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.
Flag | Nation or Nations | From | To | Test Matches | Tour Matches | Total Record | |||||||||||||
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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 |
![]() ![]() | 2025 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 |
Year | To | Captain | Head coach | Result | Score |
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1993 | South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe [9] | ![]() | ![]() | Won | 1–0 (Zimbabwe) |
1997 | Oceania [46] | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Lost | 0–1 (Western Samoa XV) |
2022 | South Africa [47] | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Won | 3–0 (All tour matches) |
Flag | Nation or Nations | From | To | Test Matches | Tour Matches | Total Record | |||||||||||||
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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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