Head-To-Head: New Zealand v Ireland

2012 SUMMER TOUR FIRST TEST: Saturday, June 9

NEW ZEALAND v IRELAND, Eden Park, 7.35pm local time/8.35am Irish time (live Sky Sports 2/RTÉ Radio 1)

NEW ZEALAND: Israel Dagg (Crusaders); Zac Guildford (Crusaders), Conrad Smith (Hurricanes), Sonny Bill Williams (Chiefs), Julian Savea (Hurricanes); Dan Carter (Crusaders), Aaron Smith (Highlanders); Tony Woodcock (Blues), Andrew Hore (Highlanders), Owen Franks (Crusaders), Brodie Retallick (Chiefs), Sam Whitelock (Crusaders), Victor Vito (Hurricanes), Richie McCaw (Crusaders) (capt), Kieran Read (Crusaders).

Replacements: Hikawera Elliot (Chiefs), Ben Franks (Crusaders), Ali Williams (Blues), Adam Thomson (Highlanders), Piri Weepu (Blues), Aaron Cruden (Chiefs), Ben Smith (Highlanders).

IRELAND: Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster); Fergus McFadden (Old Belvedere/Leinster), Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt), Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster), Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster); Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster), Declan Fitzpatrick (Dungannon/Ulster), Dan Tuohy (Ballymena/Ulster), Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster), Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), Sean O’Brien (Clontarf/Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster).

Replacements: Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Ronan Loughney (Galwegians/Connacht), Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Kevin McLaughlin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster), Darren Cave (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster).

Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant Referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), James Leckie (Australia)
Television Match Official: Matt Goddard (Australia)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 24
Ireland Won – 0
Drawn – 1
New Zealand Won – 23

Previous Meetings:

Saturday, November 25, 1905 – Tour Match – Ireland 0 New Zealand 15, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, November 1, 1924 – Tour Match – Ireland 0 New Zealand 6, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, December 7, 1935 – Tour Match – Ireland 9 New Zealand 17, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, January 9, 1954 – Tour Match – Ireland 3 New Zealand 14, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, December 7, 1963 – Tour Match – Ireland 5 New Zealand 6, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, January 20, 1973 – Tour Match – Ireland 10 New Zealand 10, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, November 23, 1974 – Tour Match – Ireland 6 New Zealand 15, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, June 5, 1976 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 11 Ireland 3, Athletic Park
Saturday, November 4, 1978 – Tour Match – Ireland 6 New Zealand 10, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, November 18, 1989 – Tour Match – Ireland 6 New Zealand 23, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, May 30, 1992 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 24 Ireland 21, Carisbrook
Saturday, June 6, 1992 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 59 Ireland 6, Athletic Park
Saturday, May 27, 1995 – Rugby World Cup – Ireland 19 New Zealand 43, Ellis Park
Saturday, November 15, 1997 – Autumn Test – Ireland 15 New Zealand 63, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, November 17, 2001 – Autumn Test – Ireland 29 New Zealand 40, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, June 15, 2002 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 15 Ireland 6, Carisbrook
Saturday, June 22, 2002 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 40 Ireland 8, Eden Pak
Saturday, November 12, 2005 – Autumn Test – Ireland 7 New Zealand 45, Lansdowne Road
Saturday, June 10, 2006 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 34 Ireland 23, Waikato Stadium
Saturday, June 17, 2006 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 27 Ireland 17, Eden Park
Saturday, June 7, 2008 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 21 Ireland 11, Westpac Stadium
Saturday, November 15, 2008 – Autumn Test – Ireland 3 New Zealand 22, Croke Park
Saturday, June 12, 2010 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 66 Ireland 28, Yarrow Stadium
Saturday, November 20, 2010 – Autumn Test – Ireland 18 New Zealand 38, Aviva Stadium

Ireland v New Zealand: IRFU Stats Vault

Most Points And Biggest Margins:

Ireland: Points: 29-40, 2001 Autumn Test; Margin: –

New Zealand: Points: 66-28, Summer Test; Margin: 59-6, 1992 Second Test

Individual Records In The Series:

Most Points In A Match: Ireland 14 (David Humphreys, 2001 Autumn Test); New Zealand 33 (Andrew Mehrtens, 1997 Autumn Test)

Most Tries In A Match: Ireland 2 (Keith Wood, 1997 Autumn Test; Vinny Cunningham, 1992 First Test); New Zealand 2 (by 7 players)

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2010 Six Nations:

Won 29-11 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Lost 33-10 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 20-16 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 27-12 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 23-20 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Lost 66-28 v New Zealand away (Summer Tour)
Lost 22-15 v Australia away (Summer Tour)
Lost 23-21 v South Africa home (Autumn Series)
Won 20-10 v Samoa home (Autumn Series)
Lost 38-18 v New Zealand home (Autumn Series)
Won 29-9 v Argentina home (Autumn Series)
Won 13-11 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Lost 25-22 v France home (Six Nations)
Won 21-18 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Lost 19-13 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 24-8 v England home (Six Nations)
Lost 10-6 v Scotland away (World Cup Warm-Up)
Lost 19-12 v France away (World Cup Warm-Up)
Lost 26-22 v France home (World Cup Warm-Up)
Lost 20-9 v England home (World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 22-10 v USA neutral (World Cup Pool C)
Won 15-6 v Australia neutral (World Cup Pool C)
Won 62-12 v Russia neutral (World Cup Pool C)
Won 36-6 v Italy neutral (World Cup Pool C)
Lost 22-10 v Wales neutral (World Cup Quarter-Final)
Lost 23-21 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Won 42-10 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Drew 17-17 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 32-14 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Lost 30-9 v England away (Six Nations)

New Zealand – Form Guide From Start Of The 2010 Test Season:

Won 66-28 v Ireland home (Summer Series)
Won 42-9 v Wales home (Summer Series)
Won 29-10 v Wales home (Summer Series)
Won 32-12 v South Africa home (Tri Nations)
Won 31-17 v South Africa home (Tri Nations)
Won 49-28 v Australia away (Tri Nations)
Won 20-10 v Australia home (Tri Nations)
Won 29-22 v South Africa away (Tri Nations)
Won 23-22 v Australia away (Tri Nations)
Lost 26-24 v Australia neutral (Bledisloe Cup)
Won 26-16 v England away (Autumn Tour)
Won 49-3 v Scotland away (Autumn Tour)
Won 38-18 v Ireland away (Autumn Tour)
Won 37-25 v Wales away (Autumn Tour)
Won 60-14 v Fiji home (Summer Test)
Won 40-7 v South Africa home (Tri Nations)
Won 30-14 v Australia home (Tri Nations)
Lost 18-5 v South Africa away (Tri Nations)
Lost 25-20 v Australia away (Tri Nations)
Won 41-10 v Tonga home (World Cup Pool A)
Won 83-7 v Japan home (World Cup Pool A)
Won 37-17 v France home (World Cup Pool A)
Won 79-15 v Canada home (World Cup Pool A)
Won 33-10 v Argentina home (World Cup quarter-final)
Won 20-6 v Australia home (World Cup semi-final)
Won 8-7 v France home (World Cup final)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

121 Ronan O’Gara
117 Brian O’Driscoll
105 John Hayes
98 Peter Stringer
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
85 Paul O’Connell
85 Donncha O’Callaghan
82 Girvan Dempsey
72 David Humphreys
72 David Wallace
72 Geordan Murphy
70 Kevin Maggs
69 Mike Gibson

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1075 Ronan O’Gara
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
240 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
217 Jonathan Sexton
158 Tom Kiernan

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

45 Brian O’Driscoll
29 Denis Hickie
24 Tommy Bowe
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
16 Ronan O’Gara
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Keith Wood

New Zealand – Most-Capped Players:

103 Richie McCaw
100 Mils Muliaina
92 Keven Mealamu
92 Sean Fitzpatrick
85 Dan Carter
83 Tony Woodcock
81 Justin Marshall
79 Ian Jones
74 Tana Umaga
73 Ali Williams
70 Andrew Mehrtens

New Zealand – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1250 Dan Carter
967 Andrew Mehrtens
645 Grant Fox
291 Carlos Spencer
245 Doug Howlett
236 Christian Cullen
234 Jeff Wilson
230 Joe Rokocoko

New Zealand – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

49 Doug Howlett
46 Christian Cullen
46 Joe Rokocoko
44 Jeff Wilson
37 Jonah Lomu
36 Tana Umaga
35 John Kirwan
34 Mils Muliaina
29 Dan Carter
29 Sitiveni Sivivatu

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1250 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1246 Jonny Wilkinson (1179-England, 67-Lions)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1075 Ronan O’Gara (Ireland)
1010 Diego Dominguez (27-Argentina, 983-Italy)
970 Stephen Jones (917-Wales, 53-Lions)
967 Andrew Mehrtens (New Zealand)
911 Michael Lynagh (Australia)
893 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
809 Chris Paterson (Scotland)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

64 David Campese (Australia)
60 Shane Williams (58-Wales, 2-Lions)
50 Rory Underwood (49-England, 1-Lions)
49 Doug Howlett (New Zealand)
46 Christian Cullen (New Zealand)
46 Joe Rokocoko (New Zealand)
46 Brian O’Driscoll (45-Ireland, 1-Lions)
44 Jeff Wilson (New Zealand)
41 Gareth Thomas (40-Wales, 1-Lions)
40 Chris Latham (Australia)
40 Bryan Habana (South Africa)

(Note: Daisuke Ohata scored 69 tries for Japan, but not all against major international opposition)

The ‘100 Caps’ Club:

139 George Gregan (Australia)
123 Brian O’Driscoll (117-Ireland, 6-Lions)
123 Ronan O’Gara (121-Ireland, 2-Lions)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
111 John Smit (South Africa)
110 George Smith (Australia)
110 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
109 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions)
104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
103 Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Nathan Sharpe (Australia)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)