Teams

Ireland	Australia
Tries none	Tries O'Connor
Pens Ward 4	Pens PE McLean 3
Drops none	Drops Gould
Team 15 FB Hugo MacNeill 14 W Trevor Ringland 13 C David Irwin 12 C Paul Dean 11 W Terry Kennedy 10 FH Tony Ward 9 SH Robbie McGrath 1 P Philip Orr 2 H John Cantrell 3 P Mick Fitzpatrick 4 L Brendan Foley 5 L Donal Lenihan 6 F John O'Driscoll 7 F Fergus Slattery (c) 8 N8 Willie Duggan     Replacements 16 Ginger McLoughlin 17 Ciaran Fitzgerald 18 Ronan Kearney 19 Barry O'Connor 20 Michael Kiernan 21 John Murphy	Team 15 FB Roger Gould 14 W Michael O'Connor 13 C Andrew Slack 12 C Mike Hawker 11 W Brendan Moon 10 FH Paul McLean 9 SH John Hipwell 1 P John Meadows 2 H Chris Carberry 3 P Tony D'Arcy 4 L Tony Shaw (c) 5 L Peter McLean 6 F Simon Poidevin 7 F Greg Cornelsen 8 N8 Mark Loane     Replacements 16 Lance Walker 17 Declan Curran 18 Duncan Hall 19 Phillip Cox 20 Mark Ella 21 Mitchell Cox

Notes

Result Australia won by a margin of 4 points

Ground name Lansdowne Road, Dublin

Attendance 54000

Referee JB Anderson (Scotland)

Ireland Test debuts DG Lenihan, TM Ringland

Australia Test debuts none

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

Other scores

New Zealand tour
France	6 - 18	New Zealand	Parc des Princes