Teams

Australia	Ireland
Tries Burke, Campese, Lynagh, Smith, Tabua Tamanivalu	Tries Johns
Cons Lynagh	Cons Elwood
Pens Lynagh 2	Pens Elwood, O'Shea
Team 15 FB Matt Pini 14 W David Campese 13 C Matt Burke 12 C Matt O'Connor 11 W Damian Smith 10 FH Michael Lynagh (c) 9 SH Peter Slattery 1 P Tony Daly 2 H Phil Kearns 3 P Ewen McKenzie 4 L Garrick Morgan 5 L John Eales 6 F Ilie Tabua Tamanivalu 7 F David Wilson 8 N8 Tim Gavin     Replacements 16 Dan Herbert 17 Tim Wallace 18 George Gregan 19 Rod McCall 20 Mark Hartill 21 Michael Foley	Team 15 FB Conor O'Shea 14 W Simon Geoghegan 13 C Jonathan Bell 12 C Phil Danaher 11 W Niall Woods 10 FH Eric Elwood 9 SH Michael Bradley (c) 1 P John Fitzgerald 2 H Keith Wood 3 P Peter Clohessy 4 L Neil Francis 5 L Mick Galwey 6 F Brian Robinson 7 F David Corkery 8 N8 Paddy Johns     Replacements 16 F Denis McBride 17 C Maurice Field 18 Alan McGowan 19 Niall Hogan 20 Gary Halpin 21 Terry Kingston

Notes

Result Australia won by a margin of 20 points

Ground name Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane

Attendance 26545

Referee J Dume (France)

Australia Test debuts MG O'Connor, MJ Pini

Ireland Test debuts JC Bell, SD Corkery, KGM Wood, NKP Woods