 11Josh MoorbyWing
  12. 12Jordie BarrettCentre
  13. 13Quinn TupaeaCentre
  14. 14Will JordanWing
  15. 15Damian McKenzieFull-back
  16. 16Asafo AumuaBench
  17. 17Xavier NumiaBench
  18. 18Fletcher NewellBench
  19. 19Anton SegnerBench
  20. 20Peter LakaiBench
  21. 21Cortez RatimaBench
  22. 22Anton Lienert-BrownBench
  23. 23Caleb ClarkeBench

Ireland

  1. 1Tom O'TooleProp
  2. 2Dan SheehanHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Joe McCarthySecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Tadhg BeirneFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8Jack ConanNumber 8
  9. 9Jamison Gibson-ParkScrum-half
  10. 10Sam PrendergastFly-half
  11. 11Jimmy O'BrienWing
  12. 12Stuart McCloskeyCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Robert BaloucouneWing
  15. 15Hugo KeenanFull-back
  16. 16Ronan KelleherBench
  17. 17Jeremy LoughmanBench
  18. 18Tom ClarksonBench
  19. 19Nick TimoneyBench
  20. 20Sean JansenBench
  21. 21Craig CaseyBench
  22. 22Ciaran FrawleyBench
  23. 23Bundee AkiBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 33–5 Ireland, 1 drawn in 39 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand 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.