Ireland national rugby union team tours

This article is a list of tours by the Ireland national rugby union team

Ireland Rugby Tours

Year	To	Captain	Head coach	Result	Score
1899	Canada	James Franks		N/A	N/A
1952	Chile & Argentina	Des O'Brien	G.P.S. Hogan	Won	1–0 (1 Draw)
1961	South Africa	Ronnie Dawson	Noel Murphy	Lost	0–1
1967	Australia	Tom Kiernan	Eugene Davy	Won	1–0
1970	Argentina	Tom Kiernan	E. Patterson	Lost	0–2
1976	New Zealand & Fiji	Tom Grace	K. Quilligan	Lost Won	0–1 (New Zealand) 1–0 (Fiji)
1979	Australia	Fergus Slattery	J. Coffey	Won	2–0
1981	South Africa	Fergus Slattery	P. Madigan	Lost	0–2
1985	Japan	Ciaran Fitzgerald	Des McKibbin	Won	2–0
1988	France	Willie Anderson	J.C. Davidson
1989	Canada & United States	Willie Anderson	J.C. Davidson	Won Won	1–0 (Canada) 1–0 (United States)
1991	Namibia	Philip Matthews	Ciaran Fitzgerald	Lost	0–2
1992	New Zealand	Phil Danaher	Gerry Murphy	Lost	0–2
1994	Australia	Michael Bradley	Gerry Murphy	Lost	0–2
1998	South Africa	Paddy Johns	Warren Gatland	Lost	0–2
1999	Australia	Dion O'Cuinneagain	Warren Gatland	Lost	0–2
2000	Argentina, United States & Canada	Keith Wood	Warren Gatland	Lost Won Drew	0–1 (Argentina) 1–0 (United States) 0–0 (Canada)
2002	New Zealand	Keith Wood	Eddie O'Sullivan	Lost	0–2
2003	Australia, Tonga & Samoa	David Humphreys Reggie Corrigan	Eddie O'Sullivan	Lost Won Won	0–1 (Australia) 1–0 (Tonga) 1–0 (Samoa)
2004	South Africa	Brian O'Driscoll	Eddie O'Sullivan	Lost	0–2
2005	Japan	David Humphreys	Niall O'Donovan	Won	2–0
2006	New Zealand & Australia	Brian O'Driscoll	Eddie O'Sullivan	Lost Lost	0–2 (New Zealand) 0–1 (Australia)
2007	Argentina	Simon Best	Eddie O'Sullivan	Lost	0–2
2008	New Zealand & Australia	Brian O'Driscoll	Michael Bradley	Lost Lost	0–1 (New Zealand) 0–1 (Australia)
2009	USA & Canada	Rory Best	Declan Kidney	Won Won	1–0 (Canada) 1–0 (United States)
2010	New Zealand & Australia	Brian O'Driscoll	Declan Kidney	Lost	0–1 (New Zealand) 0–1 (Australia)
2012	New Zealand	Brian O'Driscoll	Declan Kidney	Lost	0–3 (New Zealand)
2013	Canada & United States	Peter O'Mahony	Les Kiss	Won	1–0 (Canada) 1–0 (United States)
2014	Argentina	Paul O'Connell	Joe Schmidt	Won	2-0

Tour stats

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]	12 October	6 November					11	10	-	1	11	10	-	1	90.91%	150	50	100
	1952 tour of South America Test Series[2] Ireland 1–0 Argentina (1 Draw)	1 August	3 September					9	6	2	1	9	6	2	1	66.67%	126	43	83
	1961 tour of South Africa 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 Test Series Ireland 1–0 Australia	1 May	20 May	1	1	-	-	5	3	-	2	6	4	-	2	66.67%	119	80	39
	1971 tour of Argentina Test Series[3] 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 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 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 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 Test Series[4] Ireland 2–0 Japan	19 May	2 June					5	5	-	-	5	5	-	-	100%	201	66	135
	1989 tour of North America Test Series[5] 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 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 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 Test Series Ireland 0–2 Australia	18 May	11 June	2	-	-	2	6	2	-	4	8	2	-	6	25%	177	254	-77

References

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See also