Head-To-Head: Ireland v New Zealand

2018 GUINNESS SERIES MATCH: Saturday, November 17

IRELAND v NEW ZEALAND, Aviva Stadium, 7pm (live RTE Two/www.rte.ie/live (ROI only)/Channel 4/RTE Radio 1/BBC Radio Ulster/IRFU Live Blog)

IRELAND: Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster); Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster), Bundee Aki (Galwegians/Connacht), Jacob Stockdale (Ballynahinch/Ulster); Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht); Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (capt), Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster), Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster), James Ryan (UCD/Leinster), Peter O’Mahony (Cork Constitution/Munster), Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster), CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster).

Replacements: Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Andrew Porter (UCD/Leinster), Iain Henderson (Queen’s University/Ulster), Jordi Murphy (Ulster), Luke McGrath (UCD/Leinster), Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Munster), Jordan Larmour (St. Mary’s College/Leinster).

NEW ZEALAND: Damian McKenzie (Waikato/Chiefs); Ben Smith (Otago/Highlanders), Jack Goodhue (Northland/Crusaders), Ryan Crotty (Canterbury/Crusaders), Rieko Ioane (Auckland/Blues); Beauden Barrett (Taranaki/Hurricanes), Aaron Smith (Manawatu/Highlanders); Karl Tu’inukuafe (North Harbour/Chiefs), Codie Taylor (Canterbury/Crusaders), Owen Franks (Canterbury/Crusaders), Brodie Retallick (Hawke’s Bay/Chiefs), Sam Whitelock (Canterbury/Crusaders), Liam Squire (Tasman/Highlanders), Ardie Savea (Wellington/Hurricanes), Kieran Read (Counties Manukau/Crusaders) (capt).

Replacements: Dane Coles (Wellington/Hurricanes), Ofa Tu’ungafasi (Auckland/Blues), Nepo Laulala (North Harbour/Chiefs), Scott Barrett (Taranaki/Crusaders), Matt Todd (Panasonic Wild Knights), TJ Perenara (Wellington/Hurricanes), Richie Mo’unga (Canterbury/Crusaders), Anton Lienert-Brown (Waikato/Chiefs).

Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant Referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Television Match Official: Rowan Kitt (England)

Head-To-Head:

Played – 30
Ireland Won – 1
New Zealand Won – 28
Drawn – 1

Ireland v New Zealand: IRFU Stats Vault

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
Saturday, June 9, 2012 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 42 Ireland 10, Eden Park
Saturday, June 16, 2012 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 22 Ireland 19, AMI Stadium
Saturday, June 23, 2012 – Summer Tour – New Zealand 60 Ireland 0, Waikato Stadium
Saturday, November 24, 2013 – Autumn Test – Ireland 22 New Zealand 24, Aviva Stadium
Saturday, November 5, 2016 – Autumn Test – Ireland 40 New Zealand 29, Soldier Field, Chicago
Saturday, November 19, 2016 – Autumn Test – Ireland 9 New Zealand 21, Aviva Stadium

Biggest Wins And Margins:

Ireland: Points: 40-29, 2016 Autumn Test; Margin: 40-29, 2016 Autumn Test

New Zealand: Points: 66-28, Summer Test; Margin: 60-0, 2012 Third 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 3 (Julian Savea, 2012 First Test)

Most Appearances – Ireland v New Zealand:

14 – Richie McCaw
13 – Brian O’Driscoll
12 – Ronan O’Gara
10 – Rory Best, Rob Kearney, Donncha O’Callaghan
9 – John Hayes, Jamie Heaslip
8 – Owen Franks, Cian Healy, Andrew Hore, Kieran Read, Jonathan Sexton, Peter Stringer

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v New Zealand:

87 – Dan Carter
81 – Andrew Mehrtens
49 – Jonathan Sexton
38 – Ronan O’Gara
36 – Luke McAlister
29 – Beauden Barrett
25 – Doug Howlett

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v New Zealand:

5 – Frank Bunce, Doug Howlett
4 – Julian Savea
3 – Jonah Lomu, Leon MacDonald, Conor Murray, Brian O’Driscoll, Glen Osborne, Kieran Read, Sitiveni Sivivatu, Conrad Smith, Sam Whitelock

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2017 Six Nations:

Lost 27-22 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 63-10 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 19-9 v France home (Six Nations)
Lost 22-9 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 13-9 v England home (Six Nations)
Won 55-19 v USA away (Summer Tour)
Won 50-22 v Japan away (Summer Series)
Won 35-13 v Japan away (Summer Series)
Won 38-3 v South Africa home (GUINNESS Series)
Won 23-20 v Fiji home (GUINNESS Series)
Won 28-19 v Argentina home (GUINNESS Series)
Won 15-13 v France away (Six Nations)
Won 56-19 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Won 37-27 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Won 30-25 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Won 24-15 v England away (Six Nations)
Lost 18-9 v Australia away (Summer Series)
Won 26-21 v Australia away (Summer Series)
Won 20-16 v Australia away (Summer Series)
Won 54-7 v Italy neutral (Autumn Test)
Won 28-17 v Argentina home (GUINNESS Series)

New Zealand – Form Guide From Start Of 2017 Test Season:

Won 78-0 v Samoa home (Summer Test)
Won 30-15 v British & Irish Lions home (Lions Series)
Lost 24-21 v British & Irish Lions home (Lions Series)
Drew 15-15 v British & Irish Lions home (Lions Series)
Won 54-34 v Australia away (Rugby Championship)
Won 35-29 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Won 39-22 v Argentina home (Rugby Championship)
Won 57-0 v South Africa home (Rugby Championship)
Won 36-10 v Argentina away (Rugby Championship)
Won 25-24 v South Africa away (Rugby Championship)
Lost 23-18 v Australia away (Bledisloe Cup)
Won 38-18 v France away (Autumn Tour)
Won 22-17 v Scotland away (Autumn Tour)
Won 33-18 v Wales away (Autumn Tour)
Won 52-11 v France home (Summer Series)
Won 26-13 v France home (Summer Series)
Won 49-14 v France home (Summer Series)
Won 38-13 v Australia away (Rugby Championship)
Won 40-12 v Australia home (Rugby Championship)
Won 46-24 v Argentina home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 36-34 v South Africa home (Rugby Championship)
Won 35-17 v Argentina away (Rugby Championship)
Won 32-30 v South Africa away (Rugby Championship)
Won 37-20 v Australia neutral (Bledisloe Cup)
Won 69-31 v Japan away (Autumn Tour)
Won 16-15 v England away (Autumn Tour)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

133 Brian O’Driscoll
128 Ronan O’Gara
112 Rory Best
108 Paul O’Connell
105 John Hayes
98 Peter Stringer
95 Jamie Heaslip
94 Donncha O’Callaghan
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
86 Rob Kearney
82 Gordon D’Arcy
82 Girvan Dempsey
82 Cian Healy
77 Jonathan Sexton
72 David Humphreys
72 Geordan Murphy
72 David Wallace
71 Keith Earls
71 Eoin Reddan
70 Kevin Maggs
70 Andrew Trimble
69 Tommy Bowe
69 Mike Gibson
67 Marcus Horan
67 Conor Murray

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1083 Ronan O’Gara
727 Jonathan Sexton
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
245 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
195 Paddy Jackson
158 Tom Kiernan
150 Tommy Bowe
145 Denis Hickie
135 Keith Earls

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

46 Brian O’Driscoll
30 Tommy Bowe
29 Denis Hickie
27 Keith Earls
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Geordan Murphy
17 Brendan Mullin
17 Andrew Trimble
16 Ronan O’Gara
15 Kevin Maggs
15 Keith Wood
14 George Stephenson
13 Jamie Heaslip
13 Rob Kearney
12 Keith Crossan
12 Conor Murray
12 David Wallace
11 Alan Duggan
11 Simon Geoghegan
11 Jacob Stockdale

New Zealand – Most-Capped Players:

148 Richie McCaw
132 Keven Mealamu
118 Tony Woodcock
116 Kieran Read
112 Dan Carter
107 Sam Whitelock
105 Owen Franks
103 Ma’a Nonu
100 Mils Muliaina
94 Conrad Smith
92 Sean Fitzpatrick
83 Andrew Hore
81 Jerome Kaino
81 Justin Marshall
81 Aaron Smith
79 Ian Jones

New Zealand – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1598 Dan Carter
967 Andrew Mehrtens
645 Grant Fox
571 Beauden Barrett
322 Aaron Cruden
291 Carlos Spencer
245 Doug Howlett
236 Christian Cullen
234 Jeff Wilson
230 Joe Rokocoko
230 Julian Savea

New Zealand – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

49 Doug Howlett
46 Christian Cullen
46 Joe Rokocoko
46 Julian Savea
44 Jeff Wilson
37 Jonah Lomu
36 Tana Umaga
35 John Kirwan
34 Mils Muliaina
33 Ben Smith
31 Beauden Barrett
31 Ma’a Nonu

World Rugby All-Time Top Points Scorers:

1598 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
1246 Jonny Wilkinson (1179-England, 67-Lions)
1090 Neil Jenkins (1049-Wales, 41-Lions)
1083 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)
886 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
840 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)
809 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
762 Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)

World Rugby All-Time Top Try Scorers:

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

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

The ‘100 Caps’ Club:

148 Richie McCaw (New Zealand)
141 Brian O’Driscoll (133-Ireland, 8-Lions)
139 George Gregan (Australia)
134 Gethin Jenkins (129-Wales, 5-Lions)
134 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
132 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand)
130 Ronan O’Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions)
129 Stephen Moore (Australia)
128 Alun Wyn Jones (119-Wales, 9-Lions)
127 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
124 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
119 Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
119 Jason Leonard (114-England, 5-Lions)
118 Fabien Pelous (France)
118 Tony Woodcock (New Zealand)
116 Adam Ashley-Cooper (Australia)
116 Kieran Read (New Zealand)
116 Nathan Sharpe (Australia)
115 Paul O’Connell (108-Ireland, 7-Lions)
114 Merab Kvirikashvili (Georgia)
112 Rory Best (Ireland)
112 Marco Bortolami (Italy)
112 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
112 Davit Kacharava (Georgia)
112 Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
111 Ross Ford (110-Scotland, 1-Lions)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
111 John Smit (South Africa)
111 George Smith (Australia)
110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa)
109 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions)
107 Tendai Mtawarira (South Africa)
107 Sam Whitelock (New Zealand)
107 Alessandro Zanni (Italy)
106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy)
105 Owen Franks (New Zealand)
105 Sean Lamont (Scotland)
104 Catalin Fercu (Romania)
104 Martyn Williams (100-Wales, 4-Lions)
103 Matt Giteau (Australia)
103 Andrea Lo Cicero (Italy)
103 Ma’a Nonu (New Zealand)
103 Gareth Thomas (100-Wales, 3-Lions)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Sekope Kepu (Australia)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
101 Goncalo Uva (Portugal)
101 Vasco Uva (Portugal)
100 Giorgi Chkhaidze (Georgia)
100 Jamie Heaslip (95-Ireland, 5-Lions)
100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions)
100 Yuri Kushnarev (Russia)
100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)