1967 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia

Series of rugby union matches

1967 Ireland rugby union tour of Australia

Summary| | P|  W|  D|  L

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Total| | 06|  04|  00|  02

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Test match| | 01|  01|  00|  00

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Opponent| | P|  W|  D|  L

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Australia| | 1|  1|  0|  0

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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

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Scores and results list Ireland's points tally first.
Opposing Team | Pts For | Against | Match Date | Venue

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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

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

### Backs

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* 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)

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### Forwards

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* 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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## References

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

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History|

* History
* Records

Players|

* All Players
* Brian O'Driscoll (tries
* caps)

Home stadiums|

* Aviva Stadium
* Lansdowne Road
* Croke Park

Competitions and trophies|

* Rugby World Cup
* Six Nations Championship
* Triple Crown
* Grand Slam
* Ireland national rugby union team tours
* Admiral Brown Cup
* Centenary Quaich
* Lansdowne Cup
* Millennium Trophy

Related teams|

* Sevens
* Ireland Wolfhounds
* Emerging Ireland
* Irish Exiles
* Universities
* U20s
* Schoolboys

Matches by opponent|

* Argentina
* Australia
* Barbarians
* England
* France
* Italy
* New Zealand
* Scotland
* South Africa
* United States
* Wales

Tours|

| Australia|

* 1967
* 1979
* 1994
* 1999
* 2003
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2018
* 2020

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New Zealand|

* 1976
* 1992
* 1997
* 2002
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2022

South Africa and Namibia|

* 1961
* 1981
* 1991
* 1998
* 2004
* 2016

France and Europe|

* 1988

Americas|

* Canada 1899
* South America 1952
* Argentina 1970
* North America 1989
* 2000
* Argentina 2007
* North America 2009
* North America 2013
* Argentina 2014

Oceania|

* 1976
* 1997
* 2003

Japan|

* 1985
* 2005
* 2017

See also|

* The Fields of Athenry
* Ireland's Call
* "Zombie"

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