Ireland national rugby union team tours

This article is a list of statistics from the Ireland rugby union team's 35 international tours. The article also includes details of the Ireland Wolfhounds' and Developmental sides' three 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] Phillip 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
2022 New Zealand[39] Johnny Sexton Andy Farrell Won 2–1
2024 South Africa[40] Peter O'Mahony/ Caelan Doris Andy Farrell Drew 1–1
2025 Georgia & Portugal[41][42] Craig Casey Paul O'Connell Won 1–0 (Georgia)
1–0 (Portugal)

Tour Statistics

Flag Nation or Nations From To Test Matches Tour Matches Total Record
P W D L P W D L P W D L % PF PA PD
1889 tour of Canada[1][2][43] 12 October 6 November - - - - 11 10 - 1 11 10 - 1 90.91% 150 50 +100

1952 tour of South America[3]
Test Series[43]
Ireland 1–1–0 Argentina 		1 August 3 September - - - - 9 6 2 1 9 6 2 1 66.67% 126 43 +83
1961 tour of South Africa[3]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 South Africa 		13 May 24 May 1 - - 1 3 3 - - 4 3 - 1 75% 59 36 +23
1967 tour of Australia[3][4]
Test Series
Ireland 1–0 Australia 		1 May 20 May 1 1 - - 5 3 - 2 6 4 - 2 66.67% 119 80 +39
1970 tour of Argentina[4]
Test Series[43]
Ireland 0–2 Argentina 		30 August 20 September - - - - 7 4 - 3 7 4 - 3 85.71% 73 57 +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 - - 1 7 5 - 2 8 5 - 3 57.14% 88 68 +20
1979 tour of Australia[5]
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Australia 		20 May 16 June 2 2 - - 6 5 - 1 8 7 - 1 87.5% 184 75 +109
1981 tour of South Africa[5][6]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 South Africa 		16 May 6 June 2 - - 2 5 3 - 2 7 3 - 4 42.86% 207 90 +117
1985 tour of Japan[6]
Test Series[43]
Ireland 2–0 Japan 		19 May 2 June - - - - 5 5 - - 5 5 - - 100% 201 66 +135
1988 tour of France[6]
Test Series[43]
May 22 May - - - - 4 1 - 3 4 1 - 3 25% 75 104 -29

1989 tour of North America[6][7]
Test Series[43]
Ireland 1–0 Canada
Ireland 1–0 United States 		30 August 9 September - - - - 4 4 - - 4 4 - - 100% 135 52 +83
1991 tour of Namibia[7]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Namibia 		17 June 27 June 2 - - 2 2 2 - - 4 2 - 2 50% 101 61 +40
1992 tour of New Zealand[7][8]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 New Zealand 		16 May 6 June 2 - - 2 6 3 - 3 8 3 - 5 37.5% 153 287 -134
1994 tour of Australia[8]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Australia 		18 May 11 June 2 - - 2 6 2 - 4 8 2 - 6 25% 177 254 -77
1998 tour of South Africa[8]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 South Africa 		30 May 20 June 2 - - 2 5 2 - 3 7 2 - 5 28.57% 113 144 -31
1999 tour of Australia[8][9]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Australia 		31 May 19 June 2 - - 2 2 1 - 1 4 1 - 3 25% 103 123 -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 3 1 1 1 - - - - 3 1 1 1 33.33% 133 64 +69
2002 tour of New Zealand[44][13][14]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 New Zealand 		8 June 22 June 2 - - 2 1 1 - - 3 1 - 2 33.33% 70 58 +12


2003 Ireland rugby union tour of the Southern Hemisphere[15][16][17]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 Australia
Ireland 1–0 Tonga
Ireland 1–0 Western Samoa 		7 June 20 June 3 2 - 1 - - - - 3 1 - 2 66.67% 96 78 +18
2004 tour of South Africa[18][19]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 South Africa 		12 June 19 June 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 - - 2 0% 34 57 -23
2005 tour of Japan[20][21]
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Japan 		12 June 19 June 2 2 - - - - - - 2 2 - - 100% 91 30 +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 0% 55 98 -43
2007 tour of Argentina[25][26]
Test Series
Ireland 0–2 Argentina 		26 May 2 June 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 - - 2 0% 20 38 -18

2008 tour of New Zealand and Australia[27][45]
Test Series
Ireland 0–1 Australia
Ireland 0–1 All Blacks 		7 June 14 June 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 - - 2 0% 23 39 -16

2009 tour of North America[29]
Test Series
Ireland 1–0 Canada
Ireland 1–0 United States 		23 May 24 June 2 2 - - - - - - 2 2 - - 100% 52 16 +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 - - 2 1 - - 1 3 - - 3 0% 71 118 -47
2012 tour of New Zealand[32]
Test Series
Ireland 0–3 All Blacks 		9 June 23 June 3 - - 3 - - - - 3 - - 3 0% 29 124 -47

2013 tour of North America[33][34]
Test Series
Ireland 1–0 Canada
Ireland 1–0 United States 		8 June 15 June 2 2 - - - - - - 2 2 - - 100% 55 26 +29
2014 tour of Argentina[35]
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Argentina 		7 June 14 June 2 2 - - - - - - 2 2 - - 100% 52 34 +18
2016 tour of South Africa[36]
Test Series
Ireland 1–2 South Africa 		11 June 25 June 2 1 - 2 - - - - 3 1 - 2 33.33% 65 71 -6
2017 tour of Japan[37]
Test Series
Ireland 2–0 Japan 		17 June 24 June 2 2 - - - - - - 2 2 - - 100% 85 35 +50
2018 tour of Australia[38]
Test Series
Ireland 2–1 Australia 		9 June 23 June 3 2 - 1 - - - - 3 2 - 1 66.67% 55 55 0
2022 tour of New Zealand[39]
Test Series
Ireland 2–1 New Zealand 		29 June 16 July 3 2 - 1 2 1 - 1 5 3 - 2 60% 121 132 -11
2024 tour of South Africa[40]
Test Series
Ireland 1–1 South Africa 		6 July 13 July 2 1 - 1 - - - - 2 1 - 1 50% 45 51 -6

Georgia & Portugal[41][42]
Test Series
Ireland 1–0 Georgia
Ireland 1–0 Portugal 		5 July 12 July 2 2 - - - - - - 2 2 - - 100% 140 12 +128
Total 35 Tours — — 60 24 1 37 91 61 2 28 153 84 3 66 54.9% 3,356 2,726 +630

Ireland A, Emerging Ireland & 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[46] Gabriel Fulcher
Gary Halpin 		Brian Ashton Lost 0–1 (Western Samoa XV)
2022 South Africa[47] Max Deegan
Cian Prendergast 		Simon Easterby Won 3–0 (All tour matches)

Tour Statistics

Flag Nation or Nations From To Test Matches Tour Matches Total Record
P W D L P W D L P W D L % PF PA PD


1993 South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe tour[9] 21 July 11 August 1 1 - - 6 5 - 1 7 6 - 1 85.71% 219 103 +116

1997 Oceania tour[9] 22 May 14 June 1 - - 1 6 1 - 5 7 1 - 6 14.29% 169 337 -168
2022 South Africa tour[47] 30 September 9 October - - - - 3 3 - - 3 3 - - 100% 103 45 +58
Total 3 Tours — — 2 1 0 1 15 9 0 6 17 10 0 7 58.82% 491 485 +6

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