Head-To-Head: Ireland v Australia

2016 GUINNESS SERIES: Saturday, November 26

IRELAND v AUSTRALIA, Aviva Stadium, 5.30pm (live RTÉ 2/Sky Sports 2 HD/RTÉ Radio 1/IRFU Live Blog)

IRELAND: Rob Kearney (UCD/Leinster); Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster), Jared Payne (Ulster), Garry Ringrose (UCD/Leinster), Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster); Paddy Jackson (Dungannon/Ulster), Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster); Jack McGrath (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster) (capt), Tadhg Furlong (Clontarf/Leinster), Iain Henderson (Ballynahinch/Ulster), Devin Toner (Lansdowne/Leinster), CJ Stander (Shannon/Munster), Sean O’Brien (UCD/Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Dublin University/Leinster).

Replacements: Sean Cronin (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Cian Healy (Clontarf/Leinster), Finlay Bealham (Buccaneers/Connacht), Ultan Dillane (Corinthians/Connacht), Josh van der Flier (UCD/Leinster), Kieran Marmion (Corinthians/Connacht), Joey Carbery (Clontarf/Leinster), Simon Zebo (Cork Constitution/Munster).

AUSTRALIA: Israel Folau (Waratahs); Dane Haylett-Petty (Force), Tevita Kuridrani (Brumbies), Reece Hodge (Rebels), Henry Speight (Brumbies); Bernard Foley (Waratahs), Will Genia (Stade Francais); Scott Sio (Brumbies), Stephen Moore (Brumbies) (capt), Sekope Kepu (Waratahs), Rory Arnold (Brumbies), Rob Simmons (Reds), Dean Mumm (Waratahs), Michael Hooper (Waratahs), David Pocock (Brumbies).

Replacements: Tolu Latu (Waratahs), James Slipper (Reds), Allan Alaalatoa (Brumbies), Kane Douglas (Reds), Sean McMahon (Rebels), Nick Phipps (Waratahs), Quade Cooper (Reds), Sefanaia Naivalu (Rebels).

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant Referees: JP Doyle, Craig Maxwell-Keys (both England)
Television Match Official: Eric Gauzins (France)

Head-to-Head:

Played – 32
Ireland Won – 10
Australia Won – 21
Drawn – 1

Ireland v Australia: IRFU Stats Vault

Recent Meetings:

Saturday, September 17, 2011 – World Cup Pool C – Australia 6 Ireland 15, Eden Park
Saturday, November 16, 2013 – GUINNESS Series – Ireland 15 Australia 32, Aviva Stadium
Saturday, November 22, 2014 – GUINNESS Series – Ireland 26 Australia 23, Aviva Stadium

Biggest Wins And Margins:

Ireland: Points: 27-12, 1979 First Test; Margin: 27-12, 1979 First Test; 21-6, 2006 Tour Match

Australia: Points & Margin: 46-10, 1999 First Test

Individual Records In The Series:

Most Points In A Match: Ireland 19 (Ollie Campbell, 1979 First Test); Australia 25 (Elton Flatley, 2003 Tour Match)

Most Tries In A Match: Ireland 2 (Colin Paterson, 1979 First Test); Australia 3 (Tiaan Strauss, 1999 First Test)

Most Appearances – Ireland v Australia:

12 – Brian O’Driscoll
9 – George Gregan, Paul O’Connell, Ronan O’Gara
8 – Donncha O’Callaghan, Malcolm O’Kelly, George Smith
7 – Rory Best, Tommy Bowe, Matthew Burke, Girvan Dempsey, John Hayes, Peter Stringer, David Wilson, Keith Wood

Top Points Scorers – Ireland v Australia:

74 – Ronan O’Gara
64 – Michael Lynagh
52 – Jonathan Sexton
41 – Matthew Burke
30 – David Humphreys
29 – Elton Flatley
28 – Ollie Campbell, Quade Cooper, Paul McLean

Top Try Scorers – Ireland v Australia:

4 – David Campese, Chris Latham
3 – George Gregan, Tim Horan, Drew Mitchell, Brian O’Driscoll, Tiaan Strauss
2 – Tommy Bowe, Matthew Burke, Peter Clohessy, Quade Cooper, Dan Herbert, Michael Hooper, Michael Lynagh, Kevin Maggs, Colin Patterson, Nick Phipps, Ilie Tabua Tamanivalu, Ben Tune, David Wilson

Ireland – Form Guide From Start Of The 2015 Six Nations:

Won 26-3 v Italy away (Six Nations)
Won 18-11 v France home (Six Nations)
Won 19-9 v England home (Six Nations)
Lost 23-16 v Wales away (Six Nations)
Won 40-10 v Scotland away (Six Nations)
Won 35-21 v Wales away (World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 28-22 v Scotland home (World Cup Warm-Up)
Lost 16-10 v Wales home (World Cup Warm-Up)
Lost 21-13 v England away (World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 50-7 v Canada neutral (World Cup Pool D)
Won 44-10 v Romania neutral (World Cup Pool D)
Won 16-9 v Italy neutral (World Cup Pool D)
Won 24-9 v France neutral (World Cup Pool D)
Lost 43-20 v Argentina neutral (World Cup Quarter-Final)
Drew 16-16 v Wales home (Six Nations)
Lost 10-9 v France away (Six Nations)
Lost 21-10 v England away (Six Nations)
Won 58-15 v Italy home (Six Nations)
Won 35-25 v Scotland home (Six Nations)
Won 26-20 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Lost 32-26 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Lost 19-13 v South Africa away (Summer Tour)
Won 40-29 v New Zealand neutral (Autumn Test)
Won 52-21 v Canada home (GUINNESS Series)
Lost 21-9 v New Zealand home (GUINNESS Series)

Australia – Form Guide From Start Of The 2015 Rugby Championship:

Won 24-20 v South Africa home (Rugby Championship)
Won 34-9 v Argentina away (Rugby Championship)
Won 27-19 v New Zealand home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 41-13 v New Zealand away (Bledisloe Cup)
Won 47-10 v USA away (World Cup Warm-Up)
Won 28-13 v Fiji neutral (World Cup Pool A)
Won 65-3 v Uruguay neutral (World Cup Pool A)
Won 33-13 v England away (World Cup Pool A)
Won 15-6 v Wales neutral (World Cup Pool A)
Won 35-34 v Scotland neutral (World Cup Quarter-Final)
Won 29-15 v Argentina neutral (World Cup Semi-Final)
Lost 34-17 v New Zealand neutral (World Cup Final)
Lost 39-28 v England home (Summer Series)
Lost 23-7 v England home (Summer Series)
Lost 44-40 v England home (Summer Series)
Lost 42-8 v New Zealand home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 29-9 v New Zealand away (Rugby Championship)
Won 23-17 v South Africa home (Rugby Championship)
Won 36-20 v Argentina home (Rugby Championship)
Lost 18-10 v South Africa away (Rugby Championship)
Won 33-21 v Argentina neutral (Rugby Championship)
Lost 37-10 v New Zealand away (Bledisloe Cup)
Won 32-8 v Wales away (Autumn Tour)
Won 23-22 v Scotland away (Autumn Tour)
Won 25-23 v France away (Autumn Tour)

Ireland – Most-Capped Players:

133 Brian O’Driscoll
128 Ronan O’Gara
108 Paul O’Connell
105 John Hayes
99 Rory Best
98 Peter Stringer
94 Donncha O’Callaghan
92 Malcolm O’Kelly
90 Jamie Heaslip
82 Gordon D’Arcy
82 Girvan Dempsey
72 David Humphreys
72 David Wallace
72 Geordan Murphy
71 Rob Kearney
71 Eoin Reddan
70 Kevin Maggs
69 Mike Gibson
68 Andrew Trimble

Ireland – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

1083 Ronan O’Gara
587 Jonathan Sexton
560 David Humphreys
308 Michael Kiernan
296 Eric Elwood
245 Brian O’Driscoll
217 Ollie Campbell
158 Tom Kiernan
150 Tommy Bowe

Ireland – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

46 Brian O’Driscoll
30 Tommy Bowe
29 Denis Hickie
21 Shane Horgan
19 Girvan Dempsey
18 Keith Earls
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 David Wallace

Australia – Most-Capped Players:

139 George Gregan
116 Adam Ashley-Cooper
116 Nathan Sharpe
115 Stephen Moore
111 George Smith
103 Matt Giteau
102 Stephen Larkham
101 David Campese
86 John Eales
86 Joe Roff
84 James Slipper
81 Matthew Burke
80 Tim Horan
80 Stirling Mortlock
79 Phil Waugh
79 David Wilson

Australia – All-Time Leading Points Scorers:

911 Michael Lynagh
878 Matthew Burke
698 Matt Giteau
489 Stirling Mortlock
397 Bernard Foley
315 David Campese
260 Paul McLean
244 Joe Roff
223 James O’Connor
200 Chris Latham
200 Berrick Barnes

Australia – All-Time Leading Try Scorers:

64 David Campese
40 Chris Latham
37 Adam Ashley-Cooper
34 Drew Mitchell
30 Matt Giteau
30 Tim Horan
30 Joe Roff
30 Lote Tuqiri
29 Matthew Burke
29 Stirling Mortlock
25 Stephen Larkham

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)
878 Matt Burke (Australia)
809 Chris Paterson (Scotland)

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)
45 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)
133 Gethin Jenkins (128-Wales, 5-Lions)
132 Keven Mealamu (New Zealand)
130 Ronan O’Gara (128-Ireland, 2-Lions)
127 Victor Matfield (South Africa)
124 Bryan Habana (South Africa)
121 Sergio Parisse (Italy)
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 Nathan Sharpe (Australia)
115 Stephen Moore (Australia)
115 Paul O’Connell (108-Ireland, 7-Lions)
112 Marco Bortolami (Italy)
112 Dan Carter (New Zealand)
111 Philippe Sella (France)
111 John Smit (South Africa)
111 George Smith (Australia)
110 Alun Wyn Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
110 Stephen Jones (104-Wales, 6-Lions)
109 Jean de Villiers (South Africa)
109 Chris Paterson (Scotland)
107 John Hayes (105-Ireland, 2-Lions)
106 Mauro Bergamasco (Italy)
105 Sean Lamont (Scotland)
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 Ross Ford (101-Scotland, 1-Lions)
102 Stephen Larkham (Australia)
102 Percy Montgomery (South Africa)
101 David Campese (Australia)
101 Alessandro Troncon (Italy)
101 Vasco Uva (Portugal)
100 Adam Jones (95-Wales, 5-Lions)
100 Mils Muliaina (New Zealand)