This article is a list of statistics from the Ireland rugby union team's 33 international tours. The article also includes details of the Ireland Wolfhounds' and Developmental sides' three international tours.
Ireland Rugby Tours
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 | ||||
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1889 tour of Canada [1] [2] [40] | 12 October | 6 November | - | - | - | - | 11 | 10 | - | 1 | 11 | 10 | - | 1 | 90.91% | 150 | 50 | +100 |
 
|
1952 tour of South America
[3] Test Series [40] 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 [40] 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 [40] Ireland 2–0 Japan |
19 May | 2 June | - | - | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - | 100% | 201 | 66 | +135 |
|
1988 tour of France
[6] Test Series [40] |
May | 22 May | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 25% | 75 | 104 | -29 |
 
|
1989 tour of North America
[6]
[7] Test Series [40] 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 |
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2002 tour of New Zealand
[41]
[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 |
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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 |
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|
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 |
|
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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]
[42] 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 |
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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 |
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|
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 |
|
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2014 tour of Argentina
[35] Test Series Ireland 2–0 Argentina |
7 June | 14 June | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 100% | 52 | 34 | +18 |
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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 |
|
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2017 tour of Japan
[37] Test Series Ireland 2–0 Japan |
17 June | 24 June | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 100% | 85 | 35 | +50 |
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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 |
| Total | 33 Tours | — | — | 57 | 21 | 1 | 36 | 91 | 61 | 2 | 28 | 149 | 81 | 3 | 65 | 54.36% | 3171 | 2663 | +508 |
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 [43] |
Gabriel Fulcher
Gary Halpin
|
Brian Ashton
|
Lost | 0–1 (Western Samoa XV) |
| 2022 | South Africa [44] |
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 |
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1997 Oceania tour [9] | 22 May | 14 June | 1 | - | - | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | 5 | 7 | 1 | - | 6 | 14.29% | 169 | 337 | -168 |
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2022 South Africa tour [44] | 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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