Teams

Australia	Ireland
Pens PE McLean	Pens Campbell
Drops none	Drops Campbell 2
Team 15 FB Laurie Monaghan 14 W Phil Crowe 13 C Bill McKid 12 C Tony Melrose 11 W Brendan Moon 10 FH Paul McLean 9 SH Rod Hauser 1 P John Meadows 2 H Bill Ross 3 P Stan Pilecki 4 L Peter McLean 5 L Keith Besomo 6 F Tony Shaw (c) 7 F Greg Cornelsen 8 N8 Mark Loane     Replacements 16 Roger Cooke 17 Peter Carson 18 Andrew Slack 19 Chris Handy 20 Peter Horton 21 Duncan Hall	Team 15 FB Rodney O'Donnell 14 W John Moloney 13 C Mike Gibson 12 C Paul McNaughton 11 W Terry Kennedy 10 FH Ollie Campbell 9 SH Colin Patterson 1 P Philip Orr 2 H Ciaran Fitzgerald 3 P Ginger McLoughlin 4 L Moss Keane 5 L Harold Steele 6 F Fergus Slattery (c) 7 F John O'Driscoll 8 N8 Willie Duggan

Notes

Result Ireland won by a margin of 6 points

Ground name Sydney Cricket Ground

Attendance 33476

Referee RG Byres

Australia Test debuts KS Besomo

Ireland Test debuts none

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

Other scores

France XV tour
Fiji	4 - 13	France XV	Suva