Teams

Australia	Ireland
Tries Burke 2, McIntyre, Smith	Tries Kiernan, MacNeill
Cons Lynagh 4	Cons Kiernan 2
Pens Lynagh 3	Pens Kiernan
Team 15 FB David Campese 14 W Peter Grigg 13 C Andrew Slack (c) 12 C Brett Papworth 11 W Matthew Burke 10 FH Michael Lynagh 9 SH Nick Farr-Jones 1 P Cameron Lillicrap 2 H Tom Lawton 3 P Andy McIntyre 4 L Steve Cutler 5 L Bill Campbell 6 F Simon Poidevin 7 F Steve Tuynman 8 N8 Jeff Miller     Replacements 16 Andrew Leeds 17 Anthony Herbert 18 SH Brian Smith 19 Troy Coker 20 Topo Rodriguez 21 Mark McBain	Team 15 FB Hugo MacNeill 14 W Trevor Ringland 13 C Michael Kiernan 12 C Brendan Mullin 11 W Keith Crossan 10 FH Paul Dean 9 SH Michael Bradley 1 P Philip Orr 2 H Terry Kingston 3 P Des Fitzgerald 4 L Donal Lenihan (c) 5 L Willie Anderson 6 F Philip Matthews 7 F Derek McGrath 8 N8 Neil Francis     Replacements 16 C David Irwin 17 Tony Ward 18 Tony Doyle 19 N8 Brian Spillane 20 Steve Smith 21 Job Langbroek

Notes

Result Australia won by a margin of 18 points

Ground name Concord Oval, Sydney

Attendance 14356

Referee JB Anderson (Scotland)

Australia Test debuts none

Ireland Test debuts none

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3

Other scores

Rugby World Cup
Fiji	16 - 31	France	Auckland