Ireland national rugby union team tours

This article is a list of tours by the Ireland national rugby union team

Ireland Rugby Tours

Year To Captain Head coach Result Score
1899 Canada James Franks N/A N/A
1952 Chile
& Argentina
Des O'Brien GPS Hogan Won 1–0 (1 Draw)
1961 South Africa Ronnie Dawson Noel Murphy Lost 0–1
1967 Australia Tom Kiernan Eugene Davy Won 1–0
1970 Argentina Tom Kiernan E. Patterson Lost 0–2
1976 New Zealand
& Fiji
Tom Grace K. Quilligan Lost
Won
0–1 (New Zealand)
1–0 (Fiji)
1979 Australia Fergus Slattery J. Coffey Won 2–0
1981 South Africa Fergus Slattery P. Madigan Lost 0–2
1985 Japan Ciaran Fitzgerald Des McKibbin Won 2–0
1988 France Willie Anderson Jimmy Davidson
1989 Canada
& United States
Willie Anderson Jimmy Davidson Won
Won
1–0 (Canada)
1–0 (United States)
1991 Namibia Philip Matthews Ciaran Fitzgerald Lost 0–2
1992 New Zealand Phil Danaher Gerry Murphy Lost 0–2
1994 Australia Michael Bradley Gerry Murphy Lost 0–2
1998 South Africa Paddy Johns Warren Gatland Lost 0–2
1999 Australia Dion O'Cuinneagain Warren Gatland Lost 0–2
2000 Argentina,
United States
& Canada
Keith Wood Warren Gatland Lost
Won
Drew
0–1 (Argentina)
1–0 (United States)
0–0 (Canada)
2002 New Zealand Keith Wood Eddie O'Sullivan Lost 0–2
2003 Australia,
Tonga
& Samoa
David Humphreys
Reggie Corrigan
Eddie O'Sullivan Lost
Won
Won
0–1 (Australia)
1–0 (Tonga)
1–0 (Samoa)
2004 South Africa Brian O'Driscoll Eddie O'Sullivan Lost 0–2
2005 Japan David Humphreys Niall O'Donovan Won 2–0
2006 New Zealand
& Australia
Brian O'Driscoll Eddie O'Sullivan Lost
Lost
0–2 (New Zealand)
0–1 (Australia)
2007 Argentina Simon Best Eddie O'Sullivan Lost 0–2
2008 New Zealand
& Australia
Brian O'Driscoll Michael Bradley Lost
Lost
0–1 (New Zealand)
0–1 (Australia)
2009 USA & Canada Rory Best Declan Kidney Won
Won
1–0 (Canada)
1–0 (United States)
2010 New Zealand
& Australia
Brian O'Driscoll Declan Kidney Lost 0–1 (New Zealand)
0–1 (Australia)
2012 New Zealand Brian O'Driscoll Declan Kidney Lost 0–3 (New Zealand)
2013 Canada
& United States
Peter O'Mahony Les Kiss Won 1–0 (Canada)
1–0 (United States)
2014 Argentina Paul O'Connell Joe Schmidt Won 2–0
2016 South Africa Rory Best Joe Schmidt Lost 1–2
2017 Japan Rhys Ruddock Joe Schmidt Won 2–0
2018 Australia Rory Best Joe Schmidt Won 2-1

Tour stats

Flag Nation or Nations From To Test Matches Tour Matches Total Record
PWDLPWDLPWDL%PFPAPD
1889 tour of Canada[1] 12 October 6 November 1110-11110-190.91%15050100

1952 tour of South America
Test Series[2]
Ireland 1–0 Argentina (1 Draw)
1 August 3 September 9621962166.67%1264383
1961 tour of South Africa
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 South Africa
13 May 24 May 1--133--43-175%593623
1967 tour of Australia
Test Series
Ireland 1–0 Australia
1 May 20 May 11--53-264-266.67%1198039
1971 tour of Argentina
Test Series[3]
Ireland 0–2 Argentina
30 August 20 September 74-374-385.71%735716

1976 tour of New Zealand & Fiji
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 New Zealand
Ireland 1–0 Fiji (Tour Match)
15 May 9 June 1--175-285-357.14%886820
1979 tour of Australia
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Australia
20 May 16 June 22--65-187-187.5%18475109
1981 tour of South Africa
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 South Africa
16 May 6 June 2--253-273-442.86%20790117
1985 tour of Japan
Test Series[4]
Ireland 2–0 Japan
19 May 2 June 55--55--100%20166135

1989 tour of North America
Test Series[5]
Ireland 1–0 Canada
Ireland 1–0 United States
30 August 9 September 44--44--100%1355283
1991 tour of Namibia
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Namibia
17 June 27 June 2--222--42-250%1016140
1992 tour of New Zealand
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 New Zealand
16 May 6 June 2--263-383-537.5%153287-134
1994 tour of Australia
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Australia
18 May 11 June 2--262-482-625%177254-77

References

  1. Ireland did not award caps for this series
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