2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia
Manager	Michael Bradley
Tour captain(s)	Brian O'Driscoll
Top test point scorer(s)	Dan Carter (11)
Top test try scorer(s)	6 players tied with 1 try
Summary	P W D L
Total	02 00 00 02
Test match	02 00 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
New Zealand	1 0 0 1
Australia	1 0 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour	Argentina 2007
Next tour	Canada and USA 2009

The 2008 Ireland rugby union tour of New Zealand and Australia was a series of matches played in June 2008 in New Zealand and Australia by Ireland national rugby union team.

Matches[edit]

Saturday 7 June 2008

New Zealand	21–11	Ireland
Try: Sivivatu 14' m Nonu 61' c Con: Carter Pen: Carter (3)	Report[1]	Try: P. Wallace 21' m Pen: O'Gara (2)

Westpac Stadium, Wellington Attendance: 33,743 Referee: Chris White

Mils Muliaina	FB	15	FB	Rob Kearney
Anthony Tuitavake	W	14	W	Shane Horgan
Conrad Smith	C	13	C	Brian O'Driscoll (capt.)
Ma'a Nonu	C	12	C	Paddy Wallace
Sitiveni Sivivatu	W	11	W	Tommy Bowe
Dan Carter	FH	10	FH	Ronan O'Gara
Andy Ellis	SH	9	SH	Eoin Reddan
Jerome Kaino	N8	8	N8	Jamie Heaslip
(capt.) Richie McCaw	F	7	F	David Wallace
Rodney So'oialo	F	6	F	Denis Leamy
Ali Williams	L	5	L	Paul O'Connell
Brad Thorn	L	4	L	Donncha O'Callaghan
John Afoa	P	3	P	John Hayes
Andrew Hore	H	2	H	Jerry Flannery
Neemia Tialata	P	1	P	Marcus Horan
		Replacements
Keven Mealamu	H	16	H	Rory Best
John Schwalger	P	17	P	Tony Buckley
Anthony Boric		18		Mick O'Driscoll
Adam Thomson	F	19	N8	Shane Jennings
Jimmy Cowan		20	SH	Peter Stringer
Stephen Donald		21	FB	Geordan Murphy
Leon MacDonald	P	22		Girvan Dempsey
		Coaches
Graham Henry				Declan Kidney

Saturday 14 June 2008

Australia	18–12	Ireland
Try: Barnes 6' m Horwill 21' c Con: Giteau Pen: Giteau (2)	Report[2]	Try: Leamy 15' c O'Driscoll 62' m Con: O'Gara

Telstra Dome, Melbourne Attendance: 41,700 Referee: Christophe Berdos

Cameron Shepherd	FB	15	FB	Rob Kearney
Peter Hynes	W	14	W	Shane Horgan  59'
(capt.) Stirling Mortlock	C	13	C	Brian O'Driscoll (capt.)  71'
Berrick Barnes	C	12	C	Paddy Wallace
Lote Tuqiri	W	11	W	Tommy Bowe
Matt Giteau	FH	10	FH	Ronan O'Gara
78' Luke Burgess	SH	9	SH	Peter Stringer  51'
75' Wycliff Palu	N8	8	N8	Jamie Heaslip
George Smith	F	7	F	Shane Jennings  25'
70' Rocky Elsom	F	6	F	Denis Leamy
Nathan Sharpe	L	5	L	Paul O'Connell
James Horwill	L	4	L	Donncha O'Callaghan
59' Matt Dunning	P	3	P	John Hayes  53'
74' Stephen Moore	H	2	H	Rory Best  51'
Benn Robinson	P	1	P	Marcus Horan  74'
		Replacements
74' Adam Freier	H	16	H	Jerry Flannery  51'
59' Al Baxter	P	17	P	Tony Buckley  53'
70' Dean Mumm	L	18		Mick O'Driscoll
75' Phil Waugh	N8	19	F	Stephen Ferris  25'
78' Sam Cordingley	SH	20	SH	Eoin Reddan  51'
Ryan Cross		21	W	Geordan Murphy  59'
Adam Ashley-Cooper		22	C	Girvan Dempsey  71'
		Coaches
Robbie Deans				Declan Kidney

Touring Party[edit]

• Manager: Michael Bradley
• Captain: Brian O'Driscoll

Backs[edit]

Forwards[edit]

See also[edit]

• History of rugby union matches between Australia and Ireland
• History of rugby union matches between Ireland and New Zealand

References[edit]