Ireland national rugby union team tours

This article is a list of statistics from the Ireland rugby union team's 32 international tours. The article also includes details of the Ireland Wolfhounds' two international tours.

Ireland Rugby Tours

Year To Captain Head coach Result Score
1899 Canada[1][2] James Franks N/A N/A
1952 Chile
& Argentina
[3]
Des O'Brien GPS Hogan Won 1–1–0
1961 South Africa[3] Ronnie Dawson Noel Murphy Lost 0–1
1967 Australia[3][4] Tom Kiernan Eugene Davy Won 1–0
1970 Argentina[4] Tom Kiernan E. Patterson Lost 0–2
1976 New Zealand
& Fiji
[4][5]
Tom Grace K. Quilligan Lost
Won
0–1 (New Zealand)
1–0 (Fiji)
1979 Australia[5] Fergus Slattery J. Coffey Won 2–0
1981 South Africa[5][6] Fergus Slattery P. Madigan Lost 0–2
1985 Japan[6] Ciaran Fitzgerald Des McKibbin Won 2–0
1988 France[6] Willie Anderson Jimmy Davidson N/A N/A
1989 Canada
& United States
[6][7]
Willie Anderson Jimmy Davidson Won
Won
1–0 (Canada)
1–0 (United States)
1991 Namibia[7] Philip Matthews Ciaran Fitzgerald Lost 0–2
1992 New Zealand[7][8] Phil Danaher Gerry Murphy Lost 0–2
1994 Australia[8] Michael Bradley Gerry Murphy Lost 0–2
1998 South Africa[8] Paddy Johns Warren Gatland Lost 0–2
1999 Australia[8][9] Dion O'Cuinneagain Warren Gatland Lost 0–2
2000 Argentina,
United States
& Canada
[10][11][12]
Keith Wood Warren Gatland Lost
Won
Drew
0–1 (Argentina)
1–0 (United States)
0–0 (Canada)
2002 New Zealand[13][14] Keith Wood Eddie O'Sullivan Lost 0–2
2003 Australia,
Tonga
& Samoa
[15][16][17]
David Humphreys
Reggie Corrigan
Eddie O'Sullivan Lost
Won
Won
0–1 (Australia)
1–0 (Tonga)
1–0 (Samoa)
2004 South Africa[18][19] Brian O'Driscoll Eddie O'Sullivan Lost 0–2
2005 Japan[20][21] David Humphreys Niall O'Donovan Won 2–0
2006 New Zealand
& Australia
[22][23][24]
Brian O'Driscoll Eddie O'Sullivan Lost
Lost
0–2 (New Zealand)
0–1 (Australia)
2007 Argentina[25][26] Simon Best Eddie O'Sullivan Lost 0–2
2008 New Zealand
& Australia
[27][28]
Brian O'Driscoll Michael Bradley Lost
Lost
0–1 (New Zealand)
0–1 (Australia)
2009 Canada
& United States
[29]
Rory Best Declan Kidney Won
Won
1–0 (Canada)
1–0 (United States)
2010 New Zealand
& Australia
[30][31][28]
Brian O'Driscoll Declan Kidney Lost 0–1 (New Zealand)
0–1 (Australia)
2012 New Zealand[32] Brian O'Driscoll Declan Kidney Lost 0–3 (New Zealand)
2013 Canada
& United States
[33][34]
Peter O'Mahony Les Kiss Won 1–0 (Canada)
1–0 (United States)
2014 Argentina[35] Paul O'Connell Joe Schmidt Won 2–0
2016 South Africa[36] Rory Best Joe Schmidt Lost 1–2
2017 Japan[37] Rhys Ruddock Joe Schmidt Won 2–0
2018 Australia[38] Rory Best Joe Schmidt Won 2–1

Ireland A & Development Rugby Tours

Year To Captain Head coach Result Score
1993 South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe[9] Kevin Potts Gerry Murphy Won 1–0 (Zimbabwe)
1997 Oceania[39] Gabriel Fulcher
Gary Halpin
Brian Ashton Lost 0–1 (Western Samoa XV)

Tour Statistics

Flag Nation or Nations From To Test Matches Tour Matches Total Record
PWDLPWDLPWDL%PFPAPD
1889 tour of Canada[1][2][40] 12 October 6 November ----1110-11110-190.91%15050+100

1952 tour of South America[3]
Test Series[41]
Ireland 1–1–0 Argentina
1 August 3 September ----9621962166.67%12643+83
1961 tour of South Africa[3]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 South Africa
13 May 24 May 1--133--43-175%5936+23
1967 tour of Australia[3][4]
Test Series
Ireland 1–0 Australia
1 May 20 May 11--53-264-266.67%11980+39
1970 tour of Argentina[4]
Test Series[42]
Ireland 0–2 Argentina
30 August 20 September ----74-374-385.71%7357+16

1976 tour of New Zealand & Fiji[4][5]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 New Zealand
Ireland 1–0 Fiji (Tour Match)
15 May 9 June 1--175-285-357.14%8868+20
1979 tour of Australia[5]
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Australia
20 May 16 June 22--65-187-187.5%18475+109
1981 tour of South Africa[5][6]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 South Africa
16 May 6 June 2--253-273-442.86%20790+117
1985 tour of Japan[6]
Test Series[43]
Ireland 2–0 Japan
19 May 2 June ----55--55--100%20166+135
1988 tour of France[6]
Test Series[44]
May 22 May ----41-341-325%75104-29

1989 tour of North America[6][7]
Test Series[45]
Ireland 1–0 Canada
Ireland 1–0 United States
30 August 9 September ----44--44--100%13552+83
1991 tour of Namibia[7]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Namibia
17 June 27 June 2--222--42-250%10161+40
1992 tour of New Zealand[7][8]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 New Zealand
16 May 6 June 2--263-383-537.5%153287-134
1994 tour of Australia[8]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Australia
18 May 11 June 2--262-482-625%177254-77
1998 tour of South Africa[8]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 South Africa
30 May 20 June 2--252-372-528.57%113144-31
1999 tour of Australia[8][9]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Australia
31 May 19 June 2--221-141-325%103123-20


2000 Ireland rugby union tour of The Americas[10][11][12]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 Argentina
Ireland 0–1–0 Canada
Ireland 1–0 United States
3 June 17 June 3111----311133.33%13364+69
2002 tour of New Zealand[46][13][14]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 New Zealand
8 June 22 June 2--211--31-233.33%7058+12


2003 Ireland rugby union tour of The South Seas[15][16][17]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 Australia
Ireland 1–0 Tonga
Ireland 1–0 Western Samoa
7 June 20 June 32-1----31-266.67%9678+18
2004 tour of South Africa[18][19]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 South Africa
12 June 19 June 2--2----2--2%3457-23
2005 tour of Japan[20][21]
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Japan
12 June 19 June 22------22--100%9130+61

2006 tour of New Zealand and Australia[22][23][24]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 Australia
Ireland 0–2 All Blacks
10 June 24 June 3--3----3--3%5598-43
2007 tour of Argentina[25][26]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Argentina
26 May 2 June 2--2----2--2%2038-18

2008 tour of New Zealand and Australia[27][47]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 Australia
Ireland 0–1 All Blacks
7 June 14 June 2--2----2--2%2339-16

2009 tour of North America[29]
Test Series
Ireland 1–0 Canada
Ireland 1–0 United States
23 May 24 June 22------22--100%5216+36

2010 tour of New Zealand and Australia[30][31][28]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 Australia
Ireland 0–1 All Blacks
12 June 26 June 2--21--13--3%71118-47
2012 tour of New Zealand[32]
Test Series
Ireland 0–3 All Blacks
9 June 23 June 3--3----3--3%29124-47

2013 tour of North America[33][34]
Test Series
Ireland 1–0 Canada
Ireland 1–0 United States
8 June 15 June 22------22--100%5526+29
2014 tour of Argentina[35]
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Argentina
7 June 14 June 22------22--100%5234+18
2016 tour of South Africa[36]
Test Series
Ireland 1–2 South Africa
11 June 25 June 21-2----31-233.33%6571-6
2017 tour of Japan[37]
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Japan
17 June 24 June 22------22--100%8535+50
2018 tour of Australia[38]
Test Series
Ireland 2–1 Australia
9 June 23 June 32-1----32-166.67%55550
Total32 Tours541913589602271447836354.17%30502531+519

Ireland A & Development Tour Stats

Flag Nation or Nations From To Test Matches Tour Matches Total Record
PWDLPWDLPWDL%PFPAPD


1993 South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe tour[9] 21 July 11 August 11--65-176-185.71%219103+116

1997 Oceania tour[9] 22 May 14 June 1--161-571-614.29%169337-168
Total2 Tours21-1126-6147-750%388440-52

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