1967 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia

1967 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia
Summary	P W D L
Total	06 04 00 02
Test match	01 01 00 00
Opponent	P W D L
Australia	1 1 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour	South Africa 1961
Next tour	Argentina 1970

The 1967 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia was a series of matches played in May 1967 in Australia by Ireland national rugby union team.

It was a historic tour, seeing Ireland obtain its first test match victory in Australia.

Matches

Scores and results list Ireland's points tally first.

Opposing Team	Pts For	Against	Match Date	Venue
Queensland	41	8	1 May	Lang Park, Brisbane
New South Wales	9	21	6 May	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney
New South Wales Country Districts XV	31	11	9 May	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney
Australia	11	5	13 May	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Sydney	8	30	16 May	Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney
Victoria	19	5	20 May	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne

Touring party

• Manager: Eugene Davy
• Assistant Manager: Des McKibbin
• Captain: Tom Kiernan

Backs

Barry Bresnihan (University College Dublin) Niall Brophy (Blackrock College) Alan Duggan (Lansdowne) Mike Gibson (NIFC) L. Hall (University College Cork)

Tom Kiernan (Cork Constitution) Paddy McGrath (University College Cork) J.B. Murray (University College Dublin) Brendan Sherry (Terenure College) Jerry Walsh (Sunday's Well)

Forwards

Locky Butler (University College Cork) Mick Doyle (Edinburgh Wanderers) J. Flynn (Wanderers) Ken Goodall (City of Derry) Denis J. Hickie (St Mary's College) Sam Hutton (Malone)

Ken Kennedy (CIYMS) Seán MacHale (Lansdowne) Willie John McBride (Ballymena) Mick Molloy (University College Galway) Terry Moore (Highfield) Phil O'Callaghan (Dolphin)

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See also

References

1. "www.irishrugby.ie". Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2008.