Teams

New Zealand	Ireland
Tries Dermody, Kelleher, McAlister	Tries Flannery, O'Connell
Cons McAlister 3	Cons O'Gara 2
Pens McAlister 2	Pens O'Gara
Team 15 FB Mils Muliaina 14 W Doug Howlett 13 C Casey Laulala 12 C Aaron Mauger 11 W Joe Rokocoko 10 FH Luke McAlister 9 SH Byron Kelleher 1 P Clarke Dermody 2 H Keven Mealamu 3 P Carl Hayman 4 L Chris Jack 5 L Troy Flavell 6 F Jerome Kaino 7 F Richie McCaw (c) 8 N8 Rodney So'oialo     Replacements 16 H Andrew Hore 17 P Neemia Tialata 18 L Greg Rawlinson 19 F Craig Newby 20 Jimmy Cowan 21 FH David Hill 22 Ma'a Nonu	Team 15 FB Geordan Murphy 14 W Shane Horgan 13 C Brian O'Driscoll (c) 12 C Gordon D'Arcy 11 W Andrew Trimble 10 FH Ronan O'Gara 9 SH Peter Stringer 1 P Marcus Horan 2 H Jerry Flannery 3 P John Hayes 4 L Donncha O'Callaghan 5 L Paul O'Connell 6 F Neil Best 7 F David Wallace 8 N8 Denis Leamy     Replacements 16 Rory Best 17 P Bryan Young 18 L Mick O'Driscoll 19 Keith Gleeson 20 SH Isaac Boss 21 Denis Hickie 22 FB Girvan Dempsey

Notes

Result New Zealand won by a margin of 10 points

Ground name Eden Park, Auckland

Attendance 45000

Referee JI Kaplan (South Africa)

New Zealand Test debuts DW Hill

Ireland Test debuts IJ Boss, B Young

Other scores

England tour
Australia	43 - 18	England	Melbourne
France tour
Romania	14 - 62	France	Bucharest
Italy tour
Fiji	29 - 18	Italy	Lautoka
Scotland tour
South Africa	29 - 15	Scotland	Port Elizabeth
Wales tour
Argentina	45 - 27	Wales	Buenos Aires
African Championship D1
Ivory Coast	9 - 9	Morocco	Abidjan
Churchill Cup
Canada	33 - 18	USA	Edmonton
Pacific Nations Cup
Samoa	53 - 9	Japan	New Plymouth
Junior All Blacks	38 - 10	Tonga	New Plymouth