Rugby World Cup , East Group - Lansdowne Road, 10 October 1999, 14:00 local, 13:00 GMT
Ireland (0) 3 - 23 (6) Australia (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Australia
5 Casey - sub on
O'Kelly - sub off
8 Paul - sub on
Kearns - sub off
9 0 - 3 Burke - penalty goal
11 Casey - sub off
O'Kelly - sub on
18 Miller - sub on
Brennan - sub off
24 Miller - sub off
Brennan - sub on
29 Bell - sub on
Maggs - sub off
37 Paul - sub off
Crowley - sub on
40 Paul - sub on
Crowley - sub off
40+2 0 - 6 Eales - penalty goal
44 Roff - sub off
Little - sub on
45 0 - 9 Burke - penalty goal
47 Fitzpatrick - sub off
Miller - sub on
Clohessy - sub on
Brennan - sub off
52 Humphreys - penalty goal 3 - 9
54 Finegan - sub on
Little - sub off
Roff - sub on
Giffin - sub off
56 Elwood - sub on
Humphreys - sub off		 3 - 16 Burke - conversion
Horan - try
60 Eales - sub off
Strauss - sub on
66 Harry - sub off
Crowley - sub on
70 Little - sub on
Tune - sub off
76 3 - 23 Burke - conversion
Horan - sub off
Grey - sub on
Tune - try

Notes

 
Result Australia won by a margin of 20 points
Rugby World Cup points Australia 2, Ireland 0
 
Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance 49250
 
Referee C Thomas (Wales)
 
Ireland Test debuts RE Casey
Australia Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland Australia
Tries none Tries Horan (56), Tune (76)
Cons none Cons Burke (56, 76)
Pens Humphreys (52) Pens Burke (9, 45), Eales (40)
    Team
15 FB
Conor O'Shea
14 W
Justin Bishop
13 C
Brian O'Driscoll
12 C
Kevin Maggs
11 W
Matt Mostyn
10 FH
David Humphreys
9 SH
Tom Tierney
1 P
Justin Fitzpatrick
2 H
Keith Wood
3 P
Paul Wallace
4 L
Paddy Johns
5 L
Malcolm O'Kelly
6 F
Trevor Brennan
7 F
Andy Ward
8 N8
Dion O'Cuinneagain (c)
    Replacements
16 C
Jonathan Bell
17 FH
Eric Elwood
18 BR
Eric Miller
19 L
Bob Casey
20 P
Peter Clohessy
21
Ross Nesdale
22
Brian O'Meara
    Team
15 FB
Matt Burke
14 W
Ben Tune
13 C
Dan Herbert
12 C
Tim Horan
11 W
Joe Roff
10 FH
Stephen Larkham
9 SH
George Gregan
1 P
Richard Harry
2 H
Phil Kearns
3 P
Andrew Blades
4 L
David Giffin
5 L
John Eales (c)
6 F
Mark Connors
7 F
David Wilson
8 N8
Toutai Kefu
    Replacements
16 C
Jason Little
17 C
Nathan Grey
18 N8
Tiaan Strauss
19 L
Owen Finegan
20 P
Dan Crowley
21 H
Jeremy Paul
22
Chris Whitaker

Match stats

Ireland   Australia
0 Tries 2
0 from 0 Conversion goals 2 from 2
1 from 1 Penalty goals 3 from 3
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
32 Kicks from hand 38
58 Passes 136
62 Runs 108
183 Metres run with ball 524
Attacking
0% Possession 100%
0 Clean breaks 21
9 Defenders beaten 24
5 Offloads 5
37 from 41 (90.2%) Rucks won 74 from 77 (96.1%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
21 Turnovers conceded 18
Defensive
115/24 Tackles made/missed 64/9
83.0% Tackling success rate 88.0%
Set pieces
10 won, 1 lost (90.9%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 4 lost (71.4%)
10 won, 4 lost (71.4%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 3 lost (83.3%)
Discipline
12 Penalties conceded 10
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB O'Shea 0/0 0 7/3/8 59 0 1 1 3 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Bishop 0/0 0 0/1/5 22 0 1 0 1 5/1 0/0 0 0/0
C O'Driscoll 0/0 0 1/1/3 24 0 0 1 1 3/3 0/0 0 0/0
C Maggs 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Mostyn 0/0 0 0/2/4 24 0 0 2 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH Humphreys 0/0 3 7/6/3 4 0 0 1 3 7/1 1/0 0 0/0
SH Tierney 0/0 0 6/32/5 4 0 0 0 3 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Fitzpatrick 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 7/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Wood 0/0 0 3/3/6 13 0 2 0 1 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
P Wallace 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 11/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Johns 0/0 0 0/0/4 0 0 1 0 1 9/0 2/1 0 0/0
L O'Kelly 0/0 0 1/3/0 0 0 0 0 1 12/5 4/1 2 0/0
F Brennan 0/0 0 0/0/3 3 0 1 0 1 11/3 0/0 5 0/0
F Ward 0/0 0 0/0/2 2 0 0 0 0 14/4 0/0 0 0/0
N8 O'Cuinneagain 0/0 0 2/0/7 6 0 2 0 2 8/0 1/0 0 0/0
(C) Bell 0/0 0 0/0/3 4 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
(FH) Elwood 0/0 0 5/6/1 4 0 0 0 2 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(BR) Miller 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Casey 0/0 0 0/1/3 10 0 1 0 1 3/0 1/0 0 0/0
(P) Clohessy 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 1/1 1 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

Aust stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Burke 0/0 10 7/1/10 72 2 1 0 7 0/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Tune 1/0 5 1/3/10 92 4 6 1 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
C Herbert 0/0 0 0/2/5 18 1 3 1 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Horan 1/1 5 0/6/10 50 3 3 0 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Roff 0/0 0 6/4/9 59 3 3 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Larkham 0/0 0 20/28/9 46 1 1 0 2 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Gregan 0/1 0 3/75/2 0 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Harry 0/0 0 0/0/4 33 2 1 0 1 2/0 0/0 4 0/0
H Kearns 0/0 0 0/0/2 3 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Blades 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Giffin 0/0 0 0/1/3 3 0 0 0 0 4/0 4/0 1 0/0
L Eales 0/0 3 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 1 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
F Connors 0/0 0 0/6/7 15 0 0 1 0 6/1 9/2 1 0/0
F Wilson 0/0 0 1/3/7 38 3 0 1 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Kefu 0/0 0 0/4/19 65 1 2 1 2 6/1 0/0 0 0/0
(C) Little 0/0 0 0/1/1 9 1 2 0 1 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
(C) Grey 0/0 0 0/0/1 3 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Strauss 0/0 0 0/1/2 2 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Finegan 0/0 0 0/0/3 5 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/1 0 0/0
(P) Crowley 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Paul 0/0 0 0/0/3 11 0 2 0 0 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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