The All Blacks first played against Ireland in 1905, during the historic 1905–1906 All Blacks tour of Europe and North America, beating Ireland 15–0 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin. The two teams have played a total of 36 Test matches, with the All Blacks winning 30, Ireland winning 5, and 1 match drawn.

During the 2012 Irish Tour of New Zealand, New Zealand won all three tests, scoring 124 points to Ireland's 29. This tour also saw New Zealand post the biggest winning margin against Ireland in their history, with a score of 60–0 on 23 June 2012.^[1] On 24 November 2013, New Zealand were trailing 22–17 against Ireland in the final minute of the match, and on the verge of their first ever loss to Ireland. Ireland gave up a penalty with under 30 seconds remaining, which ultimately led to New Zealand working their way up the field, ending in a try to tie the score. The try was converted at the second time of asking, handing New Zealand the victory and their perfect season.^[2][3]

Ireland eventually ended a 111-Year wait for a victory at Soldier Field, Chicago with a 40–29 win on 5 November 2016.^[4][5] On 17 November 2018, Ireland beat New Zealand 16–9 at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin to record their first ever home win against the All Blacks.^[6][7]

During the Autumn Nations Series of 2021, Ireland defeated New Zealand 29–20 at home to record their third win in five against the All Blacks.^[8] Despite their desperately poor record against the All Blacks until 2016, the six matches between 2013 and 2021 were shared three each in highly contested encounters between teams at the top of the world rankings. As such, media in both countries have noted that a significant modern rivalry now exists between the two nations, which have similar population sizes.^[9]

Ireland scored their first victory against the All Blacks on New Zealand soil on 9 July 2022, their fourth win over New Zealand.^[10][11] The following week Ireland became just the fifth touring side to achieve a series win in New Zealand, beating the All Blacks 22–32 in Wellington for a 2-1 series victory.^[12]

Summary

Overall

Results

No.	Date	Venue	Score	Winner	Competition	Attendance	Report
1	25 November 1905	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	0–15	New Zealand	The Original All Blacks	12,000	[13]
2	1 November 1924	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	0–6	New Zealand	1924–25 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France	25,000	[14]
3	7 December 1935	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	9–17	New Zealand	1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada	30,000	[15]
4	9 January 1954	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	3–14	New Zealand	1953–54 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America	45,000	[16]
5	7 December 1963	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	5–6	New Zealand	1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America	32,000	[17]
6	20 January 1973	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	10–10	Draw	1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America	50,000	[18]
7	23 November 1974	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6–15	New Zealand	1974 New Zealand rugby union tour of Ireland, Wales and England	35,000	[19]
8	5 June 1976	Athletic Park, Wellington	11–3	New Zealand	1976 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Fiji	37,000	[20]
9	4 November 1978	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6–10	New Zealand	1978 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland	50,000	[21]
10	18 November 1989	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	6–23	New Zealand	1989 New Zealand rugby union tour of Canada and the British Isles	55,000	[22]
11	30 May 1992	Carisbrook, Dunedin	24–21	New Zealand	1992 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand	28,000	[23]
12	6 June 1992	Athletic Park, Wellington	59–6	New Zealand		25,000	[24]
13	27 May 1995	Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa	19–43	New Zealand	1995 Rugby World Cup	38,000	[25]
14	15 November 1997	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	15–63	New Zealand	1997 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland	52,000	[26]
15	17 November 2001	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	29–40	New Zealand	2001 New Zealand rugby union tour	49,000	[27]
16	15 June 2002	Carisbrook, Dunedin	15–6	New Zealand	2002 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand	30,200	[28]
17	22 June 2002	Eden Park, Auckland	40–8	New Zealand		45,000	[29]
18	12 November 2005	Lansdowne Road, Dublin	7–45	New Zealand	2005 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland	42,000	[30]
19	10 June 2006	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	34–23	New Zealand	2006 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia	29,850	[31]
20	17 June 2006	Eden Park, Auckland	27–17	New Zealand		45,000	[32]
21	7 June 2008	Westpac Stadium, Wellington	21–11	New Zealand	2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia	32,127	[33]
22	15 November 2008	Croke Park, Dublin	3–22	New Zealand	2008 Autumn International	77,500	[34]
23	12 June 2010	Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth	66–28	New Zealand	2010 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia	25,064	[35]
24	20 November 2010	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	18–38	New Zealand	2010 Autumn International	49,302	[36]
25	9 June 2012	Eden Park, Auckland	42–10	New Zealand	2012 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand	43,300	[37]
26	16 June 2012	Rugby League Park, Christchurch	22–19	New Zealand		20,666	[38]
27	23 June 2012	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	60–0	New Zealand		25,109	[39]
28	24 November 2013	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	22–24	New Zealand	2013 Autumn International	51,000	[40]
29	5 November 2016	Soldier Field, Chicago, United States	40–29	Ireland	2016 Autumn International	62,300	[41]
30	19 November 2016	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	9–21	New Zealand		51,700	[42]
31	17 November 2018	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	16–9	Ireland	2018 Autumn International	51,700	[43]
32	19 October 2019	Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu, Japan	46–14	New Zealand	2019 Rugby World Cup Quarter-final	46,686	[44]
33	13 November 2021	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	29–20	Ireland	2021 Autumn International	51,700	[45]
34	2 July 2022	Eden Park, Auckland	42–19	New Zealand	2022 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand	48,195	[46]
35	9 July 2022	Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin	12–23	Ireland		28,191	[47]
36	16 July 2022	Sky Stadium, Wellington	22–32	Ireland		38,000	[48]

List of series

Year	New Zealand	Ireland	Series winner
1992	2	0	New Zealand
2002	2	0	New Zealand
2006	2	0	New Zealand
2012	3	0	New Zealand
Ireland 2016	1	1	Drawn series
2022	1	2	Ireland