Since 1927, Australia and Ireland have competed against each other in rugby union in 36 matches, Australia having won 22, Ireland 13, with 1 draw. Their first meeting was on 12 November 1927, and was won 5-3 by Australia. Their most recent meeting took place at Allianz Stadium, Sydney on 23 June 2018 and was won 20 pts to 16 by Ireland on their way to a 2-1 series win. Since 1999 the two sides have competed for the Lansdowne Cup.^[1]

Summary

Overall

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition
1	12 November 1927	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–5	Australia	1927–28 Waratahs tour of the British Isles, France and Canada
2	6 December 1947	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–16	Australia	1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America
3	18 January 1958	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–6	Ireland	1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
4	21 January 1967	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	15–8	Ireland	1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France
5	13 May 1967	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	5–11	Ireland	1967 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
6	26 October 1968	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	10–3	Ireland	1968 Australia rugby union tour of British Isles
7	17 January 1976	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	10–20	Australia	1975–76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
8	3 June 1979	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	12–27	Ireland	1979 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
9	16 June 1979	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	3–9	Ireland
10	21 November 1981	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	12–16	Australia	1981–82 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
11	10 November 1984	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–16	Australia	1984 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland
12	7 June 1987	Concord Oval, Sydney	33–15	Australia	1987 Rugby World Cup
13	20 October 1991	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	18–19	Australia	1991 Rugby World Cup
14	31 October 1992	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	17–42	Australia	1992 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
15	5 June 1994	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	33–13	Australia	1994 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
16	11 June 1994	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	32–18	Australia
17	23 November 1996	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	12–22	Australia	1996 Australia rugby union tour of Europe
18	12 June 1999	Ballymore Stadium, Brisbane	46–10	Australia	1999 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
19	19 June 1999	Subiaco Oval, Perth	32–26	Australia
20	10 October 1999	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–23	Australia	1999 Rugby World Cup
21	9 November 2002	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	18–9	Ireland	2002 Autumn International
22	7 June 2003	Subiaco Oval, Perth	45–16	Australia	2003 Ireland rugby union tour of The South Seas
23	1 November 2003	Telstra Dome, Melbourne	17–16	Australia	2003 Rugby World Cup
24	19 November 2005	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	14–30	Australia	2005 Autumn International
25	24 June 2006	Subiaco Oval, Perth	37–15	Australia	2006 mid-year test
26	19 November 2006	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	21–6	Ireland	2006 Autumn International
27	14 June 2008	Colonial Stadium, Melbourne	18–12	Australia	2008 mid-year test
28	15 November 2009	Croke Park, Dublin	20–20	draw	2009 Autumn International
29	26 June 2010	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	22–15	Australia	2010 mid-year test
30	17 September 2011	Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand	15–6	Ireland	2011 Rugby World Cup
31	16 November 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	15–32	Australia	2013 Autumn International
32	22 November 2014	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	26–23	Ireland	2014 Autumn International
33	26 November 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	27–24	Ireland	2016 Autumn International
34	9 June 2018	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane	18–9	Australia	2018 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
35	16 June 2018	AAMI Park, Melbourne	21–26	Ireland
36	23 June 2018	Allianz Stadium, Sydney	16–20	Ireland

List of series

Year	Australia	Ireland	Series winner	Lansdowne Cup
1979	0	2	Ireland	N/A
1994	2	0	Australia
1999	2	0	Australia
2018	1	2	Ireland